From: Ulrich Deiters <ulrich.deiters@uni-koeln.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub]
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:51:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <77a3b68b-a9f1-f8e7-176c-d929c85eb472@uni-koeln.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8XD94cWNC7=dLXN6Dn=t0DD4ckfs1B84xKVZ7Hf8nuaTQ@mail.gmail.com>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-21 11:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-15 18:35 emacs 30.5.0 editing epub H.-J. Heitländer
2023-03-16 5:05 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-16 6:57 ` H.-J. Heitländer
2023-03-17 0:44 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-17 1:13 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-19 21:23 ` editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub] gebser
2023-03-19 23:59 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-20 7:15 ` gebser
2023-03-21 0:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-21 6:28 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-21 6:38 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-22 16:32 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-22 18:48 ` Bob Newell
2023-03-23 9:36 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-23 23:00 ` Bob Newell
2023-03-23 9:13 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-23 10:37 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-23 20:13 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-23 20:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-21 11:51 ` Ulrich Deiters [this message]
2023-03-21 21:57 ` gebser
2023-03-21 22:55 ` Ulrich Deiters
2023-03-22 1:56 ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-22 8:26 ` FOSS replacement for PDF [Re: editing a PDF] gebser
2023-03-22 9:18 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-23 9:21 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-23 9:49 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-23 10:53 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-03-28 11:28 ` editing a PDF [Re: emacs 30.5.0 editing epub] Michael Heerdegen
2023-03-22 7:03 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-22 15:20 ` gebser
2023-03-16 9:22 ` emacs 30.5.0 editing epub Stephen Berman
2023-03-16 13:16 ` H.-J. Heitländer
2023-03-16 15:23 ` Yuri Khan
2023-03-16 16:54 ` H.-J. Heitländer
2023-03-16 18:58 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2023-03-20 21:50 ` emacs 30.5.0 editing epub - finishing remark H.-J. Heitländer
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