pystitcher

README.md

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 20. [Sanderson's Laws of Magic](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SNEEh2_i93V64Fnzg8_05vOGjJMSuagX8IyrLt-5xXk/present)
 21. [multipart-emails](/talks/email-protocols/) - A short talk on how linking with mid/cid schemes works in multipart-emails. Related work: https://github.com/awdeorio/mailmerge/issues/86
 22. [Payment Systems in India](/talks/payments-systems-in-india/) - A short 10 minute presentation on _some of the digital payment_ ecosystem in India.
+23. [pystitcher](/talks/pystitcher) - pystitcher stitches your PDF files together, generating nice customizable bookmarks for you using a declarative input in the form of a markdown file. https://github.com/captn3m0/pystitcher
 
 A few more talks that I've done are on my [SpeakerDeck account](https://speakerdeck.com/captn3m0) and my [slides.com](https://slides.com/captn3m0/) profile page.
 

pystitcher/slides.md

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+---
+# try also 'default' to start simple
+theme: seriph
+# random image from a curated Unsplash collection by Anthony
+# like them? see https://unsplash.com/collections/94734566/slidev
+background: https://source.unsplash.com/collection/94734566/1920x1080
+# apply any windi css classes to the current slide
+class: 'text-center'
+# https://sli.dev/custom/highlighters.html
+highlighter: shiki
+# some information about the slides, markdown enabled
+info: |
+  ## Slidev Starter Template
+  Presentation slides for developers.
+
+  Learn more at [Sli.dev](https://sli.dev)
+---
+
+# pystitcher
+
+PDF stitcher for humans.
+
+<!--
+The last comment block of each slide will be treated as slide notes. It will be visible and editable in Presenter Mode along with the slide. [Read more in the docs](https://sli.dev/guide/syntax.html#notes)
+-->
+
+---
+
+# Merging PDFs is easy
+
+`pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf cat output final.pdf`
+
+---
+
+# Except when its not
+
+(Managing bookmarks)
+
+```
+pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf cat output final.pdf
+pdftk dump_data final.pdf > bookmarks.txt
+# More code here to add more bookmarks
+pdftk update_info_utf8 bookmarks.txt final.pdf final2.pdf
+```
+
+---
+
+# [`pdfmerge`](https://github.com/metaist/pdfmerge)
+
+- unmaintained :cry:
+
+    pdfmerge [-o FILE] PATH[RULE[, RULE ...]]
+
+Where RULE=
+
+    [START][..][END][ROTATE]
+
+Also no bookmarks :cry:
+
+---
+# What if?
+
+```markdown
+# Super Potato Book
+
+# Volume 1
+
+[Part 1](1.pdf)
+
+# Volume 2
+
+[Part 3](2.pdf)
+```
+
+---
+
+# Show original PDFs
+
+---
+
+# Metadata!
+
+```markdown
+title: Super Jelly
+Author: Nemo
+keywords: potato, jelly
+# Super Potato Book
+
+# Volume 1
+
+[Part 1](1.pdf)
+
+# Volume 2
+
+[Part 3](2.pdf)
+```
+
+---
+
+# Existing Bookmarks?
+
+```markdown
+existing_bookmarks: remove
+# Super Potato Book
+
+# Volume 1
+
+[Part 1](1.pdf)
+
+# Volume 2
+
+[Part 3](2.pdf)
+```
+
+---
+
+![clean.png](clean.png)
+
+---
+# Existing Bookmarks?
+
+```markdown
+existing_bookmarks: flatten
+# Super Potato Book
+
+# Volume 1
+
+[Part 1](1.pdf)
+
+# Volume 2
+
+[Part 3](2.pdf)
+```
+
+---
+
+![flatten.png](flatten.png)
+
+---
+
+# Keep Bookmarks?
+
+```markdown
+existing_bookmarks: keep
+# Super Potato Book
+
+# Volume 1
+
+[Part 1](1.pdf)
+
+# Volume 2
+
+[Part 3](2.pdf)
+```
+
+---
+
+![keep.png](keep.png)
+
+---
+
+![](github.png)