pdfjam
xournalpp


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397 | 12,126 | |
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8.3 | 9.4 | |
4 days ago | 9 days ago | |
Shell | C++ | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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pdfjam
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Pdftool.org: modify pdfs offline in the browser
Some time ago I had success with https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam for that purpose.
It used to be included in the standard Debian repositories but that no longer seems to be the case which might mean it is an unmaintained project that has build issues. Worth trying though, if it builds on a modern system.
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Looking for a utility/suite for working with PDF files and documents
There is pdjam which might be a part of what you are looking for.
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meirl
If you have a standard package manager, look up pdfjam for pretty good CLI editing.
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Very new user who just merged a pdf, I'm in love
I use https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam/ for that since ages in case you're interested in alternatives.
xournalpp
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LibreOffice 400M Downloads, and Counting
So happy that it continues to grow in popularity. Draw is probably their best tool in the suite. Also related, people might be interested in using Xournal (https://xournalpp.github.io/) for PDF manipulations and pandoc (https://pandoc.org/) for general document conversion.
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✨ Top 5 Open-Source Terminal Note-Taking Applications ✨
Repository: xournalpp
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Rnote – Sketch and take handwritten notes
I tried a whole bunch of the these apps, and I decided that Xournal++ [1] is better than Rnote for note taking. However, I have used Openboard [2] for teaching online since 2020.
I agree that Rnote's smoothing is better, but it's tool selection UX is terrible. There are three different bars (top, bottom, and side), and you often need to move your mouse/hand to all of them across the screen in order to select the right tool. In Xournal++ I can put everything on the top bar.
Xournal++ has it's own problems. Pasting an image always makes it so big, that resizing to the correct size is difficult. It also doesn't have a laser pointer, which is why I can't use it for teaching. Creating a new document with the correct template is also painful.
Honestly, in another life, I would write a decent note-taking app.
[1] https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/
[2] https://github.com/OpenBoard-org/OpenBoard/
- Xournal++
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Rnote – An open-source vector-based drawing app
I highly recommend Rnote to anyone on Linux that misses the "hodgepodge" notetaking of apps like OneNote. It works like a dream on touchscreens and drawing tablets, with a surprising amount of configuration under the hood.
Also worth noting is Xournal, an older but similar project: https://xournalpp.github.io/
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Book list for streetfighting computer scientists
I've been using Xournalpp[1] for many years, highlighting books as I read them, adding in text/hand drawn annotations in whitespaces if necessary. Unlike other PDF readers/annotators, it saves a separate file, so the original PDF is untouched. It can also export the annotated PDF as a new PDF with highlights and annotations.
Obsidian[2] also has PDF support, where you can open a markdown document side by side with the PDF to take notes as you read. I think it also lets you highlight the PDF itself.
Emacs I think has a similar feature, via plugins/org-mode(?) to the Obsidian setup.
And of course your typical PDF reader probably has support for highlighting PDFs too, but I find them clunky and they save by exporting a PDF, which can be a bit heavy-handed IMO compared to just saving the annotations/highlights as a separate file as Xournalpp does.
[1]: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/
- MS edge pdf alternative
- Looking for a program that will turn my handwriting (through a wacom tablet) to standard math text immediately. Also, I'm on Linux Mint.
- A kernel update broke my stylus
- PicoCalc
What are some alternatives?
pdftk
rnote - Sketch and take handwritten notes.
Files - A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.
obsidian-excalidraw-plugin - A plugin to edit and view Excalidraw drawings in Obsidian
pdfmixtool
onenote - 📚 Linux Electron Onenote - A Linux compatible version of OneNote
unionpdf - A universal pdf rendering/editing library
notekit - A GTK3 hierarchical markdown notetaking application with tablet support.
openoffice - Apache OpenOffice
Joplin - Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
LibreOffice - Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead
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