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TODO |
pdf2htmlEX
A beautiful demo is worth a thousand words:
- Typography: Default / MediaFire / Original
- Formulas: Default / MediaFire / Original
- Scientific Paper: Default / MediaFire / Original
- Full Circle Magazine: Default / MediaFire / Original The 1st link might be slow
- Chinese: Default / MediaFire / Original
- Try your own files on MediaFire, which uses pdf2htmlEX for its PDF preview feature.
Introduction
pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies. It aims to provide an accuracy rendering, while keeping optimized for Web display.
pdf2htmlEX is best for text-based PDF files, for example scientific papers with complicated formulas and figures. Text, fonts and formats are natively perserved in HTML such that you can still search and copy. The generated HTML file is static, Javascript is not required.
Features
- Precise, native text in HTML, which means
- You can select & copy & search
- Correct font & position & styles
- Proper reencoding
- Generated HTML file is of similar size as the original (uncompressed) PDF file
- Output modes
- Normal HTML
- All-in-one HTML - portable & easy to share
- One HTML per page - best for dynamic pages
- More PDF stuffs that you love
- Links
- Outline
Get started
Install
Thanks to all packagers!
- Ubuntu PPA by Lu Wang coolwanglu@gmail.com, not always up-to-date.
- ArchLinux AUR by Arthur Titeica arthur.titeica@gmail.com
- Gentoo Overlay, gentoo-zh, mrueg or sunrise, by respective packagers.
- Homebrew Formula by Jamie Ly me@jamie.ly
- Macports (local repo) by Deepak Thukral iapain@iapa.in
- Windows N/A
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
- [For Windows]
- Cygwin
- or MinGW, with some modifications to pdf2htmlEX. See pdf2htmlEX on TeX Wiki (in Japanese), special thanks to Haruhiko Okumura
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 for most part, MIT License for share/*
Read LICENSE for detail.
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
pdf2htmlEX is maintained by one person in spare time, and it needs your help!
Contact
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Mailing list pdf2htmlex@googlegroups.com
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Lu Wang coolwanglu@gmail.com
- For personal enquiries only
- Accepting messages in Chinese, English or Japanese.
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
Special Thanks
- Hongliang Tian
- Wanmin Liu