JoshData
Output as PDF annotations
Hi,
Atfer posting an issue on the original repo, I went ahead and actually implemented the feature, which proved quite easy. This pull request is the basic functionality. I tested both on a very simple Latex MWE with just a few words, and with a very complex scientific publication which was changed from top to bottom between two revisions, and the output is clean :)
Main change made: a new CLI option -p (or --pdfoutput). If activated, it will output two PDFs in the working directory named output1.pdf and output2.pdf. The output PDFs are a copy of the input ones with changes highlighted as annotations.
Dependency on the pdf-annotate python library is necessary (https://github.com/plangrid/pdf-annotate), which in turn requires Python3.8 (it's a pure python library). As of now the import of the library is done in the beginning, perhaps it could be done only if the -p option is used, so that pdf-diff can still be used with PNG output without requiring the lib.
Tests done on Ubuntu 20.04 with python 3.8
This is very cool but since I'm not actively working on this project it'll be a long time before I take a close enough look to consider merging it. But thanks!
No problem, I needed the feature anyway so it's my pleasure ! Perhaps I'll implement a few more things and complete this PR if I find some time, if it can be useful for other people ;)