January Weiner wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I know that m500 is not the perfect platform for viewing images, but
> sometimes I'd like to e.g. have a page from PDF[*] converted to a bitmap
> always handy in my palm.
>
> I have found a dozen or so programs, however, what I need is the
> following:
>
> 1) it works quickly with my old palm
> 2) no Windows software for e.g. converting images necessary, or Linux
> software available
> 3) a plus: directly viewing images e.g. from the memory stick
>
>[*] I know there are PDF viewers, but in some cases the PDF is so complex
> that it would probably be better to convert it to a bitmap. Furthermore:
> PDF viewer from Adobe is not installable from Linux.

Probably not exactly right for you, but this is what I do:

I use pdftohtml (linux) to convert the pdf to html. Then I convert the
extracted html and images (if they exist and I want them) to a plucker
file.
The formatting is about as messed up as a distilled pdf anyway, but the
filesize is much smaller and doesn't need Windows software or that
horrendous palm Acrobad reader. <- (Typo, but I decided to leave it).

This is the method I use to view ebooks that are trapped inside pdfs these
days. It works well enough for me.

I was using an M500 up until a few weeks ago, and am still using linux so I
can safely say this method does work.


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