Program pdftodjvu version 0.1.3

Initial revision 2004-09-25; Last revision 2004-09-25

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pdftodjvu.pl --- convert PDF files to DjVu


SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENTS

http://www.gnu.org    GNU/Linux 
see also http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html


SETUP

Setup the following programs:

* GhostScript        http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

* XPdf               http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

* DjVuLibre          http://djvulibre.djvuzone.org/

Most GNU systems have first two packages installed.

Copy pdftodjvu.pl to some directory included in path list to executables
$PATH.


BRIEF INSTRUCTION

Type in 
  pdftodjvu.pl paper.pdf
  
to get paper.djvu in DjVu format


TROUBLESHOOTING

If something goes wrong, make sure that the following commands are
installed: gs, cjb2, djvm, pdfinfo. 

For example, typing in
$ which pdfinfo
must show the path to 'pdfinfo' command.


For conditions of use see LICENSE.txt file

3  Usage and options summary

user@computer$ ./pdftodjvu.pl --help
Usage: pdftodjvu.pl [OPTIONS] file.pdf [file.djvu]
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too
 -r, --resolution=DPI    Set resolution [600]

 --version               display version and license information
 --help                  display help and exit

4  Project revision history

2004-09-25

5  License

Available at http://www.math.utexas.edu/users/dima/PROGS/misc/pdftodjvu-eng.html

Author:

Dmitry V. Khmelev dimaqqq((at))math.utexas.edu [change ((at)) to @ and delete 'qqq' in order to get proper address - antispam]

University of Texas at Austin, Department of Mathematics, 1 University Station C1200 Austin, TX 78712-0257, U.S.A.

LICENSING TERMS

This program 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. You should obtain GNU GPL with file COPYING in this distribution.

By using this program you agree to the licensing terms.

NO WARRANTY

BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ÄS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.