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What projects does the opensource world lack (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by 0101100101@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Is there some project that the opensource world is missing that you think it needs?

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[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'm always surprised that, for as widely used as PDFs are, there doesn't seem to be any real alternative to Acrobat for editing existing PDFs.

[–] qpsLCV5@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

i've had good success doing small edits with libreoffice (design? draw? idk what its called).

[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 months ago

that or Inkscape are the only real answers I'd have if you forced me to name one, but I'd have a hard time recommending a vector graphics editor to a regular person who just wants to edit text formatting in a PDF without messing it up.

[–] 0101100101@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

The PDF was/is a closed-source propriety file format.

[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Stirling PDF may have what you need https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF