Interpret . in --pages as a shortcut for the primary file

Jay Berkenbilt
1 parent 5f128b9a
Showing 4 changed files with 31 additions and 12 deletions
ChangeLog
manual/qpdf-manual.xml
qpdf/qpdf.cc
qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
+2019-01-12  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
+
+	* In --pages, allow "." as a replacement for the current input
+	file, making it possible to say "qpdf A.pdf --pages . 1-3 --"
+	instead of having to repeat the input filename.
+
 2019-01-10  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 	* Add new configure option --enable-avoid-windows-handle, which
@@ -956,6 +956,11 @@ make
     selection flags.
    </para>
    <para>
+    Starting with qpf 8.4, the special input file name
+    &ldquo;<filename>.</filename>&rdquo; can be used shortcut for the
+    primary input filename.
+   </para>
+   <para>
     For each file that pages should be taken from, specify the file, a
     password needed to open the file (if any), and a page range.  The
     password needs to be given only once per file.  If any of the
@@ -1075,7 +1080,7 @@ make
     <filename>infile.pdf</filename> while preserving all metadata
     associated with that file, you could use
-    <programlisting><command>qpdf</command> <option>infile.pdf --pages infile.pdf 1-5 -- outfile.pdf</option>
+    <programlisting><command>qpdf</command> <option>infile.pdf --pages . 1-5 -- outfile.pdf</option>
 </programlisting>
     If you wanted pages 1 through 5 from
     <filename>infile.pdf</filename> but you wanted the rest of the
@@ -1087,7 +1092,7 @@ make
     <filename>file1.pdf</filename> and pages 11&ndash;15 from
     <filename>file2.pdf</filename> in reverse, you would run
-    <programlisting><command>qpdf</command> <option>file1.pdf --pages file1.pdf 1-5 file2.pdf 15-11 -- outfile.pdf</option>
+    <programlisting><command>qpdf</command> <option>file1.pdf --pages file1.pdf 1-5 . 15-11 -- outfile.pdf</option>
 </programlisting>
     If, for some reason, you wanted to take the first page of an
     encrypted file called <filename>encrypted.pdf</filename> with
@@ -1092,7 +1092,8 @@ ArgParser::argHelp()
         << "password needs to be given only once per file.  If any of the input\n"
         << "files are the same as the primary input file or the file used to copy\n"
         << "encryption parameters (if specified), you do not need to repeat the\n"
-        << "password here.  The same file can be repeated multiple times.  All\n"
+        << "password here.  The same file can be repeated multiple times.  The\n"
+        << "filename \".\" may be used to refer to the current input file.  All\n"
         << "non-page data (info, outlines, page numbers, etc. are taken from the\n"
         << "primary input file.  To discard this, use --empty as the primary\n"
         << "input.\n"
@@ -3676,6 +3677,17 @@ static void handle_page_specs(QPDF&amp; pdf, Options&amp; o)
     // Parse all page specifications and translate them into lists of
     // actual pages.
+    // Handle "." as a shortcut for the input file
+    for (std::vector<PageSpec>::iterator iter = o.page_specs.begin();
+         iter != o.page_specs.end(); ++iter)
+    {
+        PageSpec& page_spec = *iter;
+        if (page_spec.filename == ".")
+        {
+            page_spec.filename = o.infilename;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (! o.keep_files_open_set)
     {
         // Count the number of distinct files to determine whether we
@@ -1692,11 +1692,10 @@ $td-&gt;runtest(&quot;check output&quot;,
              {$td->FILE => "a.pdf"},
              {$td->FILE => "merge-multiple-labels.pdf"});
-$td->runtest("split with shared resources",
+$td->runtest("split with shared resources", # QXXXQ
              {$td->COMMAND =>
                   "qpdf --qdf --static-id" .
-                  " shared-images.pdf --pages" .
-                  " shared-images.pdf 1,3" .
+                  " shared-images.pdf --pages . 1,3" .
                   " ./shared-images.pdf 1,2 -- a.pdf"},
              {$td->STRING => "", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0});
 $td->runtest("check output",
@@ -1706,8 +1705,7 @@ $td-&gt;runtest(&quot;check output&quot;,
 $td->runtest("shared resources relevant errors",
              {$td->COMMAND =>
                   "qpdf --qdf --static-id" .
-                  " shared-images-errors.pdf --pages" .
-                  " shared-images-errors.pdf 2 -- a.pdf"},
+                  " shared-images-errors.pdf --pages . 2 -- a.pdf"},
              {$td->FILE => "shared-images-errors-2.out",
                   $td->EXIT_STATUS => 3},
              $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
@@ -1718,8 +1716,7 @@ $td-&gt;runtest(&quot;check output&quot;,
 $td->runtest("shared resources irrelevant errors",
              {$td->COMMAND =>
                   "qpdf --qdf --static-id" .
-                  " shared-images-errors.pdf --pages" .
-                  " shared-images-errors.pdf 1 -- a.pdf"},
+                  " shared-images-errors.pdf --pages . 1 -- a.pdf"},
              {$td->FILE => "shared-images-errors-1.out",
                   $td->EXIT_STATUS => 3},
              $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
@@ -1730,8 +1727,7 @@ $td-&gt;runtest(&quot;check output&quot;,
 $td->runtest("don't remove shared resources",
              {$td->COMMAND =>
                   "qpdf --qdf --static-id --preserve-unreferenced-resources" .
-                  " shared-images.pdf --pages" .
-                  " shared-images.pdf 1,3 -- a.pdf"},
+                  " shared-images.pdf --pages . 1,3 -- a.pdf"},
              {$td->STRING => "", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0});
 $td->runtest("check output",
              {$td->FILE => "a.pdf"},