soPdf - Better than Yet another PDF to LRF converter - Page 10

grimborg · 11-02-2009, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frabjous

grimborg,

There's a linux port of sopdf on page 2 of the thread. There's no need to try Wine or fire up a VM.

Thanks! Didn't see it!

0plus1 · 11-06-2009, 11:09 AM

Hi, I'm new on the ebook scene, so I don't really know if this has been forgotten to something newer, but since it gave me the best results I hacked together a small windows GUI in 5 minutes.. this is more than enough for my needs, if enough people are intrested I will expand it, either way it works just as it is.

Currently if forces -e since many pdf would return error even producing a good final result.

sopdf.exe not included, you have to put it in the same directory.

frabjous · 11-06-2009, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0plus1

Hi, I'm new on the ebook scene, so I don't really know if this has been forgotten to something newer, but since it gave me the best results I hacked together a small windows GUI in 5 minutes.. this is more than enough for my needs, if enough people are intrested I will expand it, either way it works just as it is.

Currently if forces -e since many pdf would return error even producing a good final result.

sopdf.exe not included, you have to put it in the same directory.

If you look at page 2 of the thread (post #63), you'll see that I had also made a Windows GUI for it. I haven't tried yours yet, so I can't compare. (Indeed, I've pretty much stopped using Windows entirely in the meantime. I still use sopdf, though... only the linux version.)

0plus1 · 11-06-2009, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frabjous

If you look at page 2 of the thread (post #63), you'll see that I had also made a Windows GUI for it. I haven't tried yours yet, so I can't compare. (Indeed, I've pretty much stopped using Windows entirely in the meantime. I still use sopdf, though... only the linux version.)

Damn, I totally missed this :-(
I wouldn't have done it myself if I saw yours, especially since is better than mine..

I will use yours

sebastienbillard · 11-08-2009, 02:10 PM

message to delete once i figure how to do it...

osama_jamal · 11-12-2009, 04:50 PM

Man first of all my deepest respect and gratitude for your program.

I was so frustrated by SONY's in ability to view large PDF's.
Now, I have hope thanks to your tool =)

I have a suggestion, I tried to use the tool on a scanned book in Arabic (my mother tongue) and face a problem with white space. The program didn't detect it and it remained with the book.

Best of luck!

grimborg · 11-13-2009, 06:52 AM

I'm using Adobe Acrobat to remove the white space. You can use the trial version, it's available on their web site.

It runs on Wine too.

Is there a Free-as-in-speech tool to crop pdfs?

frabjous · 11-13-2009, 08:35 AM

SoPDF is deisgned to crop the whitespace. If it's not working, it's some kind of bug. Also try PaperCrop. (There's a thread on it here. Too lazy to find the URL to post.)

There are lots of other such tools. Most LaTeX distributions (which is usually considered Free Software by people who track such things) come with a croppdf tool (commandline).

If I'm not entirely mistaken, I think even calibre comes with a similar tool.

11-08-2009, 02:10 PM	#140
sebastienbillard Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 60 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	message to delete once i figure how to do it... __________________ Lecteur sur écrans et sur papier depuis 1976 Blog pro - Blog perso Last edited by sebastienbillard; 11-08-2009 at 02:17 PM.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Yet another PDF to LRF converter	cacapee	LRF	536	11-05-2009 02:01 AM
comiclrf - Comics(CBZ) to LRF converter	FangornUK	LRF	266	09-20-2009 04:58 PM
Book Processor - Anything to LRF and HTML converter	LittleDragon	Reader Content	11	05-13-2008 05:31 PM
Quick/easy LIT to LRF converter?	OUTATIME	Reader PRS-505 Dev Corner	10	02-29-2008 10:44 AM
Anyone else want chm to lrf converter?	buster	Reader Content	10	02-09-2008 06:07 PM

11-12-2009, 04:50 PM	#141
osama_jamal OZ Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Jordan Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Man first of all my deepest respect and gratitude for your program. I was so frustrated by SONY's in ability to view large PDF's. Now, I have hope thanks to your tool =) I have a suggestion, I tried to use the tool on a scanned book in Arabic (my mother tongue) and face a problem with white space. The program didn't detect it and it remained with the book. Best of luck!

11-13-2009, 06:52 AM	#142
grimborg Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS 505	I'm using Adobe Acrobat to remove the white space. You can use the trial version, it's available on their web site. It runs on Wine too. Is there a Free-as-in-speech tool to crop pdfs?

11-13-2009, 08:35 AM	#143
frabjous Evangelist Posts: 469 Karma: 2869 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, MA Device: Sony PRS-505	SoPDF is deisgned to crop the whitespace. If it's not working, it's some kind of bug. Also try PaperCrop. (There's a thread on it here. Too lazy to find the URL to post.) There are lots of other such tools. Most LaTeX distributions (which is usually considered Free Software by people who track such things) come with a croppdf tool (commandline). If I'm not entirely mistaken, I think even calibre comes with a similar tool.