Some further PDF tips

[grml-tips.git] / grml_tips

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@@ -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:
 
@@ -2771,3 +2775,35 @@ On the client side you can use something like the following in /etc/fstab:
 
 192.168.1.101:/backups /mnt/nfs nfs defaults,users,wsize=8192,rsize=8192 0 0
 -- 
+Mount a cloop file:
+
+# aptitude install cloop-src
+# m-a a-i cloop-src
+
+# 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'.
+-- 
+Read a PS/PDF file on console:
+
+% pstotext file.pdf
+
+or on plain framebuffer console in graphical mode:
+
+% pdf2ps file.pdf ; ps2png file.ps file.png ; fbi file.png
+
+or
+
+% fbgs file.pdf
+--