Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
On March 15, 2018 4:41:43 PM UTC, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >On 03/15/2018 03:00 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:48:21 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like watermarking. I only do it once a year when I

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread Jack
On 2018.03.15 05:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:48:21 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like > > watermarking. I only do it once a year when I print a tax > > form/slips. > > Maybe script your own solution? >

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread thelma
On 03/15/2018 03:36 AM, Jean-Christophe Bach wrote: > Hello, > >>> I now use pdfjoin from app-text/pdfjam. >> >> The packages: pdfjoin and pdfunite >> >> They will combine pdf documents (I use them as well) but they will not >> overlap two pages together. > > Well, with some trick, pdfjam can

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread thelma
On 03/15/2018 03:00 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:48:21 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >>> I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like >>> watermarking. I only do it once a year when I print a tax >>> form/slips. >> >> Maybe script your own solution?

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:11:17 +, Mick wrote: > > Since it's only once a year: > > > > Print one PDF > > Put the paper back in the printer > > Print the other page > > > > It doesn't always pay to overcomplicate things :) > > Libreoffice Draw may work too, if the OP is happy to edit

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread Mick
On Thursday, 15 March 2018 09:00:46 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:48:21 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like > > > watermarking. I only do it once a year when I print a tax > > > form/slips. > > > > Maybe script

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread Jean-Christophe Bach
Hello, > > I now use pdfjoin from app-text/pdfjam. > > The packages: pdfjoin and pdfunite > > They will combine pdf documents (I use them as well) but they will not > overlap two pages together. Well, with some trick, pdfjam can actually overlap two pages together :

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:48:21 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like > > watermarking. I only do it once a year when I print a tax > > form/slips. > > Maybe script your own solution? > Extract images from the PDF > Overlay the images

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread Jean-Christophe Bach
Hello, > That is not what I (we) need. > pdfunite - will join several PDF file into one (this is not what I want). > > I need to "overlap" two PDF file, one on top of another, it is like > watermarking. I only do it once a year when I print a tax form/slips. Maybe a Python script using pyPdf

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, March 15, 2018 5:22:26 AM CET the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/14/2018 08:52 PM, Danny YUE wrote: > > On 2018-03-14 20:08, Poncho wrote: > >> On 14.03.2018 20:10, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >>> Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". > >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-14 Thread thelma
On 03/14/2018 08:52 PM, Danny YUE wrote: > > On 2018-03-14 20:08, Poncho wrote: >> On 14.03.2018 20:10, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". >>> Currently pdftk is masked and might be dropped from portage tree :-/ >>> >>> The

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-14 Thread Danny YUE
On 2018-03-14 20:08, Poncho wrote: > On 14.03.2018 20:10, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". >> Currently pdftk is masked and might be dropped from portage tree :-/ >> >> The packages require GCC 5 or earlier and are

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-14 Thread thelma
On 03/14/2018 02:01 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:10:21 -0600, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". >> Currently pdftk is masked and might be dropped from portage tree :-/ >> >> The packages require GCC 5 or earlier and are

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-14 Thread Poncho
On 14.03.2018 20:10, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". > Currently pdftk is masked and might be dropped from portage tree :-/ > > The packages require GCC 5 or earlier and are therefore masked in the > 17.0 profiles. > > I use pdftk only to

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk - replacement

2018-03-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:10:21 -0600, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > Is there a suitable replacement package for "pdftk". > Currently pdftk is masked and might be dropped from portage tree :-/ > > The packages require GCC 5 or earlier and are therefore masked in the > 17.0 profiles. > > I use