Questions tagged [djvu]
A digital document format designed primarily for the storage and distribution of very high resolution images of scanned documents, digital documents, and photographs.
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How to install recoll dependencies “djvutxt” and “python3:pylzma”?
I installed recoll on my Kubuntu 20.04. Now it says that external apps and commands are missing that are required for the indexing are missing, specifically:
djvutxt (image/vnd.djvu)
python3:pylzma (...
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Determine the paper size of a djvu document
How can I determine the paper size of a djvu document? I tried it with both DjView and Evince, but did not find any mention of the paper size. I wouldn't mind using some CLI tool, but I don't have a ...
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How can I make annotation for djvu file when using Okular?
My OS is [03/13/2020,14:35:06@~]$ uname -a
Linux debian 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux
That is, Debian 10 (Buster). When in Debian 9, I can make annotation in ...
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lsof doesn't show up my djvu files
I am trying to print the djvu file names that are currently running on either okular or atril, but when I do lsof | grep ".djvu$" then I am getting no output in the terminal, where the same command ...
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djvulibre-3.5.27 Build Error
I am currently on Linux Mint 18.3. I downloaded the package from the Djvulibre website.
Here is my error:
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/amucs/Downloads/djvulibre-3.5.27/desktopfiles'
PNG ...
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Cli grep through djvu files
How can I grep through djvu files? They are text files with some images in it. Is there some equivalent to pdfgrep tool?
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Create multiple index files for a single indirect DjVu file
Indirect DjVu file split documents into individual pages that can be linked to and loaded individually, yet be can still be navigated like a single document. They fill a gap between PDFs and web pages....
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Override page numbers of a djvu document
I have a djvu scan of a book. Let's consider two cases:
I'd like to number the pages 0, 1, 2, ... (usage case: the cover should get be page 0)
I'd like to number some pages with Roman numbers and ...
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How to make a djvu file searchable
If I create a new djvu file out of tiff files I can use djvubind which makes the djvu file searchable using for example tesseract-ocr.
However suppose I have given djvu file. How can I make it ...
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How can I determine the page count of djvu documents from the CLI?
Finding the page count of a PDF document from the CLI is as simple as:
pdfinfo file.pdf | grep ^Pages:
How can the same be performed with a djvu file? Without converting it to a pdf and then ...
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Standard workflow to digitize magazines or books using OCR while minimizing file size?
To scan books containing just text, black&white images and clear borders, the workflow I've been using is:
digitize the source using a camera or just a scanner
use scantailor
finally use djvubind ...
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How can OCRed text be preserved while converting between djvu and pdf files?
Suppose a pdf file has OCRed text. How can we convert it to a djvu file and pass the OCRed text to the djvu file?
Conversely, if exchange "pdf" and "djvu" in the above?
Thanks!
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Good ways for annotating and searching in document (pdf, djvu)
For djvu files, I enjoy reading it in djview, because when I search for some words, it can show where all the results are at a glance, and highlight them simultaneously. This is much more convenient ...
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Converting .okular file to pdf
I am using a djvu file, and with okular I have annotations in it. Now, I wish to be able to use this file in Mendeley, which supports only pdf extensions. I know that I can save annotations in okular ...
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Problems converting PDF to DjVu
I have a PDF file (copyrighted, so I can't include it here). I'm trying to convert it to DjVu, using some online websites as well as pdf2djvu, but they all fail. In the case of pdf2djvu, the error was:...
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How to split each page of a djvu file?
In a djvu file, it has two book pages in one djvu page. I would like to split it so that one book page per djvu page. For example,
I was wondering if this can be done by some software, preferably ...
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Why isn't there a djvu2text?
This has been bothering me for a while.
.djvu files are often searchable, in my experience. So somewhere in there, all the text is just one big string, right? But there's no djvu2text program. And ...
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convert djvu to pdf
How to convert djvu2pdf ?
My current approach is :
djvups x.djvu > x.ps
ps2pdf x.ps
Is there more efficient and better (in terms of output quality, data/metadata loss) way to handle that ?
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Extract several pages from a djvu file
I have a djvu file of multiple pages. I wonder how to extract a new djvu file that consists of only a subset of multiple pages?
For example, a djvu file has 10 pages, and I would like to extract a ...
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Possible to extract title and pagenum of each page in a djvu file
This is a djvu version of the questions I asked before for pdf files.
I have tried a similar idea as fred has given to the previous question. But I am now stuck at how to get the number of pages of a ...
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How to specify special characters in djvused bookmarks
In djvused bookmark format, to disable characters that have special meaning in djvused
bookmark format:
The format of djvused bookmark of a djvu file is for example:
(bookmarks
("1 first chapter" "#...
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Text processing: convert text of table of content into djvu bookmark format?
Usually in the table of content of a book, each line is for a chapter or section and ended with its page number, for example,
1 first chapter 10
1.1 first section 11
1.1.1 first subsection 12
1.2 ...
