From ec682539da243386d1a4a1cf6dcd1d28f1a7a72a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan J Hunt <jjh@42quarks.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 15:11:31 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Optimized memory usage in TextConverter by ignoring all
 drawing commands.

---
 pdfminer/converter.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pdfminer/converter.py b/pdfminer/converter.py
index f916360..0b6696f 100644
--- a/pdfminer/converter.py
+++ b/pdfminer/converter.py
@@ -192,6 +192,14 @@ class TextConverter(PDFConverter):
         self.write_text('\f')
         return
 
+    # Some dummy functions to save memory/CPU when all that is wanted is text.
+    # This stops all the image and drawing ouput from being recorded and taking
+    # up RAM.
+    def render_image(self, name, stream):
+        pass
+    def paint_path(self, gstate, stroke, fill, evenodd, path):
+        pass
+
 
 ##  HTMLConverter
 ##