insert text onto a PDF

I found this via google:

"The Tools

The tools I found are Xfig and flpsed. Xfig is a general
image editor,
while flpsed is specifically for marking up PDF files. It's
important
to note that neither of these programs can actually edit PDF
files.
Rather, they can be used to add new text and graphics on top
of the
file. This is generally all you need for filling out typical
business
forms such as contracts. "

<http://www.l
inux.com/articles/113907>


I just want to add text on top of a PDF, resulting in a new
file.  I'm
not concerned with encryption, authorization, nor really
"editing" the
PDF itself -- just ending up with a new PDF with my text on
top.

I read something about a java app to do this in a magazine a
few
months, but didn't keep the article :(

IIRC it was on the cover to something like "linux
format", one of
those linux magazines with the CD/DVD give-away, oversized.

I also came across:

<http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/PDFed
it?content=51831>  so,
if I install kde then I can have PDFedit?

There's also:

<http://ov
erlays.gentoo.org/proj/sunrise> but it seems a bit
complex,
masked packages and so forth (?).

Then, there's this ebuild just loitering around in
cyberspace:

<h
ttp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~sanda/pdfedit/>  but
it doesn't
appear on the gentoo website that I saw.

Finally, gimp can be used according to:

<ht
tp://www.wikihow.com/Edit-PDF-Files-in-Linux> but
it's a bit vague.





So, what do other people do?






thanks,

Thufir


(emerging krita and kde presently)
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Hi,

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:29:52 +0000 Thufir
<hawat.thufirgmail.com>
wrote:

> I just want to add text on top of a PDF, resulting in a
new file.  I'm
> not concerned with encryption, authorization, nor
really "editing" the
> PDF itself -- just ending up with a new PDF with my
text on top.
> 
> I read something about a java app to do this in a
magazine a few
> months, but didn't keep the article :(

iText would be a programming library (Java/.NET) that could
be used to
do that. See http://lowagie.com/iText
-- start with the Tutorials in
order to see how you can modify existing PDFs.

There's also pdftk, which can "stamp" PDFs onto
each others. It uses
iText internally and provides a CLI.

Also, there's the Multivalent Tools. Quite nice stuff, too.

If you were more specific about what kind of texts you want
to add,
there might be other suggestions.

-hwh
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070725 Thufir wrote:
> I just want to add text on top of a PDF, resulting in a
new file.
> what do other people do?

Pdftk is generally good: you could make a PDF of the text
you want to add
(eg using Open Office), then use Pdftk to add it to your
existing PDF.

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I emerged gimp, but am still emerging krita and kde.  From
gimp, as
advertised, I was able to insert text and save the file as
foo.xcf,
but need krita, apparently, to convert the xcf file to a
pdf, at least
according to the tutorial.

This is workable, but kludgy.  I'd like one app to do it
all.



thanks,

Thufir
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ON SUNDAY 29 JULY 2007 09:33, THUFIR WROTE:
> ON FRI, 27 JUL 2007 16:04:02 +0200, ANNO V. HEIMBURG
WROTE:
> > I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHY DON'T YOU HAVE GIMP EXPORT
IT TO POSTSCRIPT AND
> > THEN USE PS2PDF OR SOMESUCH? OR DIRECTLY PRINT IT
TO CUPS-PDF, IF
> > INSTALLED?
>
> I'M NOT SEEING A PS2PDF PACKAGE TO EMERGE.  DOES IT GO
BY ANOTHER NAME?

# EQUERY B $(WHICH PS2PDF)
[ SEARCHING FOR FILE(S) /USR/BIN/PS2PDF IN *... ]
APP-TEXT/GHOSTSCRIPT-ESP-8.15.3 (/USR/BIN/PS2PDF)

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