[poppler] poppler-glib

[Kristian Høgsberg]

Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> At 02:01 AM 3/18/2005, Kristian Høgsberg wrote:
> 
>> So, here's my attempt at a glib wrapper.
> 
> 
>         One area that isn't covered is exposing the permissions.  Does 
> the user have the right to copy, print, etc. the document?
> 
>         I would recommend that you put permission handling INSIDE the 
> wrapper, rather than exposing it to the caller - so that all callers 
> will be sure to implement them the same (consistent) way.

You're right, it's something the wrapper needs to expose, along with 
many other attributes I haven't yet implemented.  But I don't want 
poppler to enforce these settings, that's a choice the application has 
to make.  I know that kpdf recently went through a flamewar over this 
very issue and I don't want to repeat that for poppler.  Personally, I 
think preventing a user from printing a document or saving it is a 
little harsh, but I'm going to preempt the whole discussion by leaving 
the decision to applications.

cheers,
Kristian