TextNomNom v2.0

TextNomNom is a versatile, cross-platform tool for extracting text from various file formats. It features a powerful command-line interface and a user-friendly interactive menu, with a self-contained environment that handles all Python dependencies automatically.

---

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation & Setup
• External Dependencies
• Usage
  • Interactive Mode
  • Command-Line Mode
• Configuration
• CLI Options

• License

Features

• Self-Contained Environment: No more manual pip install. The launcher script automatically creates a virtual environment and installs all required Python packages on the first run.
• Dual Mode Operation:
  • Interactive Menu: Run without arguments to launch a user-friendly, step-by-step menu.
  • Powerful CLI: Use command-line arguments for scripting and automation.
• Multi-Format Support: Extracts text from PDFs, modern PowerPoint (.pptx), legacy PowerPoint (.ppt), and common image formats (JPG, PNG, etc.).
• Real-Time Progress Bar: A dynamic progress bar shows the status when processing directories, updating for every page/slide processed.
• Web Scraping: Provide a URL to scrape its text content into a clean Markdown file.
• Conversion: Converts PPT and PPTX into PDF. Bulk conversion (full directory) is also supported.
• Advanced OCR: Can perform OCR on images within PDFs and PowerPoint slides to capture text from all sources.
• Cross-Platform & Configurable: Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows. A central config file allows for easy customization of driver paths and other settings.

---

Installation & Setup

Getting started is designed to be as simple as possible.

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/FurqanHun/textnomnom-py.git
   cd textnomnom-py
   

2. (For Linux/macOS) Make the launcher executable:

   chmod +x textnomnom
   

3. Run it!

   ./textnomnom
   

   The first time you run the script, it will automatically create its virtual environment and install all necessary Python libraries. Subsequent runs will be instant. You can run it with --config to modify the PATHS. --config or --version both run in stage 1, before the launcher checks/sets up the virtual environment.

---

External Dependencies (Manual Install)

For certain features, you still need to install system-level tools. The script may run without them, but the features might be limited.

• For OCR (--ocr, --ocr-mix): You need Tesseract.
  • Fedora/CentOS: sudo dnf install tesseract
  • Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr
  • Windows/macOS: Install from the official Tesseract repository.
• For PDF-to-Image Conversion (used by OCR): You need Poppler.
  • Fedora/CentOS: sudo dnf install poppler-utils
  • Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install poppler-utils
  • Windows: Download and install from this Poppler for Windows repo.
• For .ppt to .pptx Conversion (Linux only): You need LibreOffice.
  • This is included by default on many Linux distributions. If not, install it with your package manager (e.g., sudo dnf install libreoffice).

---

Usage

You can run the application in two modes.

Interactive Mode

Simply run the command without any arguments to launch a guided menu.

./textnomnom

Command-Line (CLI) Mode

Provide a path or other arguments to run directly from the command line.

# Process a directory and save all text to one file with OCR
./textnomnom /path/to/my_docs -a --ocr-mix

# Scrape a website
./textnomnom https://example.com

# Get the version number instantly
./textnomnom --version

---

Configuration

To open the configuration file in your default editor, run:

./textnomnom --config

OR

./textnomnom --config=EDITOR

Where EDITOR is the name of your preferred editor.

Following is the Default Configuration File:

# app/config_manager.py

# --- Optional ---
# Define the path for the virtual environment.
# If set to None or not defined, it defaults to a 'venv' folder in the project root.
VENV_PATH = "venv"

# If you have installed drivers, update paths here. Use "" or None.
GECKO_DRIVER_PATH = None
CHROME_DRIVER_PATH = None

CHROMIUM_BASED_BROWSER_PATH = None
FIREFOX_BASED_BROWSER_PATH = None

# --- Optional ---
# Define the directory where logs will be stored.
# If this is not set, it will default to a 'logs/' folder.
LOG_DIRECTORY = "logs"

# --- Optional ---
# Set to True to enable logging to a file without console output.
# The --debug flag will override this and log to both file and console.
LOGS = False

# --- Optional ---
# Define where scraped web content will be saved.
# If this is set to None or is not defined, it will default to your system's Downloads folder.
SCRAPED_FILES_DIR = None

---

CLI Options

Argument	Description
path	Path to a file, directory, or a URL to process.
-a, --save-all	Combine all extracted text from a directory into a single file.
--ocr	Force OCR on image files.
--ocr-mix	Extract both standard text and OCR text from PDFs and PPTX files.
--convert PDF	Converts the PPT and PPTX into PDF (Supports directories)
--clear-log	Clears the content of the log file.
--config[=editor]	Opens the config file in the default editor (or a specified one).
-v, --version	Shows the application’s version number.
--debug	Enables detailed logging to the console and logs/textnomnom.log.
--verbose	Shows detailed setup steps when the launcher runs.
-h, --help	Shows the help message for command-line options.

---

License

This project is now licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.