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Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub]
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Ulrich Deiters |
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Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub] |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:51:07 +0100 |
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You can try to convert PDF to PostScript, e.g., with pdf2ps, pdftops, …
PostScript is human-readable and can be edited with emacs.
Depending how the PDF code was created, however, the PostScript code
may be difficult to interpret, or even contain blocks of binary code.
Unless you recognize some strings like
… (some text) show …
which can eventually be modified, it is risky to make changes. As Yuri
stated, PDF (or PostScript) code is meant to be executed. Changes might
result in a buggy code, and then the interpreter or the printer will balk.
- emacs 30.5.0 editing epub, H . -J . Heitländer, 2023/03/16
- Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/03/16
- Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub, H . -J . Heitländer, 2023/03/16
- Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/03/16
- Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub, Michael Heerdegen, 2023/03/16
- editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], address@hidden, 2023/03/19
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], Michael Heerdegen, 2023/03/19
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], address@hidden, 2023/03/20
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], Michael Heerdegen, 2023/03/20
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], Yuri Khan, 2023/03/21
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub],
Ulrich Deiters <=
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], address@hidden, 2023/03/21
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], Ulrich Deiters, 2023/03/21
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], Michael Heerdegen, 2023/03/21
- FOSS replacement for PDF [Re: editing a PDF], address@hidden, 2023/03/22
- Re: FOSS replacement for PDF [Re: editing a PDF], Yuri Khan, 2023/03/22
- Re: FOSS replacement for PDF [Re: editing a PDF], Jean Louis, 2023/03/23
- Re: FOSS replacement for PDF [Re: editing a PDF], Yuri Khan, 2023/03/23
- Re: FOSS replacement for PDF [Re: editing a PDF], Gregory Heytings, 2023/03/23
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], Michael Heerdegen, 2023/03/28
- Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub], Jean Louis, 2023/03/22