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diff --git a/obsolete/support/png2pdf/README b/obsolete/support/png2pdf/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8a83810fbb --- /dev/null +++ b/obsolete/support/png2pdf/README @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ + +CONTENTS +======== +1. Purpose of the package +2. Installation (Unix/Linux, Windows) +3. Recent sources and documentation +4. Developer information +5. Contact + + + +1. Purpose of the package +========================= +This package contains the png2pdf program. This program converts PNG +images to PDF files. It can use the PNG alpha channel to mix against +a background (either from the PNG file's background chunk or user +specified) and/or to create an image mask or PDF alpha channel. + +This software is released under a BSD-style license. +See the file bsdlic.txt for details. + + + +2. Installation +=============== + +2.1 Installation on Unix/Linux +------------------------------ + +2.1.1 Required libraries +The following libraries are required to install png2pdf: +- zlib (required) + http://www.gzip.org/zlib +- bzip2 (recommended) + http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/ +- libpng (required) + http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html +- dklibs (required) + http://sourceforge.net/projects/dklibs +Note: If you use package management software to install these libraries +make sure the developer support (C header files...) is installed too. +Some package managers use separated packages (xxx-dev) to provide +developer support for libraries. + +2.1.2 Installation procedure +After unpacking the png2pdf source the usual + ./configure + make + make install +procedure should work. + +2.2 Installation on Windows +--------------------------- +Windows users are encourage to use the setup executables from +http://sourceforge.net/projects/dklibs in the +dklibs-win32 package. The *user*.exe file installs the programs +and the documentataion, the *dev*.exe file also installs the +sources for all the programs and all the libraries needed to +build the programs. + + +3. Recent sources and documentation +=================================== +The project is hosted on SourceForge, see + http://png2pdf.sourceforge.net +and + http://sourceforge.net/projects/png2pdf +for the most recent sources and documentation. + + + +4. Developer Information +======================== + +For each module you find 2 source files: *.ctr and *.c. +The *.c file is created from the *.ctr file by running tracecc. +If you want to apply changes to the source, do it in the *.ctr +file. + + + +5. Contact +========== +You can contact me using the contact form +http://www.fh-schmalkalden.de/url.php?/page/1026/select_wert/3023 on +our faculty's web server. +Please use "png2pdf bug" or "png2pdf suggestion" in the subject. + +The bugtracking and feature mechanisms on the SourceForge +web site http://sourceforge.net/projects/png2pdf can also be used, +I check them approximately once per month. + +Dirk Krause +2005-02-15 + + |