Re: Re: Vim on Debian Mint Linux

 

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From: eajmarceau@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: Vim on Debian Mint Linux
 

    "Does it do PDFs as on Windows?"

If you mean, edit the PDF as a text file, leaving the encoded elements as is, the response is yes.

 

For any Debian-based system, the method to install is to open a shell in a terminal and enter the command,

• sudo apt-get install vim-gtk3 (vim-gui-common)

Or look for the vim-gtk3 package from within Synaptic, and install that way.

 

Eric

 

On 2026-08-07 11:53, 'c.willis111 ' via vim_use wrote:
 

Hi

 

how do I install vim on debian mint Linux?

 

Does it do PDFs as on Windows?

 

regards - Chris

 

 

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Hi

 

thanks both Eric and Marco

 

Eric, in Windows Vim on a PDF preprocesses the file using PdfTk,, and restores the compression afterwards, likewise. This shows the content streams as clear text. I suspect that PdfTk doesn't work on Linux?

 

The post processing sorts out the length attributes that the compression and edits have changed.

 

regards - Chris

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