From 4b4995cda35627e06c43e25ecbe07c1bc1859bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akira Kakuto Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 07:14:48 +0000 Subject: xpdf 4.00 git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@45031 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Build/source/libs/xpdf/xpdf-src/README | 94 ++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) (limited to 'Build/source/libs/xpdf/xpdf-src/README') diff --git a/Build/source/libs/xpdf/xpdf-src/README b/Build/source/libs/xpdf/xpdf-src/README index 93a1bc54766..6e7f4b0b045 100644 --- a/Build/source/libs/xpdf/xpdf-src/README +++ b/Build/source/libs/xpdf/xpdf-src/README @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ Xpdf ==== -version 3.04 -2014-may-28 +version 4.00 +2017-aug-10 The Xpdf software and documentation are -copyright 1996-2014 Glyph & Cog, LLC. +copyright 1996-2017 Glyph & Cog, LLC. -Email: derekn@foolabs.com -WWW: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ +Email: xpdf@xpdfreader.com +WWW: http://www.xpdfreader.com/ The PDF data structures, operators, and specification are -copyright 1985-2006 Adobe Systems Inc. +documented in ISO 32000-1:2008. What is Xpdf? @@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ the name of Adobe's PDF software.) The Xpdf project also includes a PDF text extractor, PDF-to-PostScript converter, and various other utilities. -Xpdf runs under the X Window System on UNIX and OS/2. The non-X -components (pdftops, pdftotext, etc.) also run on Windows and Mac OSX -systems and should run on pretty much any system with a decent C++ -compiler. Xpdf will run on 32-bit and 64-bit machines. +The Xpdf viewer uses the Qt cross-platform GUI toolkit. The other +command line utilties do not require Qt. License & Distribution ---------------------- -Xpdf is licensed under the GNU General Pulbic License (GPL), version 2 +Xpdf is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or 3. This means that you can distribute derivatives of Xpdf under any of the following: - GPL v2 only @@ -64,17 +62,13 @@ Cog web site: Compatibility ------------- -Xpdf is developed and tested on Linux. +Xpdf uses the Qt toolkit and runs on Linux, Windows, and OS X -- and +probably other systems that have a Qt port. -In addition, it has been compiled by others on Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, -Digital Unix, Irix, and numerous other Unix implementations, as well -as OS/2. It should work on pretty much any system which runs X11 and -has Unix-like libraries. You'll need ANSI C++ and C compilers to -compile it. - -The non-X components of Xpdf (pdftops, pdftotext, pdfinfo, pdffonts, -pdfdetach, pdftoppm, and pdfimages) can also be compiled on Windows -and Mac OSX systems. See the Xpdf web page for details. +The non-GUI command line utilities (pdftops, pdftotext, pdftohtml, +pdfinfo, pdffonts, pdfdetach, pdftoppm, pdftopng, and pdfimages) run +on Linux, Windows, and OS X -- and should run on pretty much any +system with a decent C++ compiler. If you compile Xpdf for a system not listed on the web page, please let me know. If you're willing to make your binary available by ftp @@ -85,20 +79,13 @@ disk space and support reasons). If you can't get Xpdf to compile on your system, send me email and I'll try to help. -Xpdf has been ported to the Acorn, Amiga, BeOS, and EPOC. See the -Xpdf web page for links. - Getting Xpdf ------------ The latest version is available from: - http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ - -or: - - ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/ + http://www.xpdfreader.com/ Source code and several precompiled executables are available. @@ -114,8 +101,7 @@ To run xpdf, simply type: xpdf file.pdf -To generate a PostScript file, hit the "print" button in xpdf, or run -pdftops: +To generate a PostScript file, run pdftops: pdftops file.pdf @@ -123,9 +109,10 @@ To generate a plain text file, run pdftotext: pdftotext file.pdf -There are five additional utilities (which are fully described in +There are several additional utilities (which are fully described in their man pages): + pdftohtml -- converts a PDF file to HTML pdfinfo -- dumps a PDF file's Info dictionary (plus some other useful information) pdffonts -- lists the fonts used in a PDF file along with various @@ -134,6 +121,7 @@ their man pages): PDF file pdftoppm -- converts a PDF file to a series of PPM/PGM/PBM-format bitmaps + pdftopng -- converts a PDF file to a series of PNG image files pdfimages -- extracts the images from a PDF file Command line options and many other details are described in the man @@ -143,30 +131,6 @@ All of these utilities read an optional configuration file: see the xpdfrc(5) man page. -Upgrading from Xpdf 3.02 (and earlier) --------------------------------------- - -The font configuration system has been changed. Previous versions -used mostly separate commands to configure fonts for display and for -PostScript output. As of 3.03, configuration options that make sense -for both display and PS output have been unified. - -The following xpdfrc commands have been removed: -* displayFontT1, displayFontTT: replaced with fontFile -* displayNamedCIDFontT1, displayNamedCIDFontTT: replaced with fontFile -* displayCIDFontT1, displayCIDFontTT: replaced with fontFileCC -* psFont: replaced with psResidentFont -* psNamedFont16: replaced with psResidentFont16 -* psFont16: replaced with psResidentFontCC - -See the xpdfrc(5) man page for more information on the new commands. - -Pdftops will now embed external 16-bit fonts (configured with the -fontFileCC command) when the PDF file refers to a non-embedded font. -It does not do any subsetting (yet), so the resulting PS files will be -large. - - Compiling Xpdf -------------- @@ -187,7 +151,8 @@ Third-Party Libraries Xpdf uses the following libraries: * FreeType [http://www.freetype.org/] -* libpng [http://www.libpng.com/pub/png/libpng.html] (used by pdftohtml) +* libpng [http://www.libpng.com/pub/png/libpng.html] (used by pdftohtml + and pdftopng) * zlib [http://zlib.net/] (used by pdftohtml) @@ -231,15 +196,20 @@ pdftex project: References ---------- -Adobe Systems Inc., _PDF Reference, sixth edition: Adobe Portable -Document Format version 1.7_. +Adobe Systems Inc., ISO 32000-1:2008, Document Management - Portable +document format - Part 1: PDF 1.7. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html [The manual for PDF version 1.7.] -Adobe Systems Inc., "Errata for the PDF Reference, sixth edition, -version 1.7", October 16, 2006. +Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Supplement to the ISO 32000, BaseVersion +1.7, ExtensionLevel 3, June 2008. +http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html +[Additions to the PDF 1.7 spec.] + +Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Supplement to ISO 32000-1, BaseVersion 1.7, +ExtensionLevel 5, June 2009. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html -[The errata for the PDF 1.7 spec.] +[Additions to the PDF 1.7 spec.] Adobe Systems Inc., _PostScript Language Reference_, 3rd ed. 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