On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 07:49:50 -0700 [email protected] wrote: > On 11/19/2015 09:29 PM, Bryan Gardiner wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 19:17:47 -0700 > > [email protected] wrote: > > > >> On 11/19/2015 06:39 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>> I'm trying to use "pdfjoin" to combine two different page size pdf files > >>> but it will not let me. Is it possible. > >>> > >>> I don't see any switches to ignore page size. > >> > >> "pdfunite" works but I have to add/specify output file name. > >> With "pdfjoin" it automatically creates the last_name_file + "-join.pdf" > >> suffix. > >> > >> In XFCE in "Configure Custom Action" menu entry I added: > >> pdfjoin %N > >> > >> so highlighting several pdf files it gives me output file name "-join" > >> if I run it again on same file I get: "-join-join" > >> > >> With "pdfunite" it overrides the same file name. > > > > I have this command from no-idea-where to concatenate PDFs using > > Ghostscript (all credit to wherever it's from :), and a quick test > > seems to show it working for different page sizes (the pages retain > > their respective sizes). If you like the "-join" suffix then use this > > script: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > exec gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ > > -sOutputFile="$(basename "$1" .pdf)-join.pdf" "$@" > > > > Cheers, > > Bryan > > It works from bash script but when I entered that entire command into XFC > "Configure Custom Action" menu: > exec gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="$(basename "$1" > .pdf)-join.pdf" "$@" %N > > I usually get the output file name as "-join.pdf" (no prefix name) and when I > highlight the file name "-join.pdf" + another pdf file, it only includes one > pdf file and it overrides the file name: "-join.pdf"
It sounds like XFCE is running a shell command but not setting the positional arguments. It should work just to have XFCE call the script with %N, and it's probably easiest this way. If you really don't want to call a script, you could try setting the positional arguments with the shell command "set --". Cheers, Bryan
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