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@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -======= -flpsed -======= +# flpsed flpsed is a PostScript annotator. You can't actually @@ -8,7 +6,7 @@ edit existing PostScript documents, but you can add arbitrary text lines to existing documents. It is useful for filling in forms etc. -Quick Start: +## Quick Start: - Open an existing PostScript document. - Click anywhere on the document and type a text line. - The frame around the text shows, which text line has the focus. @@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ Quick Start: - Save your document and preview it with ghostview or something similar. - If you reopen the document with flpsed, you can edit the added text lines. -Features: +## Features: - Add arbitrary text to existing PostScript documents. - Reedit text, that has been added with flpsed. - The overall structure of the PostScript document is not @@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ Features: - Lines can be given names ("tags"). The text of these lines can be replaced in batch mode (no X11 required). -Restrictions: +## Restrictions: - flpsed probably does not work on all existing PostScript documents. You simply have to test it for your documents. - Zooming depends on the availability of scalable fonts on your X11 system. @@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ Restrictions: - flpsed is alpha software, so please backup your files, before trying to modify them. -Building: +## Building: - flpsed only works on X11-based systems. - You need to have ghostscript installed. - You need to have fltk-1.3.x from www.fltk.org installed. @@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ Building: -Tags and Batch Mode: +## Tags and Batch Mode: To use batch mode, add text lines to your PostScript document as usual. Give all or some of the lines tag names (Tags->Edit Tag). @@ -60,9 +58,7 @@ You can now call flpsed in batch mode to set the actual values: flpsed -b -t name="Hans Meier" -t street="Haupstr. 14" letter-templ.ps out.ps -================== -Mac OS X -================== +## Mac OS X To compile flpsed on Mac OS X Panther, first make sure you have Fink installed. Make sure Fink is set up to install unstable packages. @@ -84,8 +80,3 @@ building aqua fltk applications rather than X11 apps. You must unset the C-preprocessor macro __APPLE__ to get flpsed to compile under OS X. This is can be done by calling "CPPFLAGS=-U__APPLE__; export CPPFLAGS" before running "./configure". - - -Johannes Hofmann -(Johannes.Hofmann@gmx.de) -June 17, 2005 |