On Feb 13, 2008 3:19 AM, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:19:38 -0500 > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > michael wrote: > > > > > I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm wary of > > > using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [1] seems to reject > > > many of the PDF files I've just tried because they are "linearised" > > > according to the bug report [2] > > > > > > So what joy have others had, or is this the Holy Grail [3]? > > > > > > > I think you are looking at it the wrong way. PDF is supposed to be an "end > > format". It is not designed for re-editing the documents. The practical > > solution to this problem is that, you should get hold of the document that > > was exported into pdf, edit the original document and export it back to pdf > > again. > > > > For example, if you are writing a .tm file and exported it into .pdf. Then > > you need to get the .tm file, edit it and then export it again. > > > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > supposed to do ;-). I don't have access to the originals (with pdf's you > rarely > do actually, people give you the pdf in the first place to make sure that you > see it properly, not to edit it). > > I would have been happy if there was something that could do highlighting, > notes, lines and really ecstatic if it could actually do equations ... > > thought of writing something like that once but never got the time to dig in. >
http://packages.debian.org/experimental/okular Experimental package, and requires kde4, though. And I've never used it myself. -- Kushal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
