Pdftoipe ======== This is Pdftoipe, a program that reads arbitrary PDF files and generates an XML file readable by Ipe. You can report bugs on the bug tracking system at "http://ipe7.sourceforge.net/bugzilla.html". Before reporting a bug, check that you have the latest version of Pdftoipe, and check the existing reports to see whether your bug has already been reported. Please do not send bug reports directly to me (the first thing I would do with the report is to enter it into the bug tracking system). Suggestions for features, or random comments on Pdftoipe can be sent to the Ipe discussion mailing list at . If you have problems installing or using Pdftoipe, the Ipe discussion mailing list would also be the best place to ask. You can send suggestions or comments directly to me by Email, but you should then not expect a reply. I cannot dedicate much time to Ipe, and the little time I have I prefer to put into development. I'm much more likely to get involved in a discussion of desirable features on the mailing list, where anyone interested can participate than by direct Email. Otfried Cheong Dept. of Computer Science KAIST Daejeon, South Korea Email: otfried@ipe.airpost.net Ipe webpage: http://ipe7.sourceforge.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pdftoipe is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Compiling ========= You need the Poppler library (http://poppler.freedesktop.org). On Debian/Ubuntu, install the packages 'libpoppler-dev' and 'libpoppler-private-dev'. In source directory, say make This will create the single executable "pdftoipe". Copy it to whereever you like. You may also install the man page "pdftoipe.1". If you want to compile pdftoipe on Windows, please refer to "compile_on_windows.pdf", written by Daniel B. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes ======= * 2013/01/24 Applied patches from bugs #88 and #112 to fix compilation on newer poppler versions. * 2011/05/17 Built Windows binary and included instructions by Daniel B. for compiling on Windows in the source download. * 2011/01/16 Re-released to clarify that pdftoipe uses GPL V2, compatible with the poppler license. * 2009/10/14 Changed to use libpoppler instead of using Xpdf's code directly. Generate Ipe 7 format. * 2007/05/09 Applied patches provided by Philip Johnson (bug #160) to support latex markup in text objects, and to handle text transformations. Improved text transformations, and added -merge option to better control separation/merging of text. * 2005/11/14 Generating header correct for Ipe 6.0 preview 25. * 2005/09/17 Fixed handling of transformation matrix for text objects. (Text was incorrectly positioned if pages had the /Rotate flag on.) Added -cyberbit option to automatically insert style sheet for using the Cyberbit font (but of course it has to be installed properly to be used from Pdflatex). Removed silly dependency on Qt. Added conversion of some Unicode characters to Latex macros. * 2003/06/30 Added recognition of Unicode text (results in a message to the user) and escaping of the special Latex characters. Fixed generation of incorrect XML files (unterminated objects). * 2003/06/18 Added -notext option to completely ignore all text in PDF file. Added man page. * 2003/06/13 Packaged pdftoipe separately from Ipe. * 2003/06/04 Fixed handling of transformation matrix in Pdftoipe. Pdftoipe is now actually considered supported. Added option -math to pdftoipe. With this option, all text objects are turned into math formulas. --------------------------------------------------------------------