very interesting, yes indeed ;-)
well, the more I read this list, 'the more I seem to learn, yet the
stupider I feel' ;-)
(the glorified typewriter has so surpassed me)
I note you've used a 'new' word; acronymonious seems to fit well in
this saga -
yet I hope you didn't mis-type acrimonious ;-)
(oh, surely not)
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Felmon Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, anne-ology wrote:
>
> yikes, sounds as if I need further information -
>> or need to keep studying ... ... ... ;-)
>>
>
> not sure how the further discussion would be relevant to you if you just
> want to use the tool. the link I gave you explains the things pdftk can do.
> you can then decide if it might be useful.
>
> the next step is to determine if you find it convenient to use.
>
> of course, if you are also interested in how the tool is built, then
> that's a different matter.
>
>
> Please update re. this / these tks whenever; I'll stay tuned ;-)
>>
>> Ah, acronyms ;-)
>> tk :=
>> http://www.acronymfinder.com/**TK.html<http://www.acronymfinder.com/TK.html>
>> (well, while waiting to understand all this, my mind tends to wander
>> - puns are so much fun :-) )
>>
>
> don't mean to be acronymonious about it but all disciplines and
> occupations use abbreviations and have specialist dictionaries -
> general-purpose dictionaries won't do.
>
> F.
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Felmon Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Girvin Herr wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Felmon,
>>>
>>>> Looks like pdftk is written in Java.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****Pdftk<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Pdftk>
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.**org/wiki/Pdftk<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdftk>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So the gui (Graphical User Interface) is whatever the Java Runtime
>>>> Environment (JRE) interfaces with. From my experience, it isn't pretty,
>>>> but functional.
>>>>
>>>> I noticed there are some other source files and some 3rd-party code in
>>>> the package that I did not take time to investigate, and it takes Gcc to
>>>> build it. But one of the big ideas of Java is that it contains its own
>>>> gui
>>>> code, so the programmer's effort is greatly reduced. I would be
>>>> surprised
>>>> if pdftk does not use the standard Java gui.
>>>> Girvin Herr
>>>>
>>>>
>>> good to know, especially about the '3rd-party code'.
>>>
>>> makes sense the gui would be in java so it can run on various platforms.
>>>
>>> I don't however foresee myself invoking the gui unless I'm working off of
>>> Windows or something.
>>>
>>> I'll look but I bet there's a command-line version for Windows too.
>>>
>>> F.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 04/13/2013 11:24 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2013, Tom Davies wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm only familiar with pdftk as a command-line tool; thus I was
>>>>> confused
>>>>> by the discussion of desktop environments.
>>>>>
>>>>> it does have a gui interface (or several?) and then there are the
>>>>> Windows and Mac versions. I don't know what is used to make the gui
>>>>> interface on Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> Felmon
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>>
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