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On Tue 23 Nov 2021 at 10:09, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote:
> I would also argue that fundamental mode is not a terrible place to edit
> PDF documents.

fundamental-mode _is_ a terrible place to edit PDF documents.

PDF documents are binary files with hardcoded file positions inside.