cpdf-source/javascriptsplits/c03.tex

// CHAPTER 2. Merging and Splitting

/** Given a list of PDFs, merges the files into a new one, which is returned.
@arg {"array of pdfs"} pdfs array of PDF documents to merge
@return {pdf} merged PDF document */
function mergeSimple(pdfs) {}

/** Merges the PDFs. If retain_numbering is true page labels are not
rewritten. If remove_duplicate_fonts is true, duplicate fonts are merged.
This is useful when the source documents for merging originate from the same
source.
@arg {"array of pdfs"} pdfs array of PDF documents to merge
@arg {boolean} retain_numbering keep page numbering
@arg {boolean} remove_duplicate_fonts remove duplicate font data */
function merge(pdfs, retain_numbering, remove_duplicate_fonts) {}

/** The same as merge, except that it has an additional argument - a list of
page ranges. This is used to select the pages to pick from each PDF. This
avoids duplication of information when multiple discrete parts of a source PDF
are included.
@arg {"array of pdfs"} pdfs array of PDF documents to merge
@arg {boolean} retain_numbering keep page numbering
@arg {boolean} remove_duplicate_fonts remove duplicate font data 
@arg {"array of arrays of numbers"} ranges page ranges, one for each input PDF */
function mergeSame(pdfs, retain_numbering, remove_duplicate_fonts, ranges) {}

/** Returns a new document with just those pages in the page range.
@arg {pdf} pdf PDF document
@arg {range} page range */
function selectPages(pdf, r) {}