Add method for compressing PDFs

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Add method for compressing PDFs

HenrikBengtsson opened this issue 10 years ago · 2 comments

Add method for compressing PDFs, which can either be used standalone or as a post processor. Use tools::compactPDF() for this.

Answer 1 · 2015-02-11T03:20:38.000Z

tools::compactPDF(paths) compresses all PDFs in paths if length(paths) == 1, so we need a way to compress/compact a single PDF. This can be done by creating a temporary directory, copying/moving the PDF there and call compactPDF().

Also, compactPDF() also seem to discard compressions that are "not good enough" (at least 10% and 10kB), which may be an unnecessary feature. Not sure if we want to roll our own though.

Answer 2 · 2015-05-11T22:46:41.000Z

Added compressPDF() to R.utils.