From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 03:18:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5F5016A419 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:18:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD3613C45B for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:18:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from ednmsw511.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednmsw511.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.68.12]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAS351VX024683 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:35:01 +1030 (CST) Received: from fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au (fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au) by ednmsw511.dsto.defence.gov.au (Clearswift SMTPRS 5.2.9) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:35:29 +1030 Received: from stlex510.dsto.defence.gov.au ([203.6.60.184]) by fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:05:27 +1100 Received: from obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au ([203.6.60.208]) by stlex510.dsto.defence.gov.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:05:26 +0800 Received: from obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lAS35Gqv010131 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:05:16 +0900 (WST) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: (from wilkinsa@localhost) by obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id lAS35GHJ010130 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:05:16 +0900 (WST) (envelope-from wilkinsa) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:05:16 +0900 From: "Wilkinson, Alex" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071128030516.GC815@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <474CD21D.5010002@chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <474CD21D.5010002@chuckr.org> Organisation: Defence Science Technology Organisation User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Nov 2007 03:05:27.0061 (UTC) FILETIME=[86AA0450:01C8316B] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.0.0.1526-5.0.1023-15570.003 X-TM-AS-Result: No--3.333900-0.000000-31 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: handling pdfs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:18:40 -0000 0n Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 09:27:41PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: >I need to read about 4 tons of some really sparse pdf specs. I also have a >rather inconvenient throwback: I feel hugely more at home-reading >documents in paper. What I'd kind of like to do would be able to perform >cut'n'paste among different pdfs, 5 pages here, 10 pages there, until I put >together maybe 100-200 pages, and sit back and read it. What I can't do is >print just a few pages out of several 800-plus page specs, and perform >paper cut'n'pasting. > >Is there some sort of util that will allow me to do cut'n'pasting among >different pdfs, or at the very least, only to print certain ranges out of >pdf docs, so I could do paper-wise cut'n'paste? An all-electronic solution >would be best, but I'd take whatever offered. /usr/ports/print/pdftk/ -aW IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email.