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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Balaji Bikshandi <balaji.md@icloud.com>
Cc: torsten.wagner@gmail.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [O]  Generate and fill PDF-forms by org-mode?!
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:01:42 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cynb5gkp.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <327753C1-21CA-4F69-941D-1AEE45A64EB8@icloud.com>

Balaji Bikshandi <balaji.md@icloud.com> writes:

> I use a transparent terminal over the PDF and then screenshot it!
>
> This is, as you would expect, an ultralight and ultrafast solution. 
>
> In fact, I use mupdf to open the PDF, then open the venerable SC spreadsheet calculator in a transparent terminal over it. Once ‘filled’, I just take a screenshot! Then use Imagemagick to convert it.

Interesting.
May you expand a bit on how exactly you do it?

In particular, how does Org mode enter the picture? I imagine that you
need to align the text layout in the Org file to fit the underlying PDF,
but I am not sure if Org is the most suitable program to achieve such
alignment. Something like M-x artist-mode might probably be more flexible.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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  reply	other threads:[~2024-07-18  7:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-07  1:46 [O] Generate and fill PDF-forms by org-mode?! Balaji Bikshandi
2024-07-18  7:01 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-07-19  4:48   ` Balaji Bikshandi
2024-07-22 17:45     ` Leo Butler
2024-07-23  5:12       ` Balaji Bikshandi

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