Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

       yikes, sounds as if I need further information -
           or need to keep studying ... ... ...  ;-)

       Please update re. this / these tks whenever; I'll stay tuned  ;-)

       Ah, acronyms  ;-)
           tk := http://www.acronymfinder.com/TK.html
       (well, while waiting to understand all this, my mind tends to wander
- puns are so much fun  :-)  )



On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Girvin Herr wrote:
>  Felmon,
> > Looks like pdftk is written in Java.
> >
> >   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Pdftk<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdftk>
> >
> > So the gui (Graphical User Interface) is whatever the Java Runtime
> > Environment (JRE) interfaces with.  From my experience, it isn't pretty,
> > but functional.
> >
> > I noticed there are some other source files and some 3rd-party code in
> > the package that I did not take time to investigate, and it takes Gcc to
> > build it.  But one of the big ideas of Java is that it contains its own gui
> > code, so the programmer's effort is greatly reduced.  I would be surprised
> > if pdftk does not use the standard Java gui.
> > Girvin Herr
>
> good to know, especially about the '3rd-party code'.
>
> makes sense the gui would be in java so it can run on various platforms.
>
> I don't however foresee myself invoking the gui unless I'm working off of
> Windows or something.
>
> I'll look but I bet there's a command-line version for Windows too.
>
> F.
>
>
>
> > On 04/13/2013 11:24 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 13 Apr 2013, Tom Davies wrote:
> > >
> > >  <snip>
> >
> > > I'm only familiar with pdftk as a command-line tool; thus I was confused
> > > by the discussion of desktop environments.
> > >
> > > it does have a gui interface (or several?) and then there are the
> > > Windows and Mac versions. I don't know what is used to make the gui
> > > interface on Linux.
> > >
> > > Felmon
> > <snip>

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