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-===== Documentation for using the PDFtalk library =====+===== Documentation for the PDFtalk library =====
  
 The {{pdf:pdf32000_2008.pdf|PDF specification}} is extensive. The implementation covers the core mechanisms to read and write PDF objects in a conforming way. This is comparable to the virtual machine and core classes in Smalltalk. Many of the PDF features and possibilities are implemented by sets of PDF types and a clear definition of their structure and interplay. This compares to class libraries in Smalltalk. The {{pdf:pdf32000_2008.pdf|PDF specification}} is extensive. The implementation covers the core mechanisms to read and write PDF objects in a conforming way. This is comparable to the virtual machine and core classes in Smalltalk. Many of the PDF features and possibilities are implemented by sets of PDF types and a clear definition of their structure and interplay. This compares to class libraries in Smalltalk.
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   * [[Extending]] How to add a new PDF Object to the library from the specification.   * [[Extending]] How to add a new PDF Object to the library from the specification.
  
 +  * [[Monsters]] Some PDF writers are not implementing the specification properly. Some of the problems encountered in the wild are dicussed here.
 ==== Related projects ==== ==== Related projects ====
  
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