Hi all, > This touches the discussion how much Okular should be an editor, and there is > still no answer whether we should have a separate PDF editor application. :(
given how few people actually spend time developing Okular, I really don't see a separate pdf editor application appearing anytime soon. Best, Oliver > > Anyway, having the feature in poppler would be great, if there is some > editing > application some day. :) > > Cheers, David > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:30:29 +0200 Albert Astals Cid <aa...@kde.org> wrote: >> El diumenge, 13 d’octubre de 2019, a les 8:56:41 CEST, Andy Sardina va > escriure: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am working on a feature that will allow a user to define the document's >>> outline (for PDF files). To be able to do this, I need to modify the >>> poppler to be able to write into the PDF file. >> >> I'm going to give you the same answer i give to the people that suggest >> adding PDF page removal/adition/sorting to Okular. >> >> I don't think Okular is the proper place for this and a "Simple PDF editor" >> application would be much easier, both in code (since you don't need to >> create public API for all that since Okular is not a PDF tool) and in user >> interface (since editing usually has different requirements to viewing). >> >> If you have questions about poppler i suggest you make them in the poppler >> mailing list >> >> Cheers, >> Albert >> >>> I am doing this, because some times, I generate PDF from images, or I get >>> PDF that doesn't have the outline (or TOC) and I would like to be able to >>> create one from Okular. For example, the Foxit Reader has this >>> functionality. Take a look at this short video to see what I mean: >>> >>> >>> Swedish Fairy Tales.mp4 >>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ADdebIeWX5zdaKe7IMKIM6r-94Sryv-0/view?us >>> p=drive_web> >>> >>> >>> I have created a short document with some ideas of how I am thinking to >>> implement it, but I have been struggling to find a good design. I would >>> like you to give some impressions and tell me if is that the correct path. >>> >>> Here the document: >>> >>> >>> Poppler modifications.pdf >>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RLRTrTzDtSk0L-bw4yvb0ZT58DN2qkcl/view?us >>> p=drive_web> >>> >>> Have a nice week!! > > > >