From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [202.139.184.94] (helo=vimes.thewatch.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15zm12-0007b8-00 for ; Fri, 02 Nov 2001 16:38:19 -0500 Received: from bursar.thewatch.net (c760.livrp1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [203.164.189.125]) by vimes.thewatch.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8C1BE3AE for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 08:41:07 +1100 (EST) Received: from yvonne by bursar.thewatch.net with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15zllS-0002mh-00 for ; Sat, 03 Nov 2001 08:22:10 +1100 From: Yvonne Smith MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15331.3707.52862.911825@bursar.thewatch.net> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 08:22:03 +1100 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ps conversion tools? In-Reply-To: References: <20011102142207.A421@megsinet.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.96 under Emacs 20.7.2 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Charles Hallenbeck writes: > Hi Greg > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Can it be used without configuring x? > > Greg > I found xpdf on my Slackware 8.0 system, but when I tried to use it on a > pdf file, here is what happened: > > $ xpdf a-83.pdf > LTK Error: Cannot connect to X server > > I have not configured X on my system, so I guess the answer to your > question is 'no'. Darn! No, sorry. Use pdftotext don't directly run xpdf.