yes! inthane----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:16 AM Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released
To be clear about this, we are talking about a program group that one encounters on the Programs submenu of the Start Menu, not on its top level. Jamal On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Jamal Mazrui wrote:Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 13:14:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released I'm not understanding what problem that causes Why would someone not want a program group on the Start Menu for a program they decided to install? Jamal On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, The Elf wrote: > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:07:18 -0700 > From: The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released >> no! what I am referring to is a section of the installer that is > devoted to > where the start menu's are placed in the menu's and sub menu's, and... > an > additional item, a checkbox, unchecked by default, that says and does > "do> not install start menu shortcuts" > > hope that clears things up. > > inthane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:02 AM > Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released > > > >I assume you are referring to making the assignment of a system-wide> > shortcutkey optional, as is the case with the EdSharp, FileDir, and > > JSX> > installers. I've now made that change so it is also optional in the > > PDF2TXT installer (April 6 release). > > > > Jamal > > > > On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, The Elf wrote: > > > >> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 00:46:52 -0700 > >> From: The Elf <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: PDF2TXT 3.3 released > >> > >> Jamal, > >> > >> this reminded me of something I wanted to talk to you about, but got > >> distracted by other things. > >>> >> is it possible for you to add a checkbox in inno installers so you > >> can> >> uncheck it and not install the start menu shortcuts. > >>> >> a couple reasons for this, as all of us on the blind programming > >> list> >> know,> >> some folks insist on command line running, and may not even want > >> start> >> menu > >> shortcuts. > >>> >> and my big reason is I customize my start menu but always (except > >> when > >> upgrading one of those few applications that have this option) wind > >> up > >> either arguing with the short cut selection dialog, or if its got > >> the> >> check> >> box, I uncheck it and use the shortcuts I already manually moved to > >> where> >> I > >> wish them. > >> > >> hope you can provide this, > >> inthane > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <GUISpeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > >> <Program-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <UAccess-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 1:54 AM > >> Subject: PDF2TXT 3.3 released > >> > >> > >> > http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe > >> >> >> > PDF2TXT now uses an updated version of the QuickPDF library, which > >> > is> >> > commercially available at > >> > http://QuickPDF.com > >> >> >> > Several years worth of fixes and enhancements are incorporated in > >> > this > >> > library version compared to the previous one used. Although the > >> > source > >> > code to this and other tools used by PDF2TXT is not available, its > >> > own > >> > source code in the PowerBASIC language, PDF2TXT.bas, is now > >> > installed> >> > along with the executable. > >> >> >> > As before, the Image Format checkbox (Alt+F) is available for > >> > optical > >> > character recognition (OCR) -- using Google Tesseract > >> > technology -- on > >> > image-based PDFs that elude text extraction methods. Due to > >> > technical > >> > issues, there is not a simple way of aborting an OCR process that > >> > has > >> > already started. This is now possible, however, via a work-around > >> > of> >> > launching another copy of PDF2TXT. It clears the deck during its > >> > startup> >> > phase. The Quit button (Alt+Q) may then be invoked to close > >> > either> >> > copy > >> > of the program (though no harm results from both being loaded). > >> >> >> > As Before the Grab URL button (Alt+G) gets the address of the > >> > current> >> > web > >> > page in Internet Explorer and sets it as the PDF source. This now > >> > works> >> > with versions of Internet Explorer above 6.0. The feature makes > >> > it> >> > easy > >> > to download and convert all PDFs linked to a web page. > >> >> >> > An additional hotkey is introduced: F11 for Elevate Version (like > >> > the > >> > EdSharp and FileDir programs). This checks whether a newer > >> > version of> >> > PDF2TXT is available, and offers to install it. The command makes > >> > future > >> > updates to the program particularly convenient to obtain. > >> >> >> > As before, the Extra HTML checkbox (Alt+X) uses a different > >> > conversion > >> > technology to produce a .htm conversion in addition to the .txt > >> > one.> >> > To > >> > further increase conversion options via this checkbox, it now also > >> > causes> >> > another technology to be used for producing the .txt file, using > >> > the> >> > PDFToText.exe utility that is also seperately available at > >> > http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/home.html> >> > Thus PDF2TXT now incorporates three different .txt conversion > >> > methods,> >> > a> >> > .htm method, and an OCR one -- all of which are possible in a > >> > batch> >> > mode> >> > that processes every PDF in a directory. The program has become > >> > the> >> > most > >> > capable, free converter of PDFs available on Windows! > >> > > >> > Jamal > >> > > >> > __________ > >> > View the list's information and change your settings at > >> > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > >> > > >> > >> > >> __________ > >> View the list's information and change your settings at > >> //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > >> > > __________ > > View the list's information and change your settings at > > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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