Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 19:42 -0400, JimD wrote: > Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote: > > Google for "edit PDF +Linux". > > Did that. There wasn't much out there really. The first two results seem to be free versions of commercial product. You didn't specify open source. --- Vladimir -- Vladimir G. Ivanovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
JimD wrote: >Justin R Findlay wrote: > > >>On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 05:54:00PM -0400, JimD wrote: >> >> >>>Are there any tools/editors to edit a pdf or ps file? I am digitizing >>>some books. I have the books as pdf and can convert that to postscript, >>>text, html. >>> >>>I would like to be able to insert a few graphics into the PDF files. I >>>could convert to plain text, edit in OOo and export to PDF. However, I >>>lose all formatting doing that. >>> >>>I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do book >>>writers use? I hope not a word processor. I am only working with small >>>books and it is a pain to have to deal with layout. >>> >>> >>You could open it up in vi and guess about what's going on, or you could >>learn the postscript language. (: Otherwise, there's inkscape and >>scribus that will write to PDF. I don't know what's so hard about >>reading in PDF files if you can write out to them. Good luck. >> >> >>Justin >> >> > >Thanks Justin. I am going to give scribus/inkscape a shot. > >Jim > > If it helps any, Scribus is a lot like Quark, that real expensive program that newspapers and magizines use. It takes a bitof getting used to but it does a really good job. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
060613 JimD wrote: > Are there any tools/editors to edit a pdf or ps file? eix pdftk * app-text/pdftk Available versions: 1.12 Installed: none Homepage:http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk Description: A tool for manipulating PDF documents >From the WWW site : If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to: * Merge PDF Documents * Split PDF Pages into a New Document * Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required) * Encrypt Output as Desired * Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms * Apply a Background Watermark * Report on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page Labels * Update PDF Metadata * Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document * Unpack PDF Attachments * Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages * Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams * Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible) Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on ... Linux ... . Pdftk is free software (GPL). Latest Version: 1.12, Released: November 9, 2004 I haven't tried it & there mb issues with recent versions of PDF. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
JimD wrote: > I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do book > writers use? I hope not a word processor. I am only working with small > books and it is a pain to have to deal with layout. They use LaTeX. If you plan to write books/articles/whatever in publishing quality, THIS is the answer. m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote: > Google for "edit PDF +Linux". Did that. There wasn't much out there really. Jim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You roll an 18 in Dex and see if you don't end up with a girlfriend =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- JimD Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
Justin R Findlay wrote: > On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 05:54:00PM -0400, JimD wrote: >> Are there any tools/editors to edit a pdf or ps file? I am digitizing >> some books. I have the books as pdf and can convert that to postscript, >> text, html. >> >> I would like to be able to insert a few graphics into the PDF files. I >> could convert to plain text, edit in OOo and export to PDF. However, I >> lose all formatting doing that. >> >> I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do book >> writers use? I hope not a word processor. I am only working with small >> books and it is a pain to have to deal with layout. > > You could open it up in vi and guess about what's going on, or you could > learn the postscript language. (: Otherwise, there's inkscape and > scribus that will write to PDF. I don't know what's so hard about > reading in PDF files if you can write out to them. Good luck. > > > Justin Thanks Justin. I am going to give scribus/inkscape a shot. Jim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You roll an 18 in Dex and see if you don't end up with a girlfriend =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- JimD Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:54:00 -0400, JimD wrote: > I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do book > writers use? Books are normally written in DocBook or TeX and output to PDF/PS at the final stage. -- Neil Bothwick Sure, we just route the main sensor through Data's cat. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
On Tuesday 13 June 2006 23:54, JimD wrote: > Are there any tools/editors to edit a pdf or ps file? I am > digitizing some books. I have the books as pdf and can convert > that to postscript, text, html. > > I would like to be able to insert a few graphics into the PDF > files. I could convert to plain text, edit in OOo and export to > PDF. However, I lose all formatting doing that. > > I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do > book writers use? I hope not a word processor. I am only working > with small books and it is a pain to have to deal with layout. If the original is plain text without loads of graphics and fancy layout, koffice does a reasonable job of reading .pdf pdf wasn't really intended to be edited. It's actual purpose is as a final presentation format, so editing it is a somewhat like taking compiled code and expecting to be able to get the original C back -- If only me, you and dead people understand hex, how many people understand hex? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
Google for "edit PDF +Linux". --- Vladimir On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 17:54 -0400, JimD wrote: Are there any tools/editors to edit a pdf or ps file? I am digitizing some books. I have the books as pdf and can convert that to postscript, text, html. I would like to be able to insert a few graphics into the PDF files. I could convert to plain text, edit in OOo and export to PDF. However, I lose all formatting doing that. I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do book writers use? I hope not a word processor. I am only working with small books and it is a pain to have to deal with layout. Jim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You roll an 18 in Dex and see if you don't end up with a girlfriend =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- JimD Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol -- Vladimir G. Ivanovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 05:54:00PM -0400, JimD wrote: > Are there any tools/editors to edit a pdf or ps file? I am digitizing > some books. I have the books as pdf and can convert that to postscript, > text, html. > > I would like to be able to insert a few graphics into the PDF files. I > could convert to plain text, edit in OOo and export to PDF. However, I > lose all formatting doing that. > > I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do book > writers use? I hope not a word processor. I am only working with small > books and it is a pain to have to deal with layout. You could open it up in vi and guess about what's going on, or you could learn the postscript language. (: Otherwise, there's inkscape and scribus that will write to PDF. I don't know what's so hard about reading in PDF files if you can write out to them. Good luck. Justin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Editing PDF and/or postscript
Are there any tools/editors to edit a pdf or ps file? I am digitizing some books. I have the books as pdf and can convert that to postscript, text, html. I would like to be able to insert a few graphics into the PDF files. I could convert to plain text, edit in OOo and export to PDF. However, I lose all formatting doing that. I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do book writers use? I hope not a word processor. I am only working with small books and it is a pain to have to deal with layout. Jim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You roll an 18 in Dex and see if you don't end up with a girlfriend =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- JimD Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
