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- data/README.md +376 -0
- data/bin/automatic_pdf_title +7 -0
- data/bin/convert_markdown_to_pdf +7 -0
- data/bin/convert_pdf_to_text +7 -0
- data/bin/merge_then_open +7 -0
- data/bin/n_pages +10 -0
- data/bin/open_main_pdf +7 -0
- data/bin/pdf_paradise +7 -0
- data/bin/set_main_book +7 -0
- data/bin/set_title_of_this_pdf_file +15 -0
- data/doc/README.gen +348 -0
- data/doc/todo/todo.md +2 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise.rb +5 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/base/base.rb +173 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/commandline/help.rb +69 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/commandline/menu.rb +160 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/compress_this_pdf_file.rb +82 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/constants/constants.rb +59 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/convert_text_to_pdf.rb +94 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/css/project.css +17 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/djvu_to_pdf.rb +85 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/README.md +6 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/fox/split_pdf_file.rb +77 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk2/delete_the_first_or_the_last_page_of_this_pdf_file/delete_the_first_or_the_last_page_of_this_pdf_file.rb +39 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk2/pdf_viewer/pdf_viewer.rb +34 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk2/split_pdf_file/split_pdf_file.rb +34 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk2/statistics_widget/statistics_widget.rb +34 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk2/to_pdf/to_pdf.rb +32 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk3/controller/controller.rb +197 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk3/convert_pdf_to_text/convert_pdf_to_text.rb +34 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk3/delete_the_first_or_the_last_page_of_this_pdf_file/delete_the_first_or_the_last_page_of_this_pdf_file.rb +39 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk3/pdf_viewer/pdf_viewer.rb +34 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk3/split_pdf_file/split_pdf_file.rb +34 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk3/statistics_widget/statistics_widget.rb +34 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/gtk3/to_pdf/to_pdf.rb +32 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/shared_code/convert_pdf_to_text/convert_pdf_to_text_module.rb +277 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/shared_code/delete_the_first_or_the_last_page_of_this_pdf_file/delete_the_first_or_the_last_page_of_this_pdf_file_module.rb +428 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/shared_code/pdf_viewer/pdf_viewer.css +5 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/shared_code/pdf_viewer/pdf_viewer_module.rb +284 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/shared_code/split_pdf_file/split_pdf_file.css +0 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/shared_code/split_pdf_file/split_pdf_file_module.rb +294 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/shared_code/statistics_widget/statistics_widget_module.rb +333 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/gui/shared_code/to_pdf/to_pdf_module.rb +273 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/main_pdf/main_pdf.rb +437 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/merge_pdf/menu.rb +63 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/merge_pdf/merge_pdf.rb +292 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/merge_pdf_namespace.rb +9 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/merge_then_open/merge_then_open.rb +105 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/pdf_file_n_total_pages.rb +227 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/project/project_base_directory.rb +22 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/remove_pdf_password.rb +392 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/requires/batch_require_toplevel_files.rb +22 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/requires/colours.rb +7 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/requires/colours_and_esystem_and_save_file_and_fileutils_and_opn.rb +11 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/requires/esystem_and_colours.rb +10 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/requires/esystem_and_opn_and_colours.rb +8 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/requires/require_the_whole_project.rb +25 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/requires/require_utility_scripts.rb +7 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/rotate_pdf_file.rb +144 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/set_main_book.rb +156 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/set_pdf_title.rb +218 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/sinatra/embeddable_interface.rb +315 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/automatic_pdf_title.rb +55 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/convert_epub_to_pdf.rb +27 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/convert_markdown_to_pdf.rb +43 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/convert_ppt_to_pdf.rb +35 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/e.rb +16 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/esystem.rb +19 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/misc.rb +52 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/number_pages.rb +38 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/opened_pdf_files.rb +191 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/query_pdf_title.rb +182 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/reduce_size_of_this_pdf_file.rb +43 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/roebe.rb +17 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/toplevel_methods/to_pdf.rb +38 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/README.md +3 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/convert_pdf_to_text.rb +166 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/delete_first_page_of_this_pdf_file.rb +185 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/delete_last_page_of_this_pdf_file.rb +180 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/delete_this_page_of_this_pdf_file.rb +310 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/extract_pdf_page.rb +280 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/pdf_optimizer.rb +113 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/pdf_statistics.rb +150 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/remove_images.rb +110 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/split_pdf.rb +294 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/utility_scripts/to_qdf.rb +82 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/version/version.rb +19 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/www/README.md +2 -0
- data/lib/pdf_paradise/www/sinatra/app.rb +276 -0
- data/pdf_paradise.gemspec +64 -0
- data/test/testing_pdf_paradise.rb +9 -0
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[![forthebadge](http://forthebadge.com/images/badges/built-with-love.svg)](https://www.gobolinux.org/)
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[![forthebadge](http://forthebadge.com/images/badges/made-with-ruby.svg)](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/)
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[![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/pdf_paradise.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/pdf_paradise)
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This gem was <b>last updated</b> on the <span style="color: darkblue; font-weight: bold">15.06.2021</span> (dd.mm.yyyy notation), at <span style="color: steelblue; font-weight: bold">14:24:55</span> o'clock.
