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author | rodent <rodent@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-04-07 20:49:31 +0000 |
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committer | rodent <rodent@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-04-07 20:49:31 +0000 |
commit | 56d0e89eec7a65cd783aaecd29fefde7b20f7a96 (patch) | |
tree | 79de035a23bbb285c8713b492fa4fa499634f7f8 /print/qpdf | |
parent | 836f824b7f7339847cc2cb57f6c10401a6122132 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-56d0e89eec7a65cd783aaecd29fefde7b20f7a96.tar.gz |
Edited DESCR in the case of:
File too long (should be no more than 24 lines).
Line too long (should be no more than 80 characters).
Trailing empty lines.
Trailing white-space.
Trucated the long files as best as possible while preserving the most info
contained in them.
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/print/qpdf/DESCR b/print/qpdf/DESCR index 7a3c5981e86..216c4bac6ec 100644 --- a/print/qpdf/DESCR +++ b/print/qpdf/DESCR @@ -1,35 +1,21 @@ QPDF is a command-line program that does structural, content-preserving -transformations on PDF files. It could have been called something -like pdf-to-pdf. It also provides many useful capabilities to -developers of PDF-producing software or for people who just want -to look at the innards of a PDF file to learn more about how they -work. +transformations on PDF files. It could have been called something like +pdf-to-pdf. It also provides many useful capabilities to developers of +PDF-producing software or for people who just want to look at the innards of a +PDF file to learn more about how they work. -QPDF is capable of creating linearized (also known as web-optimized) -files and encrypted files. It is also capable of converting PDF -files with object streams (also known as compressed objects) to -files with no compressed objects or to generate object streams from -files that don't have them (or even those that already do). QPDF -also supports a special mode designed to allow you to edit the -content of PDF files in a text editor. For more details, please -see the documentation links below. +QPDF is capable of creating linearized (also known as web-optimized) files and +encrypted files. It is also capable of converting PDF files with object streams +(also known as compressed objects) to files with no compressed objects or to +generate object streams from files that don't have them (or even those that +already do). QPDF also supports a special mode designed to allow you to edit the +content of PDF files in a text editor. For more details, please see the +documentation links below. -QPDF includes support for merging and splitting PDFs through the -ability to copy objects from one PDF file into another and to -manipulate the list of pages in a PDF file. The QPDF library also -makes it possible for you to create PDF files from scratch. In this -mode, you are responsible for supplying all the contents of the -file, while the QPDF library takes care off all the syntactical -representation of the objects, creation of cross references tables -and, if you use them, object streams, encryption, linearization, -and other syntactic details. - -QPDF is not a PDF content creation library, a PDF viewer, or a -program capable of converting PDF into other formats. In particular, -QPDF knows nothing about the semantics of PDF content streams. If -you are looking for something that can do that, you should look -elsewhere. However, once you have a valid PDF file, QPDF can be -used to transform that file in ways perhaps your original PDF -creation can't handle. For example, programs generate simple PDF -files but can't password-protect them, web-optimize them, or perform -other transformations of that type. +QPDF includes support for merging and splitting PDFs through the ability to copy +objects from one PDF file into another and to manipulate the list of pages in a +PDF file. The QPDF library also makes it possible for you to create PDF files +from scratch. In this mode, you are responsible for supplying all the contents +of the file, while the QPDF library takes care off all the syntactical +representation of the objects, creation of cross references tables and, if you +use them, object streams, encryption, linearization and other syntactic details. |