Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/2] Embed files as PDF attachments

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 10:56:29AM +0300, Manos Pitsidianakis wrote:
> The PDF specs allow for file attachments to documents. This can be used 
> to make the VIRTIO PDF spec a single source of truth by embedding 
> related files.
> 
> This series attaches the virtio-queue.h header file as a proof of 
> concept. It can be inspected and extracted using a compliant PDF viewer 
> such as Adobe's or Firefox's integrated PDF reader.
> 
> (Note: I'm not sure if Chrome supports it, my local version does not, 
> neither does Chromium.)
> 
> Programmatically extracting files is also possible, allowing for 
> downstream projects to update their headers by accessing the upstream 
> pdf file.
> 
> Example using the `pdfdetach` utility from the Xpdf package of tools 
> (`poppler-utils` package on debian/ubuntu):
> 
>   $ pdfdetach -list virtio-v1.3-csd01.pdf
>   1 embedded files
>   1: virtio-queue.h
>   $ pdfdetach -save 1 virtio-v1.3-csd01.pdf
>   $ file virtio-queue.h
>   virtio-queue.h: C source, ASCII text


Really cool, thank you Manos!

> Manos Pitsidianakis (2):
>   specvars.tex: Add \virtioauthor command
>   Embed virtio-queue.h as PDF attachment
> 
>  commands-html.tex |  7 +++++++
>  commands-pdf.tex  | 10 ++++++++++
>  headerfile.tex    |  2 ++
>  specvars.tex      |  3 ++-
>  virtio.tex        |  1 +
>  5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: b495841a8e80d12c1130f8868f4128866291142d
> -- 
> γαῖα πυρί μιχθήτω
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