I will try that. On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:31:40 -0800 "Michael Scully" <agentscully@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Ed: > > I think image magick will allow PDF files as input and let > you > output a number of other formats, like encapsulated Postscript that > might be > editable in other programs. Then you could output to PDF when > you're done. > Would that work? > > Scully > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ed Wilts > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:08 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: pdf files > > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 10:57:37AM +1000, Peter Smith wrote: > > Yes, of course. But my point is that the reason we go to the > expense of > > generating pdf files is to produce something that can not easily > be > > modified. > > Part of the reason some people produce PDFs is because just anybody > can > read them. They may have been produced by an application that we > don't > have access to. For example, our internal typesetting system > products > Postscript from which we then crank out PDFs for our customers. > > Some of our customers send us PDFs and then expect us to typeset > them > into something useful. That means we either have to start over > from > scratch or rip the PDFs apart into something that gives us a head > start. > > > If someone produces a free pdf editor, we might as well fall > > back on .doc. Heh. > > Yeah, but it's not always pure text. We wish the world was that > simple... > > -- > Ed Wilts, RHCE > Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
