Function: doc-view-pdf->txt

doc-view-pdf->txt is a byte-compiled function defined in doc-view.el.gz.

Signature

(doc-view-pdf->txt PDF TXT CALLBACK)

Documentation

Convert PDF to TXT asynchronously and call CALLBACK when finished.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/doc-view.el.gz
(defun doc-view-pdf->txt (pdf txt callback)
  "Convert PDF to TXT asynchronously and call CALLBACK when finished."
  (or (executable-find doc-view-pdftotext-program)
      (error "You need the `pdftotext' program to convert a PDF to text"))
  (doc-view-start-process "pdf->txt" doc-view-pdftotext-program
                          (append doc-view-pdftotext-program-args
                                  (list pdf txt))
                          callback))