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pdf-tools

Emacs extension that provides fast, in-buffer PDF viewing, annotation, and manipulation by running a server (epdfinfo) for on-demand rendering
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pdf-tools

Summary

pdf-tools is an application software[1]. pdf-tools is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • pdf-tools's instance of is recorded as application software[3].
  • pdf-tools's instance of is recorded as NonGNU ELPA package[4].
  • pdf-tools's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • pdf-tools's maintained by is recorded as Vedang Manerikar[6].
  • pdf-tools's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[7].
  • pdf-tools's programmed in is recorded as Emacs Lisp[8].
  • pdf-tools's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[9].
  • pdf-tools's operating system is recorded as BSD[10].
  • pdf-tools's operating system is recorded as macOS[11].
  • pdf-tools's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[12].
  • pdf-tools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[13].
  • pdf-tools's software version identifier is recorded as 0.91[14].
  • pdf-tools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.0[15].
  • pdf-tools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.0[16].
  • pdf-tools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.0[17].
  • pdf-tools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.1[18].
  • pdf-tools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3.0[19].
  • pdf-tools's part of is recorded as NonGNU ELPA[20].
  • pdf-tools's has use is recorded as file viewer[21].
  • pdf-tools's distributed by is recorded as NonGNU ELPA[22].
  • pdf-tools's official website is recorded as https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools[23].
  • pdf-tools's official website is recorded as https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/pdf-tools.html[24].
  • pdf-tools's readable file format is recorded as PDF[25].
  • pdf-tools's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools.git[26].
  • pdf-tools's source code repository URL is recorded as https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/nongnu.git/tree/?h=elpa/pdf-tools[27].

Body

Geography

pdf-tools's part of is recorded as NonGNU ELPA[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include application software[3], NonGNU ELPA package[4], and free software[5].

Why It Matters

pdf-tools is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

application BSD Emacs Lisp free software macOS Microsoft Windows

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . elpa.nongnu.org. Retrieved . elpa.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . elpa.nongnu.org. Retrieved . elpa.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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