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diff --git a/manual/library.rst b/manual/library.rst index 2ff7d59a..72ed1a39 100644 --- a/manual/library.rst +++ b/manual/library.rst @@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ Python qpdf's capabilities with other functionality provided by Python's rich standard library and available modules. -Other Languages - Starting with version 8.3.0, the :command:`qpdf` - command-line tool can produce a JSON representation of the PDF file's - non-content data. This can facilitate interacting programmatically - with PDF files through qpdf's command line interface. For more - information, please see :ref:`json`. +Other Languages Starting with version 11.0.0, the :command:`qpdf` + command-line tool can produce an unambiguous JSON representation of + a PDF file and can also create or update PDF files using this JSON + representation. qpdf versions from 8.3.0 through 10.6.3 had a more + limited JSON output format. The qpdf JSON format makes it possible + to inspect and modify the structure of a PDF file down to the + object level from the command-line or from any language that can + handle JSON data. Please see :ref:`json` for details. Wrappers The `qpdf Wiki <https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/wiki>`__ contains a |