All, On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:54 AM, der.hans wrote: > Am 30. May, 2013 schwätzte Michael Havens so: > > moin moin, > > > I'd swear I asked this but it isn't in the archives. Hans said something >> about acrostar but that was 7 years ago and I was wondering if anything >> new >> (better)has come about that allows us to input text onto a pdf. (the hans >> comment was in a thread with the words 'fillable' and 'pdf' in the >> subject) >> > > xournal will ~write on a pdf~, but what it does is create a new file that > contains an overlay. For the most part that works, but if you need to send > the file to someone else you need to actually change the pdf. > > Once you have the changes you want, print to file and save it as a pdf. > That will give you one file with the original pdf and your markup. > > There is a way to you open the original pdf properly and save properly, > but, in my experience, it doesn't always work. > > I believe the other tool Ryan mentioned, Okular, will work similarly to > xournal, I just don't use it very often. > > Both tools essentially allow you to GIMP the PDF file. > > If you have a fillable pdf, then use evince. If you want to save the > changes you made ( which you should ), print a copy of that to file as > well. > Of course, my "uses" for the pdf "overlay" are a bit nepharious, my very favorite pdf tools are part of Didier Stevens toolset for hacking PDFs: http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/pdf-tools/ make-pdf-embedded.py will add various nice things (like shellcode) as an overlay to the pdf of your choice. I also like Metsaploit and Social Engineering toolkit for adding additional "THINGS" to a PDF. These are security issues everyone should be well versed with, when using or opening a PDF. http://www.projectshellcode.com/?q=node/29 I rather like IDA Pro 6.5 for other shell coding: http://www.hexblog.com/?p=110 The fun with shell coding is never ending! > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/**Classes/ > # ... All true wisdom is found on T-shirts. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** it-clowns.com Chief Clown