My open-source project PdfDing is receiving a grant
from mrmn2@lemmy.world to programming@programming.dev on 26 Oct 08:37
https://lemmy.world/post/37881433

Hi c/programming,

for quite some time I have been working on the open-source project PdfDing - a selfhosted PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices. You can find the repository here. As always I would be quite happy about a star and you trying out the application.

Last week PdfDing was selected to receive a grant from the NGI Zero Commons Fund. This fund is dedicated to helping deliver, mature and scale new internet commons across the whole technology spectrum and is amongst others funded by the European Commission. The exact sum of the grant still needs to be discussed, but obviously I am very stocked to have been selected and need to share it with the community.

PdfDing’s features include:

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nha@lemmy.world on 26 Oct 09:23 next collapse

Well done!

ns1@feddit.uk on 26 Oct 09:31 next collapse

Congrats! Nice that there is some fediverse software among the recipients too

troed@fedia.io on 26 Oct 09:44 collapse

I don't think there's anything ActivityPub related here though? Still seems like some great software.

sbeak@sopuli.xyz on 26 Oct 09:55 collapse

He means software receiving the funds, not the PDF manager…

sbeak@sopuli.xyz on 26 Oct 09:55 collapse

Hence “among the recipients”

Feddinat0r@feddit.org on 26 Oct 10:01 next collapse

Congrats and as a german i frequently say “ding”

So, nice name!

NoPanko@feddit.uk on 26 Oct 11:36 next collapse

I watch a german streamer a lot who says “dingsbooms” to mean “a thing i cant remember the name of right now”. It always makes me laugh

drre@feddit.org on 26 Oct 11:42 collapse

there is also “dingensbummens”, a thingy, or whatchamacallit

calliope@retrolemmy.com on 26 Oct 12:16 next collapse

There’s a self-hosted bookmark manager named linkding, and that’s how I found out “ding” means “thing” in German.

mrmn2@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 07:35 collapse

The naming and at the beginning the design as well were heavily inspired by the below mentioned linkding. The name is quite easy to remember and unique which is good for search results.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 26 Oct 12:14 next collapse

a grant from the NGI Zero Commons Fund.

I looked at the projects they help out; it looks like they really want to find the things that will make the internet more - well, open and less dependent on $corpo, with no regard to flashiness or publicity.

I particularly remember the NLnet.nl foundation also gave a grant to Maemo Leste, a project to keep The Nokia N900’s OS alive, fully opensource and mainstream the kernel. Not sure that was a single or continuing grant though. How about yours?

why@lemmy.sdf.org on 27 Oct 06:02 next collapse

They also gave Lemmy a grand as well

mrmn2@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 07:44 collapse

Yes, I was also surprised they selected PdfDing as I thought it would be a bit to niche. In PdfDing’s case it’s a single grant. There is a project plan and once a task is completed the corresponding payment can be requested.

nop@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 03:47 next collapse

Any plans to bring form editing to PdfDing?

acetanilide@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 04:04 next collapse

Same - I would love if there eventually was some form field recognition.

mrmn2@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 07:33 collapse

If mozilla’s pdf.js is used for PdfDing’s viewer. If this functionality would be added to the library then yes.

qevlarr@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 06:15 next collapse

Why browser based?

mrmn2@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 07:39 collapse

For a couple of reasons: 1. It’s how I want to use the app, 2. it’s the easiest way to support all platforms, 3. I am most familiar with web apps.

thistledown@rblind.com on 27 Oct 13:21 collapse

I am thrilled to learn about this! I am an Accessible Document Specialist (ADS). Reliance on Adobe is frustrating. Current PDF viewing and editing applications do not support the PDF 2.0 specification or its companion PDF/UA-2 specification for accessibility. Support for MathML within PDF documents would be a game changer. Have you looked into MathML support?