How to edit PDF (as text)

I want to open a PDF document in emacs 23.2.1 on Windows 7. When I open the file, I see the PDF briefly, but as soon as I try to move the cursor or anything, the PDF is replaced by Cannot display this page! Maybe because of a conversion failure! I used to edit PDFs frequently with emacs 21 and, I believe, 22. So what happened? Why can't I just open this like any other file and look at the PDF constructs? Thanks, -pd

Peter <pfdavis@gmail.com> writes: > I want to open a PDF document in emacs 23.2.1 on Windows 7. When I > open the file, I see the PDF briefly, but as soon as I try to move the > cursor or anything, the PDF is replaced by > > Cannot display this page! > Maybe because of a conversion failure! > > I used to edit PDFs frequently with emacs 21 and, I believe, 22. So > what happened? Why can't I just open this like any other file and > look at the PDF constructs? From the NEWS file: * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 ** DocView mode allows viewing of PDF, PostScript and DVI documents. One can also search for a regular expression in the document. For details, see the commentary in doc-view.el. PDF and DVI files are now opened in Doc View mode by default. In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing the postscript file. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/

Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> writes: Hi! >> I used to edit PDFs frequently with emacs 21 and, I believe, 22. So >> what happened? Why can't I just open this like any other file and >> look at the PDF constructs? > > From the NEWS file: > > * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 > > ** DocView mode allows viewing of PDF, PostScript and DVI documents. > One can also search for a regular expression in the document. For > details, see the commentary in doc-view.el. > > PDF and DVI files are now opened in Doc View mode by default. > > In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing > the postscript file. Exactly. So hitting C-c C-c will switch to fundamental-mode, and then you can do your editing just like with emacsen < 23. To completely disable doc-view-mode, you can also delete its entry in `auto-mode-alist'. Bye, Tassilo

On Nov 23, 7:10=A0am, Tassilo Horn <tass...@member.fsf.org> wrote: > Lowell Gilbert <lguse...@be-well.ilk.org> writes: > > Hi! > > > >> I used to edit PDFs frequently with emacs 21 and, I believe, 22. =A0So > >> what happened? =A0Why can't I just open this like any other file and > >> look at the PDF constructs? > > > From the NEWS file: > > > * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 > > > ** DocView mode allows viewing of PDF, PostScript and DVI documents. > > One can also search for a regular expression in the document. =A0For > > details, see the commentary in doc-view.el. > > > PDF and DVI files are now opened in Doc View mode by default. > > > In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing > > the postscript file. > > Exactly. =A0So hitting C-c C-c will switch to fundamental-mode, and then > you can do your editing just like with emacsen < 23. =A0To completely > disable doc-view-mode, you can also delete its entry in > `auto-mode-alist'. Great! Thanks very much, and sorry for the RTFM question. -pd

On Nov 22, 11:57=A0am, Lowell Gilbert <lguse...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Peter <pfda...@gmail.com> writes: > > I want to open a PDF document in emacs 23.2.1 on Windows 7. =A0When I > > open the file, I see the PDF briefly, but as soon as I try to move the > > cursor or anything, the PDF is replaced by > > > Cannot display this page! > > Maybe because of a conversion failure! > > > I used to edit PDFs frequently with emacs 21 and, I believe, 22. =A0So > > what happened? =A0Why can't I just open this like any other file and > > look at the PDF constructs? > > From the NEWS file: > > * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 > > ** DocView mode allows viewing of PDF, PostScript and DVI documents. > One can also search for a regular expression in the document. =A0For > details, see the commentary in doc-view.el. > > PDF and DVI files are now opened in Doc View mode by default. > > In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing > the postscript file. > Hi Lowell, What is a DocView mode ? does it display the pdf as it appreas in acrobat or is it for editing the binary and its objects ? Bolega > -- > Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/

bolega <gnuist006@gmail.com> writes: > On Nov 22, 11:57�am, Lowell Gilbert <lguse...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: >> Peter <pfda...@gmail.com> writes: >> > I want to open a PDF document in emacs 23.2.1 on Windows 7. �When I >> > open the file, I see the PDF briefly, but as soon as I try to move the >> > cursor or anything, the PDF is replaced by >> >> > Cannot display this page! >> > Maybe because of a conversion failure! >> >> > I used to edit PDFs frequently with emacs 21 and, I believe, 22. �So >> > what happened? �Why can't I just open this like any other file and >> > look at the PDF constructs? >> >> From the NEWS file: >> >> * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 >> >> ** DocView mode allows viewing of PDF, PostScript and DVI documents. >> One can also search for a regular expression in the document. �For >> details, see the commentary in doc-view.el. >> >> PDF and DVI files are now opened in Doc View mode by default. >> >> In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing >> the postscript file. >> > > Hi Lowell, > > What is a DocView mode ? does it display the pdf as it appreas in > acrobat or is it for editing the binary and its objects ? The documentation explains it better than I can. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/

bolega <gnuist006@gmail.com> writes: > What is a DocView mode ? ,----[ (info "(emacs)Document View") ] | DocView mode (`doc-view-mode') is a viewer for DVI, Postscript (PS), | and PDF documents. It provides features such as slicing, zooming, and | searching inside documents. It works by converting the document to a | set of images using the `gs' (GhostScript) command, and displaying | those images. `---- Bye, Tassilo

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