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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edit existing PostScript documents, but you can add arbitrary text lines to existing documents. It is useful for filling in forms etc. -Usage: +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. @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Features: - reedit text, that has been added with flpsed. - the overall structure of the PostScript document is not modified. flpsed only adds the additional text. - +- lines can be given names ("tags"). The text of these lines can + be replaced in batch mode (no X11 required). + Restrictions: - flpsed probably does not work on all existing PostScript documents. You simply have to test it for your documents. @@ -35,3 +37,21 @@ Building: - you need to have ghostscript installed. - you need to have fltk-1.1.x from www.fltk.org installed. - unpack the tarball and type "make". + + + +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). +Save the document. Now you can replace the text of the tagged line in batch +mode using the -t flag (see usage). +Example: +Lets assume you have added text lines with tags "name", and "street" +to your document letter.ps with flpsed in interactive mode and saved the +result in letter-templ.ps. +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 + + |