PDF Editor

A small desktop PDF editor for macOS built with Python and Tkinter.

Run one command from Terminal, choose a PDF file, and use the app to perform common operations like:

• extracting selected pages into a new PDF
• rotating selected pages
• merging multiple PDFs
• extracting text from selected pages into a .txt file

Requirements

• macOS with Python 3.10+ installed
• Tkinter available in your Python installation

Installation

1. Create and activate a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r config/requirements.txt

Run

From the project folder:

python3 main.py

Page Input Format

For operations that need page numbers, use values like:

• 1,3,5
• 2-6
• 1,4,7-9

Project Structure

• main.py: root entry point
• pdf_editor_app/: app package containing the UI and PDF logic
• config/: dependency configuration
• tools/: helper scripts
• tests/: test or scratch files