On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:04:43 +0100, Stephen Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 12:25:03PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
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>> As have I, but I have had to resort to using non free tools on a
>> non free OS to do so. Are you aware of free software that would
>> allow me to directly edit PDF files? If not, then Florian may have
>> a point.
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> Umm, "vi foo.pdf" usually works fine.
I see. About as well as decompiling and editing the assmbly
for binaries, then, for most PDF's I deal with.
> PDF is just plaintext (unless it uses encryption). Okay, it's not
> very human readable, but you CAN write it by hand if you want to.
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That is what I get with vim N-400_no_fill.pdf, the US
governments naturalization pdf.
I think saying PDF is editable by vim is stretching things a
tad.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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