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I found this via google: |
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"The Tools |
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The tools I found are Xfig and flpsed. Xfig is a general image editor, |
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while flpsed is specifically for marking up PDF files. It's important |
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to note that neither of these programs can actually edit PDF files. |
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Rather, they can be used to add new text and graphics on top of the |
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file. This is generally all you need for filling out typical business |
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forms such as contracts. " |
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<http://www.linux.com/articles/113907> |
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I just want to add text on top of a PDF, resulting in a new file. I'm |
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not concerned with encryption, authorization, nor really "editing" the |
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PDF itself -- just ending up with a new PDF with my text on top. |
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I read something about a java app to do this in a magazine a few |
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months, but didn't keep the article :( |
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IIRC it was on the cover to something like "linux format", one of |
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those linux magazines with the CD/DVD give-away, oversized. |
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I also came across: |
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<http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/PDFedit?content=51831> so, |
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if I install kde then I can have PDFedit? |
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There's also: |
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<http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/sunrise> but it seems a bit complex, |
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masked packages and so forth (?). |
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Then, there's this ebuild just loitering around in cyberspace: |
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<http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~sanda/pdfedit/> but it doesn't |
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appear on the gentoo website that I saw. |
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Finally, gimp can be used according to: |
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<http://www.wikihow.com/Edit-PDF-Files-in-Linux> but it's a bit vague. |
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So, what do other people do? |
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thanks, |
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Thufir |
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(emerging krita and kde presently) |
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