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xournalpp
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUSE), macOS and Windows 10. Supports pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets.
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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Pdfkit
A Ruby gem to transform HTML + CSS into PDFs using the command-line utility wkhtmltopdf (by pdfkit)
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RGhost
RGhost is a document creation and conversion API. It uses the Ghostscript framework for the format conversion, utilizes EPS templates and is optimized to work with larger documents. Support(PDF,PS,GIF,TIF,PNG,JPG,etc)
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Hence, a higher number means a better HexaPDF alternative or higher similarity.
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Question about Yard
An example for a very simple setup is the cmdparse gem documentation. It only has a few additional documentation files that accompany the main API documentation. The other end of the spectrum is the documentation for HexaPDF which encompasses many additional documentation files besides the API documentation and deeply integrates the API docs into the whole documentation website.
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I interviewed Mike Perham (of Sidekiq) on commercializing software, and quitting his job to work on Sidekiq full time. “by March 2014 I was making more money from Sidekiq Pro sales than my Clymb salary”
HexaPDF is a Ruby OSS library with a commercial version available and profitable.
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Features for HexaPDF table implementation
So I'm collecting feature ideas for that table implementation at https://github.com/gettalong/hexapdf/discussions/231.
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HexaPDF to extract text from PDF file
Hi there! I'm the author of HexaPDF.
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Benchmarking Ruby 2.6 to 3.2
git clone https://github.com/gettalong/hexapdf.git
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A pdf cutting / spliting program
You can use this HexaPDF script to do this:
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HexaPDF Extras - Additional functionality for the HexaPDF library
I have just released my new gem hexapdf-extras which provides additional functionality on top of the HexaPDF library.
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Multiple-page PDF to one-page PDF
You can use HexaPDF together with a small script to do this (see the third line on how to use the script):
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Understanding Text in PDF
TrueType subsetting mainly consists of generating the necessary glyph and various index tables, and copying over all the other necessary tables which don't need to be adjusted. See https://github.com/gettalong/hexapdf/blob/master/lib/hexapdf/font/true_type/subsetter.rb for what is needed to subset.
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What do you use ruby for?
for all my PDF processing needs, courtesy of HexaPDF,
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Stats
Basic HexaPDF repo stats
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1,310
8.9
about 2 months ago
gettalong/hexapdf is an open source project licensed under AGPL-3.0, Nonstandard which is not an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of HexaPDF is Ruby.
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