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I think the "plain text representation" parent is referring to is the PostScript that defines the page. If the equations are rendered in PS, or are inline image
by function_seven 11y ago
I think the "plain text representation" parent is referring to is the PostScript that defines the page. If the equations are rendered in PS, or are inline images, they might survive the roundtrip conversion?
- pdw 11y agoYes, it's a jumble of PostScript fragments, base64-encoded images and PDF metadata. Everything that's needed to reconstruct the original PDF, but in a form that's safe to edit in a text editor.
- scintill76 11y agoYou might want to compress the PDF again when you're done (my understanding is that part of what makes PDFs non-plain-text is binary compression encodings within the PDF container.)