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When I save edited PDF documents, the original metadata is lost. There is no way to keep the original title, author, keywords, creation date etc. It would be a nice feature to keep these metadata on save/export, or even allow to edit these fields.

One more minor little thing, stdout on "File -> Save":

Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.

I think, adding parent=self.window on line 473 in pdfshuffler.py fixes this.

chooser = Gtk.FileChooserDialog(title=_('Export ...')
parent=self.window,
action=Gtk.FileChooserAction.SAVE,
[...]

But I have no clue about python, except what I googled about the last few days.

So you surely know better. :-)
Btw: Thank you for one of the few really usefull applications, it saved me hours of work.

Best regards

The port to gtk3/python3 is a huge improvement for this great tool, it is really worth a release. Many distributions (e.g. Debian) normally package only "official" releases, so the new features won't make it in the next release if a version is not tagged.

Hi,

how can I install this on Fedora 24?

There is no package with the name python-cairo (only pycairo).

If i try it anyway i get this

KDEInit kann „pdfshuffler“ nicht starten:
Bibliothek „libkdeinit5_pdfshuffler“ lässt sich nicht öffnen.
Cannot load library libkdeinit5_pdfshuffler: (libkdeinit5_pdfshuffler: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

I'm not sure, if the translation of some text is left out on build time or simple not yet done.

Top Menu = File -> Import -> Window titel "Import..." not translated -> "PDF files / All files" not translated.
Top Menu = File -> Save -> "PDF files / All files" not translated.
Top Menu = Help -> Info -> About Text not translated (and the Icon is missing).
Main window = Right click on a thumbnail -> Rotate/Crop/Delete/Export selections not translated.

I'm happy to provide translation for "de", but i found all strings already translated in the "de.po" file.

best regards

steveje

I often have to scan double sided documents. I scan one side then the other. Finnally I merge them using PDFSam which has the functionality to properly arrange double sided documents on merge.

I'd rather use pdfarranger for that task.

Hi There,

pdfshuffler is now starting but when exporting selections I reproducable get the following error:

name 'file' is not defined

Sascha

Upon starting the programme, it would be nice if I had the option to make it zoom so as to display as much as possible of the first page, not just thumbnails.

Hi,

It would be great if you could package PDFarranger in a flatpak package (see https://flatpak.org/ for info/documentation).
That way non techy users would be able to install the application without having to install separate packages. I also recommend a flatpak package because it is distribution independent, avoids dependency problems and incompatibilities with older/newer Linux distribution versions, and allows sandboxing for additional security.

Thanks

I have some simple adjustments but it would take me some time to get to know Gtk framework to implement this myself.

1. Shift+click consecutive pages instead of rectangular selection (sf)
   explanation with images
2. Drag should move ALL selected pages (sf, savannah)
   Select multiple pages, drag to different position -> should drag all selected pages and not only one.
3. Option to duplicate page(s) (sf, savannah)
   Add a right-click option to duplicate selected page(s).

Select multiple pages, drag to different position -> should drag all selected pages and not only one. (sf, savannah) (quoting @darkdragon-001)

When starting the drag one must click on one page of among those who are selected. The problem is that clicking on an already selected icon in a Gtk IconView, unselect it.

Here are the only relevant pages Google gave to me:

• https://kevinmehall.net/2010/pygtk_multi_select_drag_drop
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48836650/python3-gtk3-iconview-drag-multiple-items

The first one is about TreeView and I was not able to adapt it to IconView. The second one still have no answer.

Thunar is using Gtk3 and properly handle multi-selection in IconView but they are exo IconView, not plain Gtk IconView.

I need help on that bug. If someone know a simple Gtk application (even better a pyGtk one) that properly handle multi-section in IconView that would help.

I wish it could behave like all file modifiers: upon closing should warns about replacing the original file and save the modified file.
using ubuntu 19.04, could be realted to file attributes?

Support to attach images jpg and png as a page, to merge with PDFs, simply convert image to pdf (how fronted of img2pdf), or combined several images as pages of one PDF, a lot of new features.

