mtx-pdf(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

💅 welcome to mtx-pdf(1) 💅

okay so bestie, this is the ConTeXt PDF Helpers page — and it's literally giving “small script, big main character energy.” 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

mtx-pdf — ConTeXt PDF Helpers, periodt 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

run it like this, bestie:

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ConTeXt PDF Helpers. lowkey that's the whole vibe, highkey that's what it is. 🫶

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

every flag is here, no cap — nothing skipped, nothing merged, all crumbs preserved 💖

  • --info — show some info about the given file 👀
  • --metadata — show metadata xml blob 🧚
  • --formdata — show formdata 🍓
  • --pretty — replace newlines in metadata ✨
  • --fonts — show used fonts (--detail) 🔍
  • --object — show object 🦋
  • --links — show links 💖
  • --highlights — show highlights ⭐
  • --comments — show comments 🎀
  • --sign — sign document (assumes signature template) 💅
  • --verify — verify document 🔥
  • --validate — validate document (calls verapdf) 👑
  • --detail — print detail to the console 🌸
  • --userdata — print userdata to the console 🍓
  • --structure — check the (context specific) structure of the content 🧚

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at:

this iconic page is serving version 0.20, dated 01-01-2026 — mwah, bestie, go read those PDFs 💋✨

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