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 1IDdIP-0002N0-8A for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:36:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6P9YfTS010382; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:34:41 GMT Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.179]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6P9Trli004792 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:29:54 GMT Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so140845wah for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:29:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=rQ/mQwESl9G4uoGT8fJh/1OuynWgxrkqMEnBNKTgXvh9FaNT5odm0joBNFQ0ER5Z4RQ9SqnfIQ6Wj3zr49nzsAR8BrV76wQ8yPbED4BVFi7rhkHnpnVpWmVuVgw5UfybGl8DEzY/WRW9LxfC/RhtZv3DDm1of/LkLjRAf4aJhvo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=PvcDm6908SFs2+7muZXhT0+Rm1xWgVfBWRBEHhsbIoMqeGFNvWEMDZuA3pN6jkCW4bnY88HS3sGf+fmRVxFjvtmWvahulYOkKEAGGP5moLkXVU5hQAkklmzPzoa+w2SNe53KHXObJUVfKrE+NeZyq34gYR7QGjDp0iuJZ6dX7hA= Received: by 10.114.103.1 with SMTP id a1mr462355wac.1185355792385; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:29:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.39.9 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:29:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:29:52 +0000 From: Thufir To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] insert text onto a PDF 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=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Archives-Salt: 3265f952-dba7-42ae-a24b-3e72574d254c X-Archives-Hash: bd99791ac646e91b22b0d4f587e5cc59 I found this via google: "The Tools 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. " I just want to add text on top of a PDF, resulting in a new file. I'm not concerned with encryption, authorization, nor really "editing" the PDF itself -- just ending up with a new PDF with my text on top. I read something about a java app to do this in a magazine a few months, but didn't keep the article :( IIRC it was on the cover to something like "linux format", one of those linux magazines with the CD/DVD give-away, oversized. I also came across: so, if I install kde then I can have PDFedit? There's also: but it seems a bit complex, masked packages and so forth (?). Then, there's this ebuild just loitering around in cyberspace: but it doesn't appear on the gentoo website that I saw. Finally, gimp can be used according to: but it's a bit vague. So, what do other people do? thanks, Thufir (emerging krita and kde presently) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list