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Tanay Abhra commented on PDFBOX-2530:
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Thank you for the suggestion, I shall add them in my proposal.
> Improve PDFDebugger
> -------------------
>
> Key: PDFBOX-2530
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2530
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Utilities
> Affects Versions: 1.8.8, 2.0.0
> Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
> Labels: gsoc2015
> Attachments: PDFDebugger_StatusBar.png, PDFDebugger_StatusBar_01.png
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>
> (This is an idea for the [Google Summer of Code
> 2015|https://www.google-melange.com/])
> Our command line utility PDFDebugger (part of the command line pdfbox-app get
> it [here|https://pdfbox.apache.org/downloads.html], read description
> [here|https://pdfbox.apache.org/commandline/], see the source code
> [here|https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/pdfbox/trunk/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFDebugger.java?view=markup&sortby=date])
> needs some improvements:
> - hex view
> - view of non printable characters
> - saving streams
> - binary copy & paste
> - Create a status line that shows where we are in the tree. (Like in the
> Windows REGEDIT)
> - Copy the current tree string into the clipboard (useful in discussions
> about details of a PDF)
> - (Optional, not sure if easy) Jump to specific place in the tree by
> entering tree string
> - ability to search in streams (very useful for content streams and meta
> data)
> - show images that are streams
> - show PDIndexed color lookup table, show the index value, the base and
> RGB color value sets when the mouse moves
> - show PDSeparation color
> - show PDDeviceN colors
> - optional, idea should be developed a bit: show meaningful explanation on
> some attributes, e.g. "appearance stream" when hovering over /AP
> - show font encodings and characters
> - display flag bits (e.g. Annotation flags) in a way that is easy to
> understand. There are probably others, I assume that the main work needs to
> be done only once
> - edit attributes (should be possible to enter values as decimal, hex or
> binary)
> - edit streams, while keeping or changing the compression filter
> - save altered PDF
> - color mark of certain PDF operators, especially Q...q and text operators
> (BT...ET). Ideally, it should help the user understand the "bracketing" of
> these operators, i.e. understand where a sequence starts and where it ends.
> (See "operator summary" in the PDF Spec) Other "important" operators I can
> think of are the matrix, font and color operators. A cool advanced thing
> would be to show the current color or the font in a popup when hovering above
> such an operator.
> To see a product with a similar purpose that is better than PDFDebugger,
> watch [this video|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-QcU9B4qMc].
> I'm not asking to implement a clone of that product (I don't use it, all I
> know is that video), but we at PDFBox really need something that makes PDF
> debugging easier. As an example of how the current PDFDebugger prevented me
> from finding a bug quickly, see PDFBOX-2401 and search for "PDFDebugger".
> Prerequisites:
> - java programming, especially the GUI components
> - the ability to understand existing source code
> Using external software components is possible (must have Apache License or a
> compatible one), but should be decided on a case-by-case basis, we don't want
> to get too big.
> Development strategy: go from the easy to the difficult. The wished features
> are already sorted this way (mostly).
> Get introduced: [download the source code with
> svn|https://pdfbox.apache.org/downloads.html#scm] and build it with maven.
> Run PDFDebugger and view some PDFs to see the components of a PDF. Start with
> the file of PDFBOX-2401. Read up something about the structure of PDF on the
> web or from the [PDF
> Specification|https://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html].
> Mentor: Tilman Hausherr (European timezone, languages: german, english,
> french). To see the GSoC2014 project I mentored, go to PDFBOX-1915.
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