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| author | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2023-12-24 13:12:32 +0100 |
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| committer | Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org> | 2023-12-24 13:36:07 +0100 |
| commit | 4ca185fd96dfd3c7a8d89d3afd8093a26acf178b (patch) | |
| tree | a50f15d2e151cd9f5b18bae2dc5405f650795186 /manual/cli.rst | |
| parent | 2f37633b923e0294acd894454a95d2a9ee1d36a9 (diff) | |
| download | qpdf-4ca185fd96dfd3c7a8d89d3afd8093a26acf178b.tar.zst | |
Remove --disable-signatures; incorporate into --remove-restrictions
Rather than adding yet another flag that is almost never useful on its
own, just have --remove-restrictions disable digital signatures. The
operations are still separate in the API.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/manual/cli.rst b/manual/cli.rst index 411fbdf1..457796e3 100644 --- a/manual/cli.rst +++ b/manual/cli.rst @@ -736,40 +736,24 @@ Related Options whatever encryption was present on the input file. This functionality is not intended to be used for bypassing copyright restrictions or other restrictions placed on files by their - producers. See also :qpdf:ref:`--copy-encryption`, - :qpdf:ref:`--remove-restrictions`, and - :qpdf:ref:`--disable-signatures`. + producers. See also :qpdf:ref:`--copy-encryption` and + :qpdf:ref:`--remove-restrictions`. .. qpdf:option:: --remove-restrictions .. help: remove security restrictions from input file Remove restrictions associated with digitally signed PDF files. - This may be combined with --decrypt and --disable-signatures to - allow free editing of previously signed/encrypted files. This - option invalidates the signature but leaves its visual - appearance intact. See also --disable-signatures. + This may be combined with --decrypt to allow free editing of + previously signed/encrypted files. This option invalidates and + disables any digital signatures but leaves their visual + appearances intact. Remove security restrictions associated with digitally signed PDF - files. This may be combined with :qpdf:ref:`--decrypt` and - :qpdf:ref:`--disable-signatures` to allow free editing of - previously signed/encrypted files. This option invalidates the - signature but leaves its visual appearance intact. See also - :qpdf:ref:`--disable-signatures`. - -.. qpdf:option:: --disable-signatures - - .. help: disable digital signature fields - - Remove all digital signature fields from a file. The appearance - of the digital signature, if any, will remain on the page, but - it will no longer be a signature field. See also - --remove-restrictions. - - Remove all digital signature fields from a file. The appearance - of the digital signature, if any, will remain on the page, but - it will no longer be a signature field. See also - :qpdf:ref:`--remove-restrictions`. + files. This may be combined with :qpdf:ref:`--decrypt` to allow + free editing of previously signed/encrypted files. This option + invalidates and disables any digital signatures but leaves their + visual appearances intact. .. qpdf:option:: --copy-encryption=file |