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@brenopolanski
brenopolanski / merge-pdf-ghostscript.md
Last active April 22, 2024 20:51
Merge multiple PDFs using Ghostscript

A simple Ghostscript command to merge two PDFs in a single file is shown below:

gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOUTPUTFILE=combine.pdf -dBATCH 1.pdf 2.pdf

Install Ghostscript:

Type the command sudo apt-get install ghostscript to download and install the ghostscript package and all of the packages it depends on.

@ryansechrest
ryansechrest / html-style-guide.md
Last active March 14, 2024 20:44
HTML style guide with coding standards and best practices.

HTML Style Guide

All rules and guidelines in this document apply to HTML files.

The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

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@guifromrio
guifromrio / compress-pdf-with-gs.md
Created August 30, 2013 14:39
Compress PDF files with ghostscript

This can reduce files to ~15% of their size (2.3M to 345K, in one case) with no obvious degradation of quality.

ghostscript -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf

Other options for PDFSETTINGS:

  • /screen selects low-resolution output similar to the Acrobat Distiller "Screen Optimized" setting.
  • /ebook selects medium-resolution output similar to the Acrobat Distiller "eBook" setting.
  • /printer selects output similar to the Acrobat Distiller "Print Optimized" setting.
  • /prepress selects output similar to Acrobat Distiller "Prepress Optimized" setting.
@bxt
bxt / proxy.py
Last active August 30, 2020 15:57
A very basic caching python HTTP proxy server.
# Originally from http://sharebear.co.uk/blog/2009/09/17/very-simple-python-caching-proxy/
#
# Usage:
# A call to http://localhost:80000/example.com/foo.html will cache the file
# at http://example.com/foo.html on disc and not redownload it again.
# To clear the cache simply do a `rm *.cached`. To stop the server simply
# send SIGINT (Ctrl-C). It does not handle any headers or post data.
import BaseHTTPServer
import hashlib
@tylor
tylor / Procfile
Created December 7, 2012 20:29
Quick node.js HTTP proxy on Heroku
web: node index.js
@henare
henare / mw-to-gollum.rb
Created March 10, 2011 02:41
Imports a MediaWiki XML export into a Gollum wiki
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
require 'gollum'
wiki = Gollum::Wiki.new('openaustralia.wiki')
file = File.open("OpenAustralia-20110309232515.xml", "r")
doc = Hpricot(file)