Python, Perl & PDF files

[Robin Becker]

rbt wrote:
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> 
> I just want to read PDF files in a portable way (windows, linux, mac) 
> from within Python.
> 
......

I suppose you mean extract PDF pages and do something with them. 
http://www.reportlab.com does have a tool that handles that in Python. It's not 
free though.

There are indeed a number of perl modules which do that and other modules which 
allow you to overprint etc etc.

You can always hand translate one of the extract perl modules. They don't seem 
that hard. Alternatively put a good case to andy at reportlab.com.
-- 
Robin Becker