The Python library img2pdf can do the job. According to img2pdf on Gitlab, a pseudo-code could be:

if extension_file is jpg/png:
	import img2pdf
	# specify paper size (A4)
	a4inpt = (img2pdf.mm_to_pt(210),img2pdf.mm_to_pt(297))
	layout_fun = img2pdf.get_layout_fun(a4inpt)
	# convert the image to pdf page
	with open("imageTOconvert","wb") as f:
		f.write(img2pdf.convert('temporaryPDF.pdf', layout_fun=layout_fun))
	# open/add the PDF created with the current code of Pdfarranger
	......
	# remove the file created by img2pdf after adding it or when exit Pdfarranger
	import os
	os.remove("temporaryPDF.pdf")

It is also necessary:

1. Add img2pdf as dependency (available in the official Ubuntu/Archlinux/Manjaro/others repositories).
2. When clicking on open/add a pdf, add .png and .jpg to the list of extensions to search.
3. Change README.md for mention the new features and "frontend for python-pyPdf and img2pdf".

when I pull the master and try to launch it I get this:

$ python3 -m pdfarranger
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/arbeit/Programmierkram/GitHub/pdfarranger/pdfarranger/pdfarranger.py", line 396, in do_activate
    self.__create_actions()
  File "/home/arbeit/Programmierkram/GitHub/pdfarranger/pdfarranger/pdfarranger.py", line 204, in __create_actions
    ('quit', self.on_quit),
TypeError: Item 0: argument self: Expected Gio.ActionEntry, but got tuple

all buttons are greyed out all the time and makes it unusable

OS is Ubuntu 18.04 with Python 3.6.7
I have the same issue on a openSUSE Leap 15 system

Oh, and I just realized that we should also try to fix the current master. Could you provide some information what's wrong?

Originally posted by @dreua in #62 (comment)

Here we delete the temporary directory but files in there are still open. This go unnoticed on Linux but break on Windows.

I don't know yet which part of the code is keeping those files open.

Notifying @carlos22 as he is the first one to have worked on this issue
Ref #11 #16

In comparison to the left side, the space from the preview thumbnail to the right border of the app is much bigger, as shown here. Ideally, this distance should be equal on both sides. This would ensure a consistent look.

Happens with the 1.1.1 version on Ubuntu 18.10.

I'v seen, there is a branch called "windows". Please merge this into master if possible and state that windows is supported, too. Thanks.

If I zoom in on a file, it seems as if the thumbnail is blown up, but not actually recomputed, causing rather blurred pages.

Meld is also pygobject based and offers a windows installer.
Installer: https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/meld/3.18/ (requires vcredist 2010 SP1)
Appveyor file: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/blob/3.18.2/appveyor.yml
Setup file: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/blob/3.18.2/setup_win32.py

Not sure if poppler of pygi-aio is working correctly.

This might be a way to go? The current approach using msys2 is good for developers but not very useful for the average user.

I'm trying to make a 4 pages pdf file.
When saving, it shows this error:

Multiple definitions in dictionary at byte 0xd65 for key /x10

The file won't get saved.

Working on #52 and #44 I have the feeling that pdfarranger should first use the UI action concept. It should be straightforward to introduce Gtk.Action but it's deprecated so I would prefer to invest time on Gtk.Application. This looks like a somehow intrusive and long work so this issue, #52 and #44 will probably remain open for a while.

This app would greatly benefit from a undo/redo function.

The German translation is incomplete. First I wanted to create a simple pull request but then I noticed that the po files are outdated. So I updated the po files with the provided shell scripts and completed the German translation.

The result is in the attachment (renamed because github doesn't allow po files):
de.po.txt

Rename pdfshuffler to pdfarranger so fork looks like more official

This issue is to survey the community about dropping the python 2 support. My intention is to keep python 2 compatibility until the next release, then to only ensure python 3 after. If it's not good for you please, give arguments.

The name in the .desktop and About dialog is pdfarranger.

Most GUI apps in a typical Linux desktop use capitalized names.

Would you be interested in renaming the display name to something like PDF Arranger?

The command-line name can stay as is.

For reference, I believe pdfshuffler's display name was PDF-Shuffler.

