Re: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-17 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 08:54:52AM -0400, Mike Viau wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:05:40 + wrote: > > > > On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:14:03 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > > > > AFAIK, PDFs cannot be compared directly. Can diff (in Lenny repos) > > > compare two PDFs? Are there any other s

Re: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-17 Thread Merciadri Luca
T o n g wrote: > On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:14:03 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> AFAIK, PDFs cannot be compared directly. Can diff (in Lenny repos) >> compare two PDFs? Are there any other solutions? >> > > What do you want to compare? Just the content, or format & layout, etc > included?

Re: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-17 Thread Merciadri Luca
alois.mah...@zxcvb.cz wrote: > Dne Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:14:03 +0200 Merciadri Luca > napsal(a): >> AFAIK, PDFs cannot be compared directly. Can diff (in Lenny repos) >> compare two PDFs? Are there any other solutions? > > What about printing both to PostScript and diff-ing the results? Why not. Tha

Re: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-17 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:54:52 -0400, Mike Viau wrote: >> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:05:40 + wrote: >> I've only seen such advanced options in Adobe Acrobat Professional >> products, but "diffpdf" suggested by Thierry is worth a try. >> >> > What is the closest GNU/Debian equivalent to Adobe Prof

RE: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-17 Thread Mike Viau
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 23:07:52 +1000 wrote: > > While it's not Adobe Professional I like flpsed - it'll do most of what you require. > Generally I find it easier to just do everything as a document and export the pdf. Foomatic-rip is useful too. > > Cheers Thanks for the

Re: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 17/09/10 22:54, Mike Viau wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:05:40 + wrote: > > > > On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:14:03 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > > > > AFAIK, PDFs cannot be compared directly. Can diff (in Lenny repos) > > > compare two PDFs? Are there any other solutions? > > > > I've only

RE: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-17 Thread Mike Viau
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:05:40 + wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:14:03 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > > AFAIK, PDFs cannot be compared directly. Can diff (in Lenny repos) > > compare two PDFs? Are there any other solutions? > > I've only seen such advanced options in Adobe Acrobat Prof

Re: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-17 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:14:03 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > AFAIK, PDFs cannot be compared directly. Can diff (in Lenny repos) > compare two PDFs? Are there any other solutions? I've only seen such advanced options in Adobe Acrobat Professional products, but "diffpdf" suggested by Thierry is wor

Re: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-16 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Thursday 16 September 2010 23:14:03 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > AFAIK, PDFs cannot be compared directly. Can diff (in Lenny repos) > compare two PDFs? Are there any other solutions? > > Thanks. aptitude search pdf: diffpdf available in squeezeandsid you may have alook at backport. Thierry

Re: How can one compare two PDFs?

2010-09-16 Thread alois.mah...@zxcvb.cz
Dne Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:14:03 +0200 Merciadri Luca napsal(a): AFAIK, PDFs cannot be compared directly. Can diff (in Lenny repos) compare two PDFs? Are there any other solutions? What about printing both to PostScript and diff-ing the results? Al. -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným pošt