Re: Flash is open?
On Sat, 15 May 2010 01:07:28 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello Camaleón,
>
> Am 2010-05-14 21:39:38, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
>> You must be kidding. Or at least you must be unaware about the
>> existence of pdftk toolkit, iTex and gnupdf library, xournal or
>> pdfedit, a set of applications and frameworks available in this
>> "GNU/Linux world", intended for PDF editing and manipulation.
>
> I was NEVER able to edit a singel PDF file...
>
> And of course it was NOT the idea of Adobe, to let users edit PDF files.
> PDF was created as portable static file format.
But now *it is*.
With Acrobat Professional, you can even put a HD movie or 3D elements
embedded into a PDF file :-)
I don't need such monstruosities, but adding a simple link, making
annotations or just modifying the metatags is a fair use of a PDF.
>> There is more than PDF/A (a PDF spec for archiving purposes) out there.
>
> There are better formats for it
Maybe... but Hylafax (fax server) uses a PDF (or TIF or PS) format to
manage received documents and many people maybe in the need of editing
them.
>> Have you ever heard about PDF forms (editing required), about adding
>> bookmarks inside a PDF file structure, about making annotations or
>> markups or just creating a link?
>
> "Bookmarks" and/or "Annotations" are not even stored in the PDF with the
> Adobe Acrobat Reader...
But I'm not talking about PDF "readers" features, but PDF "editors"
features.
>> There are many situations where the user has the PDF file but lacks the
>> original document, and if you want to perform any modification in that
>> file, we (linux users) are stuck :-/
>
> PDFs are not inted to be editable. It is not the intend by Adobe to do
> modifications once it was created.
Again... are you kidding? Or have you ever worked with Acrobat
Professional? It's all about PDF editing!
> If I think on the Invoices i send per EMail... Users could modify the
> file and fool the Revenue/customs Office or whatelse... and if something
> goes wrong, the could claim, I have the PDF invoice send like this.
Linux PDF "readers" are in a very good shape. In fact, I don't even have
Acrobat Reader installed on my linux systems.
It's about "editing" PDF files in linux what we are talking about.
> Note: I have a secured Off-Line Archive with such documents
> and invoices plus there MD5 and SHA384 sums. So even if I
> output the PDF-Invoice on my OnlineStore, it is automaticaly
> saved as copy on another system.
>
> And requesting a second copy will NOT CREATE the invoice
> from scratch, but take the from the archive since it must be
> the VERY original
Yes, that's fine.
> There are many things you are missing here...
There are many more things you seem to simply bypass (or ignore) about
PDF format. PDF v1.3 lacks most of the PDF v1.7 features and abilities,
which is normal, being the 9 years in between each of them.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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