Not related to inkscape, but here are the methods I've figured out to merge and cut up PDF documents with Linux:

1. I've had good luck merging PDF documents together with the pdftk utility, you can pick and place specific pages, rotate, and do all sorts of other transformations. ie:

pdftk A=file1.pdf B=file2.pdf C=file3.pdf cat A B1-5 C1R output output.pdf

2. For splitting a PDF into sub-pages, I've had good luck with using ghostscript to do that sort of editing. For example, if I want to split a standard letter size page into two PDFs, I can do something like this:

gs -o "top_half.pdf" -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -g6120x3960 -c "<</PageOffset [0 -400]>> setpagedevice" -f "input.pdf"

gs -o "bottom_half.pdf" -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -g6120x3960 -c "<</PageOffset [0 0]>> setpagedevice" -f "input.pdf"

To find the dimensions of your page, you can run this command, which uses the pdf_info.ps file from the ghostscript source code:

gs -dNODISPLAY -q -sFile=input.pdf -dDumpMediaSizes -dDumpFontsUsed -dShowEmbeddedFonts pdf_info.ps

Look for a line similar to this one: Page 1 MediaBox: [ 612 792 ]

Then you have to multiply these numbers by 10 to match the units used by ghostscript.

Hope this helps, Matthew Beckler

On 03/01/2011 07:02 AM, donn wrote:

Anyone know how I could layout/hack a single Inkscape SVG file so that I can get a multi-page PDF out the other end?

Inkscape -> layout tricks (maybe layers?) -> some process (maybe command line) -> PDF file with pages.

At the moment I am laying-out logos and designs on a single 'page' which can be as tall as 9000 pixels.

Is there a way to 'chop' a single PDF page like that into smaller chunks?

\d

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Matthew, thanks a million. You have given me some good clues.

Much obliged, \d

On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:02:01 +0200 donn <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote:

Anyone know how I could layout/hack a single Inkscape SVG file so that I can get a multi-page PDF out the other end?

Have you looked at the output from inkscape --help?

--export-pdf=FILENAME combined with --export-id=ID --export-id-only might do what you want, if the ID is the ID of a layer.

Cheers -Terry

On 01/03/2011 19:00, heathenx wrote:

I was thinking something along the lines of command line parameters,

You read my mind, was thinking this as I went to sleep last night.

Sadly, it seems you are right, the PDF export from the cli is broken. (My version is 0.47)

I tried: inkscape -A test.pdf -i "logo001" multipdftest.svg

In the svg file I have two *groups* of id 'logo001' and 'logo002'. Each has a simple shape in it. No text. Noticed some things: 1. When there are any clones inside the group -- test.pdf is blank 2. When you remove all clones, the test.pdf shows, but is not placed fully on the page.

This is very sad, I wonder if there is a bug report for this somewhere.

Anyway, I have to move-along. I will be trying some of the other suggestions today, but I suspect I will be delivering a single looooong-scrolling pdf at end of the day.

Thx Heathenx, \d

On 01/03/2011 19:46, Terry Brown wrote:

--export-pdf=FILENAME combined with --export-id=ID --export-id-only might do what you want, if the ID is the ID of a layer.

I read the help and tried all kinds of combinations. It seems to choke when clones are in the mix. I use clones all the time, so that's a problem. It also refuses to export to SVG output when there are clones around.

\d

There is a new tool which exports multiple page PDF documents from Inkscape. You simply define rectangles in Inkscape with a certain ID where you want the pages to be. It is designed for sewing patterns but would work for anything.

http://www.titchythreads.com/tools/inkscape_pdf_generator

(Disclaimer: I am the developer).

On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 21:11:11 +0100 Mark T T <mark@...3065...> wrote:

There is a new tool which exports multiple page PDF documents from Inkscape. You simply define rectangles in Inkscape with a certain ID where you want the pages to be. It is designed for sewing patterns but would work for anything.

http://www.titchythreads.com/tools/inkscape_pdf_generator

(Disclaimer: I am the developer).

Is it just me, or is this post in bad taste and very close to being spam? This person gets on the Inkscape list and makes one post in the last two years. That post is for Windows-only, proprietary, commercial software.

I understand the fact that it's very hard to sell commercial software these days unless it's a phone app, and appreciate that the poster has few options that don't cost considerable money and probably not hit his target audience. I understand that the days of Philippe Kahn making a compiler in his garage and making a million dollars are gone. The poster has my sympathy.

But personally, and your mileage may vary, I just don't think it's appropriate to post a Windows-only proprietary software on a free software mailing list.

SteveT

Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

For this kind of things there is posterazor: http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/

Does exactly the same thing. The only thing missing is the integration with inkscape. My wife use it all the time exactly for sewing patterns and it works great. You export your page from inkscape and put it through posterazor and voilla. You have your sewing pattern.

I too don't have a problem with being commercial, but I do have a problem with it not being free software and being limited to Windows.

@Mark T T

In the web page you are suggesting that the tool is perfect for sewing patterns, for which you can use posterazor and inkscape without any problems.