Re: Problem converting manual in PDF to HTML for on screen viewing
On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 04:44:56 -0600
Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> A program I wish to use distributes its manual as a PDF file.
> Due to vision problems I wish to convert it to HTML for onscreen viewing.
>
> pdf2htmlEX is an inappropriate tool as it is too focused on maintaining
> format of original. Its rigidity results in a fixed number of
> *characters* per line irregardless of chosen font size. As there is
> nothing formatted as a table, this restriction is inappropriate.
>
> The only relevant links in the document are from the "Table of Contents"
> to the appropriate section. pdf2htmlEX *IGNORES* them!
>
> A suggested tool?
You can try pdftohtml, in poppler-utils. I don't know whether it will
suffer from the same problem you have with pdf2htmlEX
Celejar
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