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This project can help with pdf-related activities, such as extracting
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a .pdf page, converting .pdf page, merging .pdf files, splitting
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.pdf files, setting the title of a .pdf page and similar actions.
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The project has to remain quite flexible. We may use external
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programs such as **ghoscript** or **qpdf*, or we may use pure
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ruby solutions, such as via the gem called **combine_pdf**,
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**prawn** or **hexapdf**.
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The file here (README.gen, respectively the generated file called
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**README.md**), will describe some of the components that make
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up this gem.
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## Rationale for making use of separate pdf-related projects
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There are many pdf-related tools if you look on the www. For
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example, we have prawn, we have qpdf, we have calibre, we
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have hexapdf, we have ghostscript, and many more applications.
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Some of these have unique features; and some of them have overlapping
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functionality, such as reading the content of .pdf files in a
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simplified manner (number of pages, title, author and so forth).
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The PdfParadise project attempts to support as many different
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(open-source) projects as possible. It is also permissive to
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support closed source projects, provided that the code retains
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simple (and simple to change). The primary focus is on
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open-source projects though.
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Why does the PdfParadise project attempt to support many different
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pdf-related projects?
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The main answer is quite simple. On Linux I have a lot of flexibility
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and can use literally any pdf-related project just fine. On Windows,
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however had, I am more restricted in what I can use. Not all programs
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are available on windows or can be easily compiled there. Thus, in
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order to allow the pdf_paradise .gem to work on windows, we need
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this flexibility.
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The reason why I added this subsection here in June 2021 was that
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I am slowly changing the sinatra-related part of the PdfParadise
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project, in order to embed the functionality into my main controller
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which is handled by the **Roebe** namespace. In that controller
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I wanted to easily offer pdf-related functionality "out of the
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box" when I start the sinatra-application on windows. Because I
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want to be able to offer pdf-related modifications on windows
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as well, the PdfParadise project had to become more flexible,
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so that a simple toplevel route, such as **/pdf**, will work
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properly, and lead to entry points (subroutes) that allow
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us to tap into the features offered by the PdfParadise project.
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flexible in order to support a proper workflow on windows
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systems as well. (We could use WSL on windows, but not every
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computer has this available, so I am targeting "vanilla"
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windows really.)
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Note that one slight drawback is that the sinatra prat of
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**cyberweb** project. This is a trade-off - for me the
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## Converting a .pdf file to text
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of a .pdf file, rather than the .pdf file itself.
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from class **PdfParadise::ConvertPdfToText**, if the user
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has gtk3 installed and the ruby-bindings to it as well.
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## Commandline usage
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the example above shows.
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For instance, say that you wish to modify **the title of a .pdf
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file**, you can use a commandline invocation such as via
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pdf_paradise --use-this-pdf-file=location_to_your_pdf_file.pdf --set_title="The title you want to use goes in here."
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<b>--shrink</b>, such as:
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## Storing the .pdf pages that are currently open
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into a local file. That way you may also be able to batch-open
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Before that email I used an email account at Google gmail, but in **2021** I
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decided to slowly abandon gmail for various reasons. In part this is because
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the UI annoys me (on non-chrome browser loading takes too long), but also
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because of Google's attempt to establish mass surveillance via its
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federated cohorts sniffing (FLoC). I do not know what happened at Google,
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greed. When it comes to data mining done by private groups, ultimately
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the user became the product.
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depending on the amount of work I may have at that moment, due
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to reallife time constraints. I will, however had, read feedback
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eventually. Patches and code changes are welcome too, of course,
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fitting to the general theme. For this I may make use of github
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