Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

I always try to expand acronyms when I first use them in text.  That is 
good writing form and good communication, which is what writing is all 
about.  However, it Is beyond the scope of these messages to describe 
the terms.  That task is left as an exercise to the student.
I always say: when I stop learning, it is time to bury me.

Oh, pdftk is probably an acronym for Portable Document Format Tool Kit.  
But it is a software program, so the term is atomic, meaning it is 
inseparable, and it can mean anything the programmer wants it to.
Class dismissed!
Girvin Herr


On 04/15/2013 08:26 AM, anne-ology wrote:
>         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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