[plug] edit pdf's under linux?

[Randal Adamson]

On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 12:31 +0800, Randal Adamson wrote:
> -----[ pdftk ]-----
> Description: A useful tool for manipulating PDF documents
>  If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic
> stapler-remover,
>  hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a
>  simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in
> the
>  top drawer of your desktop and use it to:
>   - Merge PDF documents
>   - Split PDF pages into a new document
>   - Decrypt input as necessary (password required)
>   - Encrypt output as desired
>   - Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
>   - Apply a Background Watermark
>   - Report PDF on metrics, including metadata and bookmarks
>   - Update PDF Metadata
>   - Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
>   - Unpack PDF Attachments
>   - Burst a PDF document into single pages
>   - Uncompress and re-compress page streams
>   - Repair corrupted PDF (where possible)
>  .
>   Author: Sid Steward <ssteward at accesspdf.com>
>   Homepage: http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk

pdftk is available on windows, debian, suse, redhat, mac OSx Panther,
FreeBSD, Mandrake and Gentoo

I think it's what you're after - check out his website:

http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk

there's heaps of info on there.

Ranz