Hi,...

on startup pdfshuffler I get "Can't load icon. Application is not installed correctly." and the icon in "Help -> Info" is not displayed. Also the issue with "name 'file' is not defined" happens for me too. I can't save any document.

best regards

Shuffler used to display the thumbnail table both vertically and horizontally centered. In Arranger, the table is apparently always left aligned, but vertically still centered. Personally, I'd prefer left/top alignment, simply because that's what I'm used to from other software (file managers, gThumb...)

The program always opens a rather small window here (PDFA 1.1.1 on Debian Testing XFCE) that shows only eight thumbnails. I always have to resize it to something more useful before I can start working on a PDF.

Request: Have PDF Arranger remember the window's size and the maximised status,

(btw. awesome job on the update - PDF Shuffler with GTK3 and proper Shift-Click? Awesome, thanks! )

Hello,

when trying to start the program from within the menus (lxde menus), I get:

"Fichier d'entrée de bureau invalide : '/home/melodie/.local/share/applications/pdfarranger.desktop'".

When trying to start it from a console, invoking an argument:
$ pdfarranger sysadd2.pdf
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2299, in resolve
return functools.reduce(getattr, self.attrs, module)
AttributeError: module 'pdfarranger.pdfarranger' has no attribute 'main'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/melodie/.local/bin/pdfarranger", line 11, in
load_entry_point('pdfarranger==1.1.1', 'console_scripts', 'pdfarranger')()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 561, in load_entry_point
return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2631, in load_entry_point
return ep.load()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2291, in load
return self.resolve()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py", line 2301, in resolve
raise ImportError(str(exc))
ImportError: module 'pdfarranger.pdfarranger' has no attribute 'main'
$

I used the howto from the main page to install:
"On Debian based distributions:

sudo apt-get install python3-distutils-extra python3-wheel python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-poppler-0.18 python3-setuptools
"
and

"pip3 install --user -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeromerobert/pdfarranger/master/requirements.txt"

How can I fix it?

If I drag and drop a pdf from e.g. pcmanfm, I get this error message in the terminal:

#  pdfshuffler
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pdfshuffler/pdfshuffler.py", line 866, in sw_dnd_received_data
    filename = self.get_file_path_from_dnd_dropped_uri(uri)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pdfshuffler/pdfshuffler.py", line 914, in get_file_path_from_dnd_dropped_uri
    path = urllib.url2pathname(uri) # escape special chars
AttributeError: module 'urllib' has no attribute 'url2pathname'

It seems I need to modify lines 32 and 914 to use urllib.request rather than the old urllib used with Python2.
But then I get this error message, which I haven't solved yet:

#  pdfshuffler
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pdfshuffler/pdfshuffler.py", line 866, in sw_dnd_received_data
    filename = self.get_file_path_from_dnd_dropped_uri(uri)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pdfshuffler/pdfshuffler.py", line 914, in get_file_path_from_dnd_dropped_uri
    path = urllib.request.url2pathname(uri) # escape special chars
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 1576, in url2pathname
    return unquote(pathname)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/parse.py", line 537, in unquote
    if '%' not in string:
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Hi, I'm using pdfarranger on Manjaro Linux. I have a PDF with 2 pages. After I selected the last page for deletion it went ok, but when I save (using either 'Save' or 'Save As' options), got this error:
invalid literal for int() with base 10 b'612,000000'
It could be related to pypdf instead but I don't know, I'm not a Python developer 😟.
Hope it can helps.

This error occurs for me in the ppa version and when built from source on python3 wen saving a one-page pdf which has cropping applied (10% to top and bottom).

