Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

       very interesting, yes indeed  ;-)

       well, the more I read this list, 'the more I seem to learn, yet the
stupider I feel'  ;-)
               (the glorified typewriter has so surpassed me)

       I note you've used a 'new' word; acronymonious seems to fit well in
this saga -
           yet I hope you didn't mis-type acrimonious  ;-)
               (oh, surely not)



On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:

On Mon, 15 Apr 2013, anne-ology wrote:
>        yikes, sounds as if I need further information -
> >           or need to keep studying ... ... ...  ;-)
>
> not sure how the further discussion would be relevant to you if you just
> want to use the tool. the link I gave you explains the things pdftk can do.
> you can then decide if it might be useful.
>
> the next step is to determine if you find it convenient to use.
>
> of course, if you are also interested in how the tool is built, then
> that's a different matter.
>
>
>        Please update re. this / these tks whenever; I'll stay tuned  ;-)
> >       Ah, acronyms  ;-)
> >           tk := http://www.acronymfinder.com/**TK.html<http://www.acronymfinder.com/TK.html>
> >       (well, while waiting to understand all this, my mind tends to wander
> > - puns are so much fun  :-)  )
>
> don't mean to be acronymonious about it but all disciplines and
> occupations use abbreviations and have specialist dictionaries -
> general-purpose dictionaries won't do.
>
> F.
>
>
> > 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>
> > > > <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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