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diff --git a/support/pdfjam/README.md b/support/pdfjam/README.md index 62f99b2ec5..cf7b248d49 100644 --- a/support/pdfjam/README.md +++ b/support/pdfjam/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -[![](https://travis-ci.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam) +[![](https://travis-ci.com/rrthomas/pdfjam.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/rrthomas/pdfjam) # pdfjam -_David Firth_ <https://warwick.ac.uk/dfirth> +_Reuben Thomas_ <https://rrt.sc3d.org/> A snapshot of this page is included as _README.md_ in the distributed package. The most up-to-date version is maintained online at -<https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam>. +<https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam>. 1. [Overview](#overview) - [What is pdfjam?](#whatis) @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ constructing more elaborate wrapper scripts as required. Those 'wrapper' scripts are **no longer maintained**. I continue to make them available in a separate repository -<https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam-extras>, +<https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam-extras>, in case anyone wants to see them, to use them, or to improve and maintain them independently as a separate project. @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ at version 3.02 are: - `pdfjam-slides3up`, `pdfjam-slides6up` For those scripts and for more information on them, please now see -<https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam-extras>. +<https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam-extras>. # <a name="prereq"> Pre-requisites @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ that might change, so users are referred to the current In case you want to look at the `pdfjam --help` text template online, for example before you decide whether to install **pdfjam**, the source is available at -<https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam/blob/master/pdfjam-help.txt>. +<https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam/blob/master/pdfjam-help.txt>. There is also a (very basic) `man` page, accessed in the usual way (after installation) by @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ _TeX Live_. 2. Install it yourself (e.g., if you don't want _TeX Live_, or if you want a later release of **pdfjam** than the one that's currently in _TeX Live_). Download the latest packaged release of **pdfjam** from -<https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam/releases>. +<https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam/releases>. If for some reason you don't want the latest released version, or even a recently released version, you can still get older versions too: see <https://davidfirth.github.io/pdfjam>. **The first way, via _TeX Live_, is recommended** as the easiest way for most users. @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ temporary files, or a specific paper size for output PDFs --- or some other reason. The file -[pdfjam.conf](https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam/raw/master/pdfjam.conf) +[pdfjam.conf](https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam/raw/master/pdfjam.conf) is a sample configuration file which can be edited as needed. After editing, either install the file for site-wide use (at `/etc/pdfjam.conf`, `/usr/share/etc/pdfjam.conf`, `/usr/local/share/pdfjam.conf`, or @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ option is passed to LaTeX's `\includegraphics` command. Slides made by LaTeX's _beamer_ package, using the `handout` class option, work especially nicely with this! The example wrapper scripts `pdfjam-slides3up` and `pdfjam-slides6up`, in the -[pdfjam-extras](https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam-extras) repository, +[pdfjam-extras](https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam-extras) repository, are for 3-up and 6-up handouts, respectively. ### Example 6: Trimming pages; and piped output @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ You could check also that `pdftex.def`, typically to be found in is up to date. If the problem persists even with up-to-date versions of pdfTeX, `pdftex.def` and pdfpages, then please do report it. -**2. What can I do to solve a 'Too many open files' error? +**2. What can I do to solve a 'Too many open files' error?** This error has been reported to occur sometimes, when dealing with large numbers of documents/pages. A suggested solution, if this happens, @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ for this suggestion and links to more information. Please report any bugs found in `pdfjam`, either -- by reporting as an issue at GitHub, <https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam/issues> +- by reporting as an issue at GitHub, <https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam/issues> - by email (see <https://warwick.ac.uk/dfirth> for my email address) ### Some known problems: @@ -430,20 +430,27 @@ so that people can still see and use/adapt them if they want. And maybe even someone else will want to take on the task of improving and maintaining some of them, who knows? The wrapper scripts (**no longer maintained**) can now be found at -<https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam-extras>. +<https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam-extras>. ### Version release notes -[**3.03**](https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam/releases/tag/v3.03) [2019-11-18]: +[**3.04**](https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam/releases/tag/v3.04) [2023-05-07]: + +- Many documentation improvements. +- Various minor code fixes. +- No longer depend on hyperref package. +- Support TMPDIR. + +[**3.03**](https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam/releases/tag/v3.03) [2019-11-18]: - Built package now (again) has tests in a zip archive. (needed for CTAN) -[**3.02**](https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam/releases/tag/v3.02) [2019-11-14]: +[**3.02**](https://github.com/rrthomas/pdfjam/releases/tag/v3.02) [2019-11-14]: - Re-styled the package name to **pdfjam**. (Previously the package --- which then contained several scripts --- was named PDFjam). - Moved everything to a new home on the web at - <a href="https://github.com/DavidFirth">github.com/DavidFirth</a>. + <a href="https://github.com/rrthomas">github.com/rrthomas</a>. - Simplified the package by removal of all the 'wrapper' scripts (`pdfnup`, `pdfjoin`, etc.). - Settings specified via `--preamble` are now protected from the normal |