Forexgol

Many people have problems with the default pdf reader. Most involve the rendering speed, page turning etc. The TP does do a pretty good job of viewing web pages. After all, web pages are designed to show formatted, reflowable text and pictures. Why not convert the pdf to viewable web pages? The results are surprisingly good. The web browser does the rendering. We can gain fast rendering, pinch and zoom, indexed pages, portrait or landscape orientation and more depending on the quality of the conversion.
One place to start is Poppler, but there are other converters available. I have converted a complicated Scientific American issue with this and it seems most pages render fine and have the gains I have previously mentioned. Since most common pdfs are not so complex, this may be enough for most needs.
The basic procedure is convert the pdf to html, placing all results in a single folder since there can be multiple files. Copy this folder to the TP and open the main html file in the browser. In my case, 201202.pdf creates 201202.html as the main file. A preware patch that allows the browser to open local files is also needed. Use the method described in this thread, http://forums.webosnation.com/hp-tou...ml#post3173893, and Efftokar's post for a fast way to open the main file in the browser. If this proves popular, it should be relatively trivial for someone to create a reader app for these local html files.
OPTIONAL AUTOMATIC BATCH CONVERSION (see attached files):
The shell script convertPDF.sh will create a folder with the converted html files.
To install, place the attached convertPDF.sh and pdfControlScript into /usr/local/bin. Make sure convertPDF.sh is executable. Run the script convertPDF.sh with the pdf file as its argument in the folder containing the pdf file to be converted. The original pdf file is retained. Note the key command used is the open source 'sed' editor. It should be possible to use a form of this script on windows, though I have not tried this.
NETWORK ACCESS (preliminary):
Want easy local network access to these and other files? Make sure python is installed. Run the command line 'python -m SimpleHTTPServer' in the folder you want to share on the sharing computer. Using the browser on the TP, enter the local IP address of this sharing computer using port 8000. As an example, enter 'http://192.168.0.50:8000'. This will allow you view the converted pdf files, the original pdf files, play music, view pictures etc. In short, whatever your browser can handle. You can also add a launcher to save typing for next time.
More to come...