Hi,

my main use of pdfedit is the extraction of PDF figures from documents I 
reference. Now, my
current workflow is this - 

- Dump the page containing the figure from the original document with pdftk:
  
   pdftk A=<source>.pdf cat A<pageno> output <dest>.pdf

- Open <dest>.pdf in pdfedit.
- Use the coordinate display (set to pt) to figure out the
  coordinates of the corners of the figure

- Type those coordinates into the "Edit page metrics" dialog to crop.

- Save the PDF.

While this works, I wouldn't mind doing it in a less cumbersome way. The fact
that there are two implementations of page.setMediaBox() makes me suspect it
can be done via scripting, but I couldn't figure out how to get the GUI
selection rectangle from a script.

Is this possible?

Also: After I edit the Media Box, pdfedit's display usually goes blank. I can't
seem to get it to display the page anymore. It's not directly relevant (since I
only save & quit at that point, anyway), but I don't think it's intended that
way.

ciao,
-- 
[*Thomas  Themel*] "Ich nutze die Gelegenheit mal, ein Mißverständnis
[extended contact]       aus der Welt zu räumen: DU HAST KEIN RECHT AUF
[info provided in]                  EIN COOLES LEBEN. "
[*message header*]  - Felix von Leitner in de.org.ccc

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the
world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference
attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through
interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev
_______________________________________________
Pdfedit-support mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdfedit-support

Reply via email to