pdf2latex 🔁

pdf2latex is a CLI tool to convert a PDF back to LaTeX.

Installation

From source (Recommended)

Prerequisites

Git
Rust toolchain
Poppler
LaTeX (Optional: needed to create font files)

Command line instructions

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/emsquid/pdf2latex

# Build and install
cargo install --path pdf2latex

# Use freely
pdf2latex super_cool.pdf -o cooler.tex

Notes

The project currently requires some font files to recognize characters, ask us! These files should be placed in the following directories

Platform	Value	Example
Linux	`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` or `$HOME`/.config/pdf2latex	/home/alice/.config/pdf2latex
macOS	`$HOME`/Library/Application Support/pdf2latex	/Users/Alice/Library/Application Support/pdf2latex
Windows	`{FOLDERID_RoamingAppData}`\pdf2latex	C:\Users\Alice\AppData\Roaming\pdf2latex

Command line usage

Usage: pdf2latex [OPTIONS] <INPUT>

Arguments:
  <INPUT>  PDF to convert

Options:
  -o, --output <OUTPUT>  Output file
  -c, --create <CREATE>  Create font files [possible values: cmr, lmr, put, qag, qcr, qcs, qpl]
  -s, --silent           Silent mode
  -h, --help             Print help
  -V, --version          Print version

Progress

Documentation
- Write a greater README
- Make releases/packages (publish on crates.io)
Miscellaneous
- Show cooler log/error messages
- Write tests (I guess I need to do that...)