Added some PDF tips

[grml-tips.git] / grml_tips

diff --git a/grml_tips b/grml_tips
index a355ac2..5f76a92 100644 (file)
--- a/grml_tips
+++ b/grml_tips
@@ -584,6 +584,10 @@ Save live audio stream to file:
 or
 
 % mencoder mms://file.wmv -o $FILE -ovc copy -oac copy
+
+or
+
+% mimms mms://file.wmv
 -- 
 Merge video files:
 
@@ -1715,7 +1719,7 @@ GET http://www.google.com HTTP/1.0 [press enter twice]
 Adjust system for use of qemu with kqemu:
 
 Make sure you have all you need:
-# apt-get update ; apt-get install qemu grml-kerneladdons-$KERNELVERSION
+# aptitude update ; aptitude install qemu kqemu-modules-$(uname -r)
 
 Then set up kqemu:
 
@@ -2779,3 +2783,19 @@ Mount a cloop file:
 # modprobe cloop file=/path/to/cloop/file
 # mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/cloop /mnt/test
 -- 
+Create a PS/PDF of a plaintext file:
+
+% a2ps --medium A4dj -E -o output.ps input_file
+% ps2pdf output.ps
+-- 
+Print two pages on one in a PDF file:
+
+% pdfnup --nup 2x1 input.pdf
+
+Concatenate, extract pages/parts, encrypt/decrypt,
+compress PDFs using 'pdftk'.
+-- 
+Extract text from PostScript and PDF files:
+
+% pstotext file.pdf
+--