Convert PS to PDF
I make extensive use of ps2pdf to convert PostScript files to PDF. As most GNU/Linux tools, this is a simple and incredibly useful one. However, sometimes it might give problems. For example, I have...
View ArticleDefault Ghostscript paper size
The three times god-forsaken Ghostscript (I use the Debian package gs-afpl) suite is shipped worldwide with the US letter default paper size. So, when you use it (e.g. to convert PS to PDF), and if the...
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My public and open University
As the readers of this blog may know, I recently became a Doctor in the University of the Basque Country. As a follow-up to the Thesis Defense act, there is still some paperwork to be done, as e.g....
View ArticlePDF exploits for all readers and platforms?
I have read in Kriptopolis some posts about new PDF exploits (in Spanish). The articles say that web broser PDF plugins are vulnerable, dedicated PDF readers are also vulnerable, and new exploits may...
View ArticleApp of the week: PDF Cube
I just found this little app browsing for PDF software in my Debian aptitude repository contents. In short, PDF Cube displays PDFs in full screen, adding Compiz-like cube transitions from slide to...
View ArticlePowerDot screen size error in Debian Lenny
I use the PowerDot class to make presentations (such as the one in a previous post), and I have come across a nasty problem in the current testing branch of Debian (Lenny). Obviously it is bound to...
View ArticleLaTeX programming: how to implement conditionals
I have recently come across a problem while creating a LaTeX style (for making A0-size posters). Maybe it could be avoided or solved more elegantly, but I wanted to solve it with conditionals....
View ArticleMaking a PDF grayscale with ghostscript
A request from a friend made me face the problem of converting a color PDF into a grayscale one. Searching the web provided some ways of doing so with Adobe Acrobat, via some obscure menu item...
View ArticleSave HD space by using compressed files directly
Maybe the constant increases in hard disk capacity provide us with more space we can waste with our files, but there is always a situation in which we would like to squeeze as much data in as little...
View ArticlePlease, choose the right format to send me that text. Thanks.
I just received an e-mail with a very interesting text (recipies for pintxos), and it prompted some experiment. The issue is that the text was inside of a DOC file (of course!), which rises some...
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