Arch / manjaro

~ >>> sudo pacman -S poppler-glib gettext python-pip python-gobject gtk3 python-cairo

warning: poppler-glib-0.71.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: gettext-0.19.8.1-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: python-gobject-3.30.1-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: python-cairo-1.17.0-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: gtk3 and gtk3-classic are in conflict (gtk3-print-backends). Remove gtk3-classic? [y/N] n
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: gtk3 and gtk3-classic are in conflict

`AttributeError: 'gi.repository.GLib' object has no attribute 'unix_signal_add' when running on windows

Install fails with this message;

` pip3 install --user -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeromerobert/pdfarranger/master/requirements.txt

Collecting https://github.com/jeromerobert/pdfarranger/zipball/master (from -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeromerobert/pdfarranger/master/requirements.txt (line 1))
Downloading https://github.com/jeromerobert/pdfarranger/zipball/master
| 686kB 7.3MB/s
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/tmp/pip-req-build-b70g4cf6/setup.py", line 27, in
from DistUtilsExtra.command import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'DistUtilsExtra'

----------------------------------------

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-req-build-b70g4cf6/
`

The German translation for "Export selection..." is currently "Markierte Seiten Exportieren …". It should be changed to "Markierte Seiten exportieren …" = the last word should start with a small letter.

• Need to add distutils-extra to Win32.md
• distutils-exta call intltool-update which is a perl script and mingw python subprocess.call does not support the perl shebang (the msys python does)

The 'Reverse Order" menu item only has an effect if more than one page is selected. it is correctly greyed out when only one page is selected, but active when no pages are selected (i.e. right after loading a PDF).

Since 2077a73 I can not install with pip3.
Here is a log of the failing installation (with -v): pip_log_error.txt
Here is a log installing the last working version (with -v): pip_log_ok.txt

What I tried so far:

• update distutils, install wheel
• remove import of pyPdf since the log says ERROR: Python module pyPdf not found
• Note that both versions contain --single-version-externally-managed but only the new doesn't recognize it.

Am I the only one having this problem?

Please also package your release as Debian package. The original files for pdfshuffler in the Ubuntu repository might help!

pdfshuffler
sys:1: PyGIWarning: Poppler was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Poppler', '0.18') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
Error: Could not import pdfshuffler
Cause: No module named 'pdfshuffler_iconview'

Any help would be aprreciated.

Best regards
Sascha

For me using Fedora 28 the icon of pdfarranger is missing. I think the icon path should not include pdfarranger other than as the filename, but I'm not sure if this is something distro specific. Thoughts?
https://github.com/jeromerobert/pdfarranger/blob/4dcb5ef8873ff9ff3936d3cb0d49b8fb4f2ca3cf/setup.py#L27-L39
This works for me: dreua@3636f81

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/home/jerome/pdfshuffler/pdfarranger/pdfarranger/__main__.py", line 3, in <module>
    pdfarranger.main()
  File "pdfarranger/pdfarranger.py", line 1290, in main
    PdfArranger()
  File "pdfarranger/pdfarranger.py", line 305, in __init__
    self.add_pdf_pages(filename)
  File "pdfarranger/pdfarranger.py", line 477, in add_pdf_pages
    pdfdoc = PDFDoc(filename, self.nfile, self.tmp_dir)
  File "pdfarranger/pdfarranger.py", line 1244, in __init__
    self.document = Poppler.Document.new_from_file(file_prefix + self.copyname, None)
gi.repository.GLib.Error: g_convert_error: The URI “file:///tmp/tmpdUTavkpdfarranger/01_cou%zrer$ff.pdf” contains invalidly escaped characters (4)

Solutions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11687478/convert-a-filename-to-a-file-url
Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/pdfshuffler/bugs/34/

in the edit menu, "Reverse order" (now) works as expected, but the other items should also only be accessible when some thumbnails are selected.

locale.bindtextdomain is not available on Windows.

I would like to find something better than 4d91b74 so we don't disable localization.

May be https://stackoverflow.com/a/8377533 could help.

Ref #16 #11

Would be nice to have a new release with Python 3 support Thanks.

Add a right-click option to duplicate selected page(s) (sf, savannah) (quoting @darkdragon-001)

Please add the normal keybindings to quit, save-as, zoom, etc.

The original project moved from gna to https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pdfshuffler/

Quoting from https://sourceforge.net/p/pdfshuffler/feature-requests/36/ (2017-05-10):

(btw the project will ultimately be moved to https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pdfshuffler/ instead of http://gna.org/projects/pdfshuffler/ where it is currently hosted temporarily)