Random links in pdf don't work, but only on RHEL 5

Robert Lauriston robert at lauriston.com
Sat Jan 19 09:30:38 PST 2013


I wasn't suggesting editing it, just looking at the code to
troubleshoot the problem. Another option would be to look at the TPS
file. But if this is a known bug there's no reason to waste time
troubleshooting.

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
(Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> wrote:
> Hi, Robert.
>
> There may well be _some_ readable text inside a PDF file, but the file is binary for sure - most of it will be unreadable in that regard.
>
> If you edit a PDF file with a standard ASCII text editor and save the file, it _may_ get quite corrupted (for example, if the editor adds life feeds or carriage returns at awkward place). This will usually prevent the file from being usable in Acrobat and Acrobat Reader (or any PDF reader) after that.
>
> Z
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> I've looked at PDFs in a text editor and seen readable code. Maybe the non-binary format is extinct as of some version of Acrobat.
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