Working with Files in Linux: kludge and solutions

A year ago, I did the best and worst mistake of my life: I messed up my GRUB boot list, and have no fix media. I was so frustrated that he decided to leave the axis of Microsoft as a whole. What would I do without the tools you use in Windows? I met rodeos rely on some help online. You know "The five best applications for this or that", and the like.

Turns out, after reading more about 50 raids Linux that does not help at all, is a brilliant program (or settlement), raw in charge of its affairs. Sometimes, you end up using a combination programs together, with varying degrees of success. So you have this trick. "This is a programming term that basically means" a way inefficient and awkward to get the desired result. "I have a lot of them, and have detailed some of my favorites below.

I'm not saying that you can see a big difference in the programs that I suggest in this summary. Depending on how new they are to the Linux scene, you may stumble onto something that is not being used today. What I offer are unique and occasionally "kludgey" solutions to work.

PDF: They gave me a real problem when I started using Linux full time. Do not get me wrong, Linux has a lot of PDF readers / writers. When it came to editing all of them, I had a bit of a control road. I have to modify (PDF photo and text-based) on a regular basis. What are the solutions I found?

– PDFedit: This is fine as long you are satisfied with having a one-shot issue. By this I mean that you can access the document and change it, but it does not have an "undo" function. Hopefully, it will add this feature in the future. We must close the document in order to undo the changes. I only use it to highlight text based PDF. For the image-based PDF files to choose …

– GIMP (a kludgin 'let's go): Yes, certainly. Replacing the venerable Photoshop can edit the text and image-based PDF. There are several problems with this method, but I'll explain how to use it should be so inclined. The downfall of this method is that imports GIMP PDF, either image or text based on an image. When it exports, exports of the original separate file in PDF format. That said, is a good solution for 1-3 page documents. All you have to do is create a new layer in Gimp, to cover the old information with a color (I use white in general) and create a new layer text to replace the old data. Then export as a. Jpg or PNG (I use. Jpg, but. Gif works pretty well, if you need a larger file small.)

Here comes the fun part: Now, you have to open the other pages of PDF in GIMP, and export as a. Jpg or whatever. Then opens OpenOffice Draw. Insert the image on the first slide. Insert another slide, photo insert. Repeat until done. Click "Export as PDF" button. Tada. It's no fun. Or you can simply write a PHP script on your server to run Apache, PHP and use of the Library / PDF to export your files as a PDF (if feels frog, jump.) I hired someone to write a short script for me, and they were among the best dollars I ever spent.

– Scribus: This is the most mature of the editing / publishing platforms around. I've heard great things about your ability to edit PDF files. The only problem is, not I can edit a single PDF. He tells me that my pdf are not in an acceptable format. Should fix this in a later version, this would be your best shot at an edit a great platform. It just does not work with PDF files created in OpenOffice, or anywhere else for that matter.

– Xournal or Gournal: Xournal is the best two. They are lightweight PDF scorers / publishers. Not work well with the image based on PDF files. They do an admirable job when it comes to text-based PDF.

Let now image formats and photo management systems. Man, I had a problem with these. This mostly has to do with the frequent inability of Linux programs to understand layers, which refers to products based on Adobe.

The following programs allow you to see, even photos batch. These are the more you save time than any other.

– Phatch: The biggest contribution to the Open Source editing photos from GIMP. Phatch lets you quickly and easily batch edit thousands of files at once. A simple graphical user interface makes this a snap. Change the size, change the file quality parameters, change the name, spin, shade, etc, without seeing the command line.

files – Inkscape: A vector editor you approach the opening accurately. ai and layers. eps. I mean, come closely, because it captures and choose which of these files are interpreted. It's Russian roulette. I would not pay for a vector graphics package based on their performance, unless it gives you the file. svg, who plays without any problems.

– GIMP: Okay, if you do not already know, GIMP is the application that started it all. You can open almost anything in the GIMP. It just works. There are enough scripts and tutorials that let you do whatever you want with an image. Its batch processing capabilities are not as good as Phatch, but you can add "Dave's Batch Processor" in case you feel the need.

(For those who say, "Well, you can use Adobe products with WINE. "Let me remind you that I am not MS and Linux dual boot. Talk about a solution with WINE defeat the point of this article.)

Ok, now that I'm done with the programs, I'd like to share some websites that help you convert files into usable formats. You know them, mainly Microsoft bright spawning that are a pain to open:. Docx,. Xlsx,. Pub, and anything else you need to decode on the fly.

(It should be noted that the versions OpenOffice Linux today will open. docx,. xlsx y. pptx locally. Windows versions of the program are not compatible with these files so far.) These are for when in motion, or use a machine that is not your property. You can always carry a custom distribution in their key, but my guess is they are not as severe yet. If so, is likely to be discovered or coded solutions much better than I'm offering.

– K2pdf.com: This will take. Rtf,. Txt,. Doc,. Eps,. Docx,. Mdi,. Tif, and a few other formats, and convert them into a usable, visible PDF for you.

– Pdfonline.com-editable If you need the document in Word, go here to convert your PDF to a standard MS Word file. The only reason possibly involving this, is to edit tables in a xlsx. conversion to PDF. However, a reasonably decent kludge.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html- Right. Adobe offers to convert your PDF files to HTML for you here. You take help where you can get. You can then paste the HTML code in OpenOffice and save as. Doc (or, preferably, a. Odt). Once more, not the best solution, but one that works.

The Linux community is doing an admirable job of making accessible formats. Hopefully in the near future, it will be an open standard to overcome these proprietary formats. Meanwhile, I hope that some of these solutions together patch will help you get work.

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About the Author

Kurt Hartman is hopelessly in love with Open Source software. He is also Head of Employee Training at Mobile Fleet Service, Inc. To date, they have saved over $7,000 by relying on open source solutions. They sell
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