pdf-annotate

Mark PDF files as author copies using an automatically generated overlay

Requirements

The following ruby gems need to be installed:

• bibtex-ruby
• pdfinfo

Furthermore, you need:

• a working LaTeX installation
• latexmk
• pdfinfo

Usage

Usage: annotate.rb [options]

Available options:
    -b, --bibtex FILE                Obtain publication data from FILE
    -c, --copyright NAME             Copyright is held by NAME instead of publisher
    -i, --input FILE                 Read original PDF from FILE
    -k, --key KEY                    Use bibtex entry KEY
    -o, --output FILE                Write annotated PDF to FILE

Generic options:
    -h, --help                       Show this message and exit

The following arguments are mandatory:

• --bibtex FILE Path to BibTeX file that contains an entry for the document to process
• --input FILE Path to input PDF file
• --key KEY BibTeX key for the document to process
• --output FILE Path to output PDF file

The copyright holder is normally determined by the publisher field of the BibTeX entry. It can be overwritten using --copyright NAME.