> I can't get pdf-backgrounds to work - I always get "You don't have any
> PDF pages to select from" (Journal->Paper background->PDF) even when the
> "insert type" is set to PDF. Does this work when annotating only?
Yes, but may I should change this...

> For annotating, I have a pdf which poppler (okular) can read but
> xournalpp refuses (Andrea: bend.pdf). With a different, xournalpp does
> the right thing (C or A), so again it is incompatible...
>
>> With the image patch for xournal, early version would do A and later
>> versions would do B.
>>
>> Given that situation, I'm not sure that compatibility would be the best
>> goal here... But in fact (and no matter what to do with the non-working
>> background-attach option), to be as compatible and consistent as
>> possible, xournalpp should never do B (xournal never did B), and
>> inserted images should do C (by default)! As a positive side effect, the
>> xml machinery would not have to deal with large binary-to-text-encoded
>> blobs. Also, implementing A as an option for inserted images  would be
>> simpler then. I think the B-doing patch for xournal really lead us on a
>> wrong path in this respect.
> Compatibility is important, of course, but:
>
> - don't be compatible to bugs (you corrected some of xournal's)
> - don't be compatible to patched versions (when they set a wrong precedent)
>
> Just my two cents. And back to work now...

First: I'll complete compatible, Second: I have to change things which
are incompatible anyway => create a new file format without these problems.

But Second will be in a later release

> Cheers,
> Michael
>
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