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pdf2htmlEX
A beautiful demo is worth a thousand words:
Introduction
pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies, aims to provide an accuracy rendering, while keeping optimized for Web display.
It is optimized for modern web browsers. On Linux/Mac, the generated HTML pages could be as beautiful as PDF files.
This program is designed for scientific papers with complicate formulas and figures, therefore precise rendering is the #1 concern. But of course general PDF files are also supported.
Why HTML ?
HTML, together with CSS and Javascript, is much more open and flexible than PDF. Almost everything can be customized.
- Embedding documents to web pages with consistent theme and behavior
- Cross references to other documents are much easier and intuitive
- More functions to the document with Javascript, e.g. access control, animation, statistics
Readers can also be benefitted
- Read while downloading
- Plugin-free
Features
- Optional single HTML file output
- Precise rendering
- Text perserved - you can select & copy & paste
- Proper styling
- Font - extracted and reencoded
- Color
- Transformation
- Links
- Outline
- [EXPERIMENTAL] Path drawing with CSS
- Orthogonal lines
- Rectangles
- Linear gradients
- Not fully supported (Rendered as images)
- Type 3 fonts
- Non-text object
Get started
Ubuntu
PPA, which is not so up-to-date.
ArchLinux
AUR Package, special thanks to Arthur Titeica arthur.titeica@gmail.com
Gentoo
Install through Overlay gentoo-zh, mrueg or sunrise, thanks to the packagers.
Mac
Homebrew Formula, special thanks to Jamie Ly me@jamie.ly
Macports (local repo), special thanks to Deepak Thukral iapain@iapa.in
Windows
The code may be built with Cygwin.
Or with MinGW with some modifications.
More info can be found on the pdf2htmlEX page in TeX Wiki (in Japanese), special thanks to Haruhiko Okumura
Build from source
Dependency
- CMake, pkg-config
- GNU Getopt
- compilers support C++11, for example
- GCC >= 4.4.6
- I heard about successful build with Clang
- poppler with xpdf header >= 0.20.0 (compile with --enable-xpdf-headers)
- Install libpng (and headers) BEFORE you compile poppler if you want background images generated
- Install poppler-data if your want CJK support
- fontforge (with header files)
- git version is recommended to avoid annoying compilation issues
- [Optional] ttfautohint
- run pdf2htmlEX with --external-hint-tool=ttfautohint to enable it
Compiling
git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX.git
cd pdf2htmlEX
cmake . && make && sudo make install
Usage
pdf2htmlEX /path/to/foobar.pdf
pdf2htmlEX --help
man pdf2htmlEX
FAQ
LICENSE
GPLv2 & GPLv3 Dual licensed
pdf2htmlEX is totally free, please credit pdf2htmlEX if you use it
Please consider sponsoring it if you use it for commercial purpose
Font extraction, conversion or redistribution may be illegal, please check your local laws
Donate Now
Acknowledge
pdf2htmlEX is made possible thanks to the following projects:
pdf2htmlEX is inspired by the following projects:
- pdftops & pdftohtml from poppler
- MuPDF
- PDF.js
- Crocodoc
- Google Doc
Contact
-
Mailing list pdf2htmlex@googlegroups.com
- Please read FAQ before sending emails. Or your message might be ignored.
- Please use the latest master branch.
-
Lu Wang coolwanglu@gmail.com
- Please use the mailing list above unless for personal enquiries.
- Accepting messages in Chinese, English or Japanese.
Special Thanks
- Hongliang Tian tatetian@gmail.com
- Wanmin Liu wanminliu@gmail.com