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Re:SumatraPDF Reader by viraptor on Monday October 23, 2023 @11:41PM (#37994652)
I hope I can amuse you further: PDF embedded 3d models https://helpx.adobe.com/mt/acrobat/using/displaying-3d-model... and interaction https://www.astrobetter.com/blog/2012/03/07/tutorial-for-emb...
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Re:SumatraPDF Reader by hu3 on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @12:31AM (#37994865)
You did amuse me! Thanks!

To me this is the kind of scope creep that causes a "simple" PDF renderer department to end up with 50 devs working in it full-time.

I wonder... can a PDF have an iframe that opens itself? Causing an infinie loop of it loading itself?

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Re:SumatraPDF Reader by elashri on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @02:50AM (#37995561)
That's a nice idea. Can we call that PDF bomb?
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Re:SumatraPDF Reader by izacus on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @06:25AM (#37997008)
In reality most PDF apps don't support those elements (even software like macOS Preview) and people get along just fine.
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Re:SumatraPDF Reader by MilStdJunkie on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @02:34PM (#38003302)
Please please don't mention 3d pdfs. Please. I had to implement this. 3d manipulation in a block inside of a print format that might make deliverables in the hundreds of gigs. It's . . it's one of the dumbest functional requirements I've ever seen, and the fact it exists. . I'm sorry, I have to go be by myself for a while.
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