Manual creation of the outline for a PDF document.

[Andy Sardina]

It is a shame, but it is good to know! I will try to make the modifications
in poppler for a future usage :(

El dom., 13 oct. 2019 a las 18:30, Albert Astals Cid (<aacid at kde.org>)
escribió:

> El diumenge, 13 d’octubre de 2019, a les 8:56:41 CEST, Andy Sardina va
> escriure:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  I am working on a feature that will allow a user to define the
> document's
> > outline (for PDF files). To be able to do this, I need to modify the
> > poppler to be able to write into the PDF file.
>
> I'm going to give you the same answer i give to the people that suggest
> adding PDF page removal/adition/sorting to Okular.
>
> I don't think Okular is the proper place for this and a "Simple PDF
> editor" application would be much easier, both in code (since you don't
> need to create public API for all that since Okular is not a PDF tool) and
> in user interface (since editing usually has different requirements to
> viewing).
>
> If you have questions about poppler i suggest you make them in the poppler
> mailing list :)
>
> Cheers,
>   Albert
>
> >
> >   I am doing this, because some times, I generate PDF from images, or I
> get
> > PDF that doesn't have the outline (or TOC) and I would like to be able to
> > create one from Okular. For example, the Foxit Reader has this
> > functionality. Take a look at this short video to see what I mean:
> >
> >
> >  Swedish Fairy Tales.mp4
> > <
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ADdebIeWX5zdaKe7IMKIM6r-94Sryv-0/view?usp=drive_web
> >
> >
> >
> > I have created a short document with some ideas of how I am thinking to
> > implement it, but I have been struggling to find a good design. I would
> > like you to give some impressions and tell me if is that the correct
> path.
> >
> > Here the document:
> >
> >
> >  Poppler modifications.pdf
> > <
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RLRTrTzDtSk0L-bw4yvb0ZT58DN2qkcl/view?usp=drive_web
> >
> >
> > Have a nice week!!
> >
>
>
>
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