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| sebras | csanyipal (for the logs): mupdf-gl would be able to do annotations and reopening on the page where you closed a document. I don't know if this is packaged by Xubuntu. | 03:54.23 |
| malc_ | /query sebras | 04:25.57 |
| | right | 04:26.01 |
| satousan | hey yall, just want to say amazing app. very simple and lightweight! | 04:44.00 |
| | was wondering if there is any way to do annotation with the app, such as highlighting text | 04:44.32 |
| | im on android also if that makes a difference | 04:44.44 |
| malc_ | crap... i'm in love... with the way scottish pm talks | 05:48.40 |
| Moult | g'day all! i use mupdf as my main pdf viewer on linux. i work in the architecture/engineering/construction industry, and on windows, we heavily annotate pdfs. i'm looking for similar functionality in linux. | 07:14.01 |
| | to clarify, by annotation, adding text and comments and arrows and polylines of various styles is a must, but in addition, there are some industry specific requirements | 07:14.29 |
| | for example, the ability to add a dimension line, with automatic calculation of a linear dimension or area of a closed polyline, with a particular scale factor applied. | 07:15.08 |
| | another example is the ability to calibrate and snap to vector lines on a PDF | 07:15.19 |
| | (i.e calibrate a scale factor, if the PDF contains a 1:100 drawing, 1:50 drawing, etc) | 07:15.41 |
| | what are the chances of getting some of this functionality on linux? | 07:16.05 |
| sebras | Moult: mupdf-gl is able to do PDF annotations. | 07:16.10 |
| | Moult: but some of the features you're asking for is not available. e.g. snapping to vector lines (or even lines of other polyline annotations). | 07:17.04 |
| Moult | sebras: when you say pdf annotations, do you mean this? https://i.imgur.com/XzPm88R.png | 07:18.48 |
| sebras | Moult: wrt to the dimension line you mention there is no assitance from the tools to know exactly how long such a line is on paper. | 07:19.00 |
| | Moult: yes, that's the one's I'm referring to. | 07:19.09 |
| Moult | sebras: correct, there is no assistance. so usually there are some preset scale factors, and also a calibrate function | 07:19.48 |
| | sebras: i've used those annotation functions, unfortunately, it isn't quite so straightforward to create annotations like these | 07:20.32 |
| | https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdl1.cbsistatic.com%2Fi%2F2017%2F11%2F26%2F560abd4f-40fe-4686-93b7-25fcaed6a46b%2F054123739e7342a47471b26cd744f2c9%2F86815aeb65460a0e79131d7c82e9e76160451bluebeamrevuautomatescriticalprocessesbringsgreaterclaritytomarkupsandgivesmoreflexibilitytoprojectcollaboration.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 (see the revision clouds, for example) | 07:20.35 |
| | it may be just that i am expecting somethign that is out of scope for mupdf | 07:20.45 |
| | sebras: other functionality are things like the ability to overlay or compare pdfs side by side or on top of each other (colour coded green = added graphics, red=removed) | 07:22.32 |
| | sebras: in the existing annotation features, i don't see the ability to change things like line thickness or polygon fills, for example | 07:24.41 |
| | maybe i'm asking a bit much, sorry | 07:24.44 |
| sebras | Moult: my initial thought is that this is likely out of scope for mupdf. but I'd still like to ask you to come back here during EU business hours on mon-fri when all the mupdf developers are here. | 07:25.09 |
| Moult | sebras: sure thing. i can do that. whereabouts in EU? | 07:25.45 |
| sebras | Moult: uk and swedish time zones. | 07:26.02 |
| Moult | sebras: cheers. i'll stick around. one option is to provide a forked or different version of mupdf with these extra features | 07:26.44 |
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