tac (was ps conversion tools?)

William Hubbs kc5eiv at kc5eiv.dhs.org
Fri Nov 2 08:23:58 EST 2001


Hi Shaun,

Where did you get this client?  I would like to take a look at it.

Thanks,

William

On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 12:15:45AM +1100, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> I've got an aim clone called tac and it's a tcl based client. and it's
> tatally command line driven.
> 
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Jason wrote:
> 
> > > Umm, no, I didn't forget. Yes it needs the x stuff, I think, but it
> > > works as a command line tool. you just type pdftotext filename and you
> > > get a text file. Believe me, I'm  no more capable of using x than you
> > > are. I don't actually know where to get it from, but  it is a debian
> > > package.
> > > I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear earlier.
> > 
> > well, for one, keep in mind most of my comments are intended to be at least a 
> > little bit funny.
> > 
> > and actually in my case, I joined this list to find accessibility-conversion 
> > projects to join (I'm an OK programmer, BTW), and actually I'd like to do 
> > similar work for a living when I'm done with school.
> > 
> > after joining I found out that I can at least answer some of the questions 
> > posted.
> > 
> > my interest in blind-accessiblity issues actually has an interesting (short) 
> > story attached to it, but it's not appropriate for this list, but it includes 
> > an idea I have for accessibility-enhancing DVD-Videos, here's a hint: 
> > mandated DVS won't be very useful without a way to find the menu item that 
> > turns it on ;-)
> > 
> > anyway, I'm way offtopic, so I'll end here.
> > 
> > btw: is there a program like gAIM or everybuddy that runs on a standard 
> > console yet? If not I'd love to hack one together :-)
> > 
> > 
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