calibredb inside emacs with text pdfs

1 · Shane Mulligan · Aug. 26, 2020, noon
Summary I want to be able to read pdfs from within emacs and convert them to text, so I can read them within a terminal. I want this to work for dired, calibredb and org-mode, or anywhere else. Demonstration Solution Ensure there are no openwith associations for pdfs 1 (remove-from-list 'openwith-associations '("\\.pdf\\'" "z" (file))) Ensure there is no entry for pdfs in org-file=apps 1 (remove-from-list 'org-file-apps '("\\....