pdfrankestein

Dev tools

pdf annotation

SHOW HN2022

25points
2comments
#1,352of 2,570 in 2022
Top 53%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 1 comments about the project.

Execution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Works fine for annotating multi-page PDFs

    From 1 comment
    • Not too bad, actually! A major drawback for me is that Inkscape can only open single pages (if you don't map PDF pages on layers — if I understand correctly, layers are already…
      ktpsns on HN

Objections

  • Must jump between Inkscape and main window for each page

    From 1 comment
    • This tool takes care of multiple page PDF. You edit one page at a time but you can edit multiple pages of a PDF just fine and save it altogether. Essentially, the only difference…
      oxplot on HN
  • Inkscape opens only single pages

    From 1 comment
    • Not too bad, actually! A major drawback for me is that Inkscape can only open single pages (if you don't map PDF pages on layers — if I understand correctly, layers are already…
      ktpsns on HN

Alternatives named

  • Xournal++

    From 1 comment
    • Not too bad, actually! A major drawback for me is that Inkscape can only open single pages (if you don't map PDF pages on layers — if I understand correctly, layers are already…
      ktpsns on HN

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