mtx-pdf(1)

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💖 mtx-pdf — ConTeXt PDF Helpers 💖

okay bestie, listen up: this is the mtx-pdf(1) page, straight out of the ConTeXt PDF Helpers corner of the manual. it's a tiny one but it's mighty, and we're gonna go through every single crumb of it together. no skipping. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mtx-pdf — ConTeXt PDF Helpers

like. that's the whole name. short, sweet, serving exactly what it says on the tin. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

mtxrun --script pdf [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

so you don't run this thing directly, bestie — you summon it through mtxrun with --script pdf, and then you can hand it OPTIONS (as many as you want, that's what the ... is doing there, living its best life) and then FILENAMES. plural. yes you can feed it more than one file. periodt. 🦋

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

ConTeXt PDF Helpers

that's literally it. that's the description. the page really said "here's the vibe, figure out the rest from the options." iconic honestly. 🔥

✨ OPTIONS ✨

one bullet per flag, and there are five of them, and we are listing all five because we do not leave anyone behind in this group chat. 💖

  • --info — spills some info about the file you handed it. like a little gossip session but for your PDF. 🙈
  • --metadata — shows you the metadata xml blob. yes, blob. that's the word the manual uses. it's giving raw and unfiltered. 🫶
  • --pretty — swaps out the newlines in the metadata, so that xml blob actually becomes readable instead of one cursed long line. self-care for your eyeballs. 🎀
  • --fonts — shows the fonts that got used. heads up though: this one is tied to --detail, so that's the pairing you want if you're going deep. 👑
  • --object — the source page literally says show object"/> for this one and then just... stops. no cap, that's the whole thing, we are not inventing extra lore for it. what you see is what's on the page. 💀
fair warning bestie: some of these entries are as short as a two-word text message, so don't come for me asking for more detail than the page actually gives. i keep it honest around here. 💜

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

want more info about ConTeXt and all the tools that come along with it? the page points you here:

go say hi. they're lovely. 🌸

version 0.10 · dated 01-01-2023 · and that's the whole mtx-pdf(1) page, every last line of it, from the helpers in the title all the way down to the footer. we ate. nothing left on the plate. bye bestie, go read a PDF's metadata or something. 😭💖✨

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