Talk:Pdftotext

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Windows version?[edit]

Is there a Windows version?--69.87.193.22 14:58, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, go to the xpdf website.

DONT GO TO PDFTOTEXT.COM its a virus! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.215.157.133 (talk) 11:15, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe this should be included in the article then. 193.225.109.136 (talk) 10:54, 10 February 2010 (UTC)Miklós[reply]

Smaller alternative[edit]

Xpdf depends on quite some libraries. If you only need it for i.e. Typo3 indexed search (and don't use X), you better use pdftotext from poppler. Poppler is Based on the xpdf-3.0 code base. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.56.118.18 (talk) 11:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Usage example[edit]

It would be helpful if one commandline usage example could be added. This was precisely why I visited wikipedia. 2A02:8388:1602:6D80:0:0:0:1 (talk) 23:21, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]