The year is 2024; PDF is 30 years old.
Using ‘gs’ to select/split pages and merge documents requires a PhD in PostScript (or Forth?) and in IEEE-754 to deal with rounding errors.
Every other tool out there (mutool, pdfbook2, pdfjam, podofo, etc.) gets you almost there, but not quite.
If you have tips, I’m all ears!
Ludovic Courtès /
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2024-02-13 15:08:11
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