DoomPDF
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game port
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How HN took it
8 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive hack and neat ASCII-rendered graphics
From 3 comments
this is wild! the ascii-rendered graphics are a neat workaround
fasten on HNBiggest one up in history.
LorenzoGood on HNSo I find this neat, I can see a potential practical application as being able to demonstrate a piece of engineer work INSIDE a resume when you apply for a job which I think is…
Uptrenda on HN
Fun and creative demonstration
From 3 comments
You monster.
RajT88 on HNThat's Super Awesome, I know, this is a dumb comment, but, come on!!!
PierCecco on HNI think this is amazing. And reading the threads regarding JS i PDF I feel the urge to write a PDF reader in a PDF document. It’s PDF:s all the way down.
maCDzP on HN
Objections
Only works in Chromium-based browsers with PDFium
From 1 comment
Only works on a single PDF engine, not portable
From 1 comment
Not that portable since it only works on a single PDF engine.
Narishma on HN
Security concerns about embedded JavaScript in PDFs
From 2 comments
JS is what made these file types into the Pretty Dangerous Format. Numerous vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat surfaced thanks to the embedded JS engine. Updating the Acrobat…
p_ing on HNThe concern isn't that it was JS, the concern is that there's a scripting system inside of PDF at all. Why? What? Form validation is a lousy excuse because forms themselves were…
lolinder on HN
Requests
Support for custom WADs
From 1 comment
Now how do I add another WAD file to this. Someone needs to play sigil on this.
armSixtyFour on HN
Use freely licensed FreeDoom instead of shareware
From 1 comment
Stop restricting yourself to a shareware episode. Use the full legal replacement from https://freedoom.github.io
anthk on HN
Questions
Does it work in readers other than Chrome?
From 2 comments
oh so that why neither version worked for me in any reader
ikari_pl on HNI think it should work in acrobat also, since that implements more of pdf's embedded javascript. I don't know of any other pdf readers which implement javascript. I assume…
extraduder_ire on HN
Can the PDF be made smaller with compression?
From 1 comment
As PDF supports DEFLATE compression, it should be possible to shrink the size of the PDF document considerably.
MarekKnapek on HN
Alternatives named
PDF Tetris
From 1 comment
Author of "PDF Tetris" here. Great work! We had the same idea at the same time, here's my version of PDF Doom: Source: https://github.com/thomasRinsma/pdfdoom Playable here:…
ThomasRinsma on HN
Bad Apple in Vim
From 1 comment
One of my formative experiences as a freshman in CS (I learned to program in college) was accidentally opening a PDF with Emacs and watching as it displayed not weird binary data…
antics on HN
JSLinux
From 1 comment
Pandora's box has been opened. Next step: embed Bellard's JSLinux (https://bellard.org/jslinux/) and have a fullblown OS with development environment, office suite and all inside…
luismedel on HN