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drcpp

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    Comment #34729218

    wow, ok didn't know that. Thanks a lot for letting me know.

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    Comment #34728163

    Thanks a lot for your input. I agree that it can be a good idea to make it clearer that this is like a local / offline tool since that is the biggest difference compared to other t…

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    Comment #34727835

    Interesting thinking...

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    Comment #34727742

    Thanks, will definitely have a look.

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    Comment #34727694

    Thanks, that shouldn't be too hard to add. I have noted it down and will have a look at it.

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    Comment #34727658

    Happy to hear :)

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    Comment #34726532

    Thank you! Could be an idea. The PDF logic itself is in a C++ library that can be compiled against different platforms. A cli for instance shouldn't be too difficult to create. If …

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    Comment #34726436

    Yes, it is a C++ library I have created and compiled to WebAssembly.

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    Comment #34726420

    It is a very small PDF library that I have written myself in C++. I am planning to release the source, but haven't decided on the license yet. It is very limited in features compar…

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    Comment #34725901

    Noted it in my list as well, thank you!

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    Comment #34725875

    Thank you. Sejda has a lot of features and seems to be a solid tool. The big difference between Sejda's online tool and pdfux is that with Sejda (and most online PDF tools), your f…

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    Comment #34725636

    Happy to hear that you like it. As an example, I have started to look into if it is possible to add different features based on OCR. I still haven't gotten it to work but I think i…

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    Comment #34725400

    It is my own library that I have created. I am planning to release the code with some open source license hopefully soon. The library is still very small and only include a tiny pa…

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    Comment #34725267

    I guess it is just as safe. One advantage that I see with this tool, is that it runs in the browser so you don't have to install anything and can use it from any device with a web …

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    Comment #34725191

    In general, I have been thinking about how to get some earnings from this, it would allow me to spend more time and continuing to improve the tool faster. I am still not sure the b…

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    Comment #34725081

    Thank you :) I added this to my feature list, I will try to look into it.

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    Show HN: Privacy friendly suite of PDF tools

    Hi HN, I have been working on a set of PDF tools that does all the processing directly in the web browser. From time to time I needed to do some simple PDF manipulations like mergi…