pdf general

• how to merge pdf files: 1st method; 2nd method: use PDF::API2.
• pdfsplit - an example of PDF::API2 usage to split pdf files
• AccessPDF - a repository managed by S. Steward, the author of PDF Hacks and pdftk.
• acroread: [ftp] [http] [version 5.0.8] [Javascript reference for version 5]

xpdf

1. apply xpdf-3.02pl[12].patch
2. apply this patch to get rid of all these fucking protections (for more info see Gallery of Adobe Remedies by Dave Touretzky)
3. in XPDFViewer.h, define DISABLE_OUTLINE (to get rid of fucking "bookmarks" and "thumbnails" once and for all)
4. export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I/usr/local/freetype/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/LessTif/Motif2.0/include"
5. export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I/usr/local/freetype/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/LessTif/Motif2.0/include"
6. export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/freetype/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/LessTif/Motif2.0/include"
7. export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/freetype/lib
8. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/xpdf-3.02pl2 --with-Xm-library=/usr/X11R6/LessTif/Motif2.0/lib
9. make; make install
10. uncomment and specify correct path to ghostscript fonts in xpdfrc

djvu

• djvulibre
• djvu viewer for windows from Lizardtech.
• to convert image file(s) to djvu:
  1st method: image -> ppm; ppm -> djvu with cpaldjvu; assemble separate djvu files into one with djvm
  2nd method: use any2djvu (does not support png);
  [note: for pdf and ps input, any2djvu merely runs remotely djvudigital which is a part of djvulibre]
• to convert from djvu to pdf: use ddjvu -format=tiff to convert djvu to tiff and then use tiffcp and tiff2pdf