summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/README
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
-rw-r--r--README24
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 87b383c..2213303 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -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
+
+