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author | Aleksej Bobylev <al.bobylev@gmail.com> |
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date | Sun May 27 17:34:05 2018 +0300 (2018-05-27) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/mupdf/description.mupdf-tools.txt Sun May 27 17:34:05 2018 +0300 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ 1.4 +The command line tools are all gathered into one umbrella command: `mutool`. 1.5 + 1.6 +For rendering and converting documents there are three commands available: 1.7 + 1.8 + * `mutool draw`: This is the more customizable tool, but also has a more 1.9 + difficult set of command line options. It is primarily used for rendering 1.10 + a document to image files. 1.11 + * `mutool convert`: This tool is used for converting documents into other 1.12 + formats, and is easier to use. 1.13 + * `mutool trace`: This is a debugging tool used for printing a trace of the 1.14 + graphics device calls on a page. 1.15 + 1.16 +There are also several tools specifically for working with PDF files: 1.17 + 1.18 + * `mutool show`: A tool for displaying the internal objects in a PDF file. 1.19 + * `mutool extract`: Extract images and embedded font resources. 1.20 + * `mutool clean`: Rewrite PDF file. Used to fix broken files, or to make 1.21 + a PDF file human editable. 1.22 + * `mutool merge`: Merge pages from multiple input files into a new PDF. 1.23 + * `mutool create`: Create a new PDF file from a text file with graphics 1.24 + commands. 1.25 + * `mutool portfolio`: Manipulate PDF portfolios. 1.26 + 1.27 +And finally, there is a tool for doing anything you can imagine: 1.28 + 1.29 + * `mutool run`: A tool for running Javascript programs with access to the 1.30 + MuPDF library functions.