[poppler] PDF Viewer

Albert Astals Cid aacid at kde.org
Fri Aug 12 05:26:47 PDT 2011


On Divendres 12 Agost 2011 13:17:01 Niall Drievers wrote:
> Sorry, Albert. I'll make sure I send to the list in future.
> 
> I don't have any patches, since I did not change any thing in the Poppler
> source. That is why I was making comparisons to the Qt 4 demo, I built
> around it.

I do not understand what you mean with "built around it". I understand this 
means you added new files while reusing some other, thus you can for sure do a 
diff between the old code and the new one and you'll get a patch file.

Albert

> 
> Maybe it woukd be better if we just leave it at this. Anyone who would like
> to see my application, can just email me.
> 
> Niall
> 
> On 11/08/2011 13:31, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > On Dijous 11 Agost 2011 13:07:26 Niall Drievers wrote:
> >> Hi Albert,
> > 
> > Hi, please always mail the list too, not just me, otherwise other people
> > that might want to add something to the conversation have no chance to
> > do it.
> > 
> >> My University keeps no such rights and I have received a go ahead from
> >> the head of my department. I don't have any patches, but I did use the
> >> original demo and "enhance" it. I can send a zip file with the source,
> >> if that would be suitable?
> > 
> > I would really prefer you sent a patch since i have not much time and
> > having a diff is really helpful.
> > 
> >> My idea was to include the software with the
> >> Poppler soruces and have it compiled when someone installs Poppler on
> >> their own machine. Just like the Qt 4 demo in the Poppler source.
> > 
> > Hmmm, as said the demo is supposed to be a demo, not a full blown
> > application, but once you send the patches we can have a look at what is
> > useful in a demo and what is not.
> > Thanks,
> > 
> >    Albert
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> 
> >> Niall
> >> 
> >> On 08/08/2011 18:28, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> >>> On Dilluns 08 Agost 2011 13:38:46 Niall Drievers wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> Hi
> >>> 
> >>>> I am a recent graduate of the Univeristy of Limerick, and for my Final
> >>>> Year Project I developed some software that provides the functionality
> >>>> to add text and pop up annotations to a PDF document. It utilises the
> >>>> Poppler Qt 4 library and it is very user friendly; to add an
> >>>> annotation the user simply double clicks on the page they wish to add
> >>>> to, and then they enter their text. There is also some other
> >>>> functionality. I would like to have it added to the Poppler source as
> >>>> a demo, if possible?
> >>> 
> >>> Do you have the agreemend from your University to relicense the code as
> >>> GPL2+?
> >>> 
> >>>   From what i know some universities keep some rights over Final Year
> >>>   Projects.
> >>> 
> >>> If you know it is fine to send the code please send the patches (one
> >>> patch per feature you want to add) and we'll have a look. But keep in
> >>> mind poppler qt4 demo is supposed to be a demo, not a full featured
> >>> program so we might reject some things.
> >>> 
> >>> Albert
> >>> 
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Niall
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