From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IFGEh-0004lu-8J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:23:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6TLMMo8008335; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:22:22 GMT Received: from mail15.bluewin.ch (mail15.bluewin.ch [195.186.18.63]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6TLIBDQ003662 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:18:11 GMT Received: from core.hellgate.ch (85.0.167.192) by mail15.bluewin.ch (Bluewin 7.3.121) id 46A546A900147E7A; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:18:11 +0000 Received: by core.hellgate.ch (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9D3BAC212AA; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:18:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:18:13 +0200 From: Roger Luethi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] insert text onto a PDF Message-ID: <20070729211813.GA20245@k3.hellgate.ch> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.22.1 on i686 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 92 F4 DC 20 57 46 7B 95 24 4E 9E E7 5A 54 DC 1B X-GPG: 1024/80E744BD wwwkeys.ch.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Archives-Salt: 259f9f1b-a5aa-43f8-b342-a61d29365a35 X-Archives-Hash: 75d57e6dc2ef671bfa55983a0397e06e On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:29:52 +0000, Thufir wrote: > The tools I found are Xfig and flpsed. Xfig is a general image editor, > while flpsed is specifically for marking up PDF files. It's important > to note that neither of these programs can actually edit PDF files. > Rather, they can be used to add new text and graphics on top of the > file. This is generally all you need for filling out typical business > forms such as contracts. " Jarnal is the best tool I've seen for this purpose so far. You can load a PDF as a background, paint/write all over it and export the result as PDF again. No ebuild, though. Roger -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list