Manual creation of the outline for a PDF document

[David Hurka]

Hi Andy and Albert,

I would like the ability to correct the TOC (Table of Contents / Outline) of a 
PDF document.

(Just one argument)
Currently it might be confusing, how Foxit or other readers call them 
“Bookmarks”, and Okular has the ability to create “Bookmarks”. What if some 
user thinks that Okular can correct the TOC, and spends much time creating 
Bookmarks, and then sends the PDF without TOC to someone else?

This touches the discussion how much Okular should be an editor, and there is 
still no answer whether we should have a separate PDF editor application. :(

Anyway, having the feature in poppler would be great, if there is some editing 
application some day. :)

Cheers, David

On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:30:29 +0200 Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> 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?us
> > p=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?us
> > p=drive_web>
> > 
> > Have a nice week!!