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Old 06-20-2009, 11:55 AM   #264
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Originally Posted by sirbruce View Post
It seems like Calibre has gone through several different PDF packages trying to find one that works well or is reliably maintained.
Yeah... PDF really is a pain. Though, pdftohtml has and is still used for conversion from a PDF file to HTML. The various libraries are used for things like metadata.

If memory serves correctly, pdftothml is used for conversion of a pdf file to html. PyPDF is used for pdfmanipulate. Podofo is used for the metadata and cover extraction. Qt's PDF printing support is used for PDF output. I think that's it, but we use currently 3 different PDF packages.
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