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Re: Announcing boo2pdf for IBM BookManager files

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From: Arju
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:58
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On 20 Okt., 08:56, Michael Kraemer <M.Krae...@gsi.de> wrote:
> Kevin Bowling schrieb:
>
> > Please take this for a spin and let me know the results.
> >http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/boo2pdf/
>
> > About:
> > This is a beta of boo2pdf, an IBM BookManager to PDF conversion app &
> > web service.
>
> Much appreciated.
>
>
>
> > The whole app as it stands now is an exercise in inefficiency.  I
> > think I have enough data to bitbang a clean C implementation
>
> That would be even more appreciated.
> I'd prefer a lean-and-mean command line utility in plain C
> over the Java and Linux-only bloat.
>
> > but would
> > need a lot of help in doing so.
>
> Seems nobody knows more about that than you :-)
> How about a public description of the boo-format,
> now that you've reverse-engineered it?

This one is really good. Is it possible otherway round? I would like
to convert some pdfs to boo format?
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