GNU PDF
Encyclopedia
GNUpdf is a GNU
project that aims to completely implement the Portable Document Format
standards in free software
. While many projects, such as Poppler
already freely provide support of PDF adequate for most, none provide a complete implementation. For example, interactive forms and embedded multimedia content support is lacking.
Current work is on the library (libgnupdf) and a PDF Knowledge Database. A complete PDF viewer/editor called Juggler is planned, but coding it has not been started.
As of 6 October 2011 it has been deprecated in favour of Poppler
.
GNU
GNU is a Unix-like computer operating system developed by the GNU project, ultimately aiming to be a "complete Unix-compatible software system"...
project that aims to completely implement the Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
standards in free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
. While many projects, such as Poppler
Poppler (software)
In computing, Poppler is a free software library used to render PDF documents. It is used by the PDF viewers of the open source GNOME and KDE desktop environments, and its development is supported by freedesktop.org....
already freely provide support of PDF adequate for most, none provide a complete implementation. For example, interactive forms and embedded multimedia content support is lacking.
Current work is on the library (libgnupdf) and a PDF Knowledge Database. A complete PDF viewer/editor called Juggler is planned, but coding it has not been started.
As of 6 October 2011 it has been deprecated in favour of Poppler
Poppler (software)
In computing, Poppler is a free software library used to render PDF documents. It is used by the PDF viewers of the open source GNOME and KDE desktop environments, and its development is supported by freedesktop.org....
.