Re: [gccsdk] PDFUtils adding .etctension

In message <5866bea540chrisg@care4free.net>
Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> wrote:

>In article <f858db6558.Terry@tez.freeserve.co.uk>,
> <tk@cestriant.plus.com> wrote:
>> In message <5865cc6cbcchrisg@care4free.net>
>> Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> wrote:
>
>> > In article <038dbb6558.Terry@tez.freeserve.co.uk>,
>> > <tk@cestriant.plus.com> wrote:
>> >> In message <586558b447chrisg@care4free.net>
>> >> Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> wrote:
>> >>>> [snip]
>
>> >>> It's to do with the file path conversion in UnixLib. If you use RISC OS
>> >>> paths then the output file paths don't get converted. Shortening to just
>> >>> the file name works as there is no pathg to convert.
>
>> >>> If you change your example command to,
>> >>> pdftohtml /RAM::RamDisc0.$/TBOAGsamp.pdf /RAM::RamDisc0.$/webpage
>> >>> This should also work.
>
>> >> Thanks for that info Chris.
>> >> Looking at the version of !PDFUtils (0.51) that you produced a few years
>> >> ago with VFP support, it lacked the 'pdftocairo' app. Was there a reason
>> >> for this?
>> >> An updated version (you mentioned 0.65) would also be interesting -
>> >> possibly without VFP support, as that seems to restrict its use to more
>> >> recent machines.
>
>> > At the time of building 0.51 the libcairo library wouldn't build which is
>> > needed by pdftocairo. It builds OK now. I can build a non VFP version of
>> > 0.65 too.
>
>> A more recent build would be nice. I've tested both the VFP version and
>> the earlier non-VFP one, and both worked fine. In limited comparisons
>> there didn't seem to be any speed advantage for the VFP version (is that
>> expected?).
>
>The non VFP version of 0.65 is available at
>https://www.riscosports.co.uk/pdfutils_0.65.0-1.zip.
>
>The VFP version is faster for certain types of PDF files when converting to
>another format.

Thanks have downloaded the new versiona and am using it. Is their plans
to put the new version on here so that one version is in use?
>


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