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pdftotext : Allow vim to read in a PDF file as plain text

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created by
Marc Prud'hommeaux
 
script type
utility
 
description
This plugin will invoke the pdftotext utility to filter a PDF file that is being edited in vim and convert it to plain text in the current buffer. Requires that pdftotext is installed. It is included in the xpdf package (available from http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/).
 
install details
Drop pdftotext.vim file into your .vim/plugin/ directory and try to edit a file ending in .pdf.
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
pdftotext.vim 1.0 2004-05-18 6.0 Marc Prud'hommeaux Initial upload
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