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ASK HN:i know the pdf spec and the swf spec what can i do with it?

3 points by umenline ↗ HN
Hi as part of my job i learned the Pdf spec and also the swf spec i can create them with low level tools i created . what useful product i can build with this knowledge ? free and open source . that will help people

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seven
You could build (probably yet another) pdf/swf fuzzer to check for bugs in the implementation of the rendering engine.
umenline
well i meant something fun for the common people
nudge
Build a pdf reader that can replace background/text colours. It would be incredibly useful for many people (including myself) who find black-text-on-white-background unpleasant to read.

The only reader I know that does this is Acrobat Reader, but it's such a huge program for just this little task.

B0rG
Foxit Reader allows background/text color replacement.
nudge
Good point, but I use a mac, and I think foxit doesn't exist on the mac.
B0rG
my apologies for that to you, sir.