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Development => AROS Software Development => Topic started by: salvatore on March 29, 2019, 07:24:26 PM
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Hi All
Fabio Falcucci has been working for some months on tools for this type of file, a series of gui(including viewer) for xpdftools, txt2pdf (not the current version) and the command to convert an image file to a pdf that is part of the imagemagick suite, I am those who commissioned the work will not be the only one :)
All The Best
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everything will be free, the next job will be a gui for cdrtools
hi
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Hi salvatore!
Very good news! I am looking forward for it. Thank you and Fabio!
Regards, aha
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thanks, yes fabio is very busy with other jobs but with hollywood he is very good, he learned all by himself starting from scratch, and then he is a good person
hi have a good new week
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added composite command of imagemagick suite, for creating a image documen with text and graphics, the suite again is complete, but under developement
all the best
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Interesting. Nothing to see at the moment? A screenshot...?
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Paolone fabio is very busy with other projects, so you have to wait, I don't know how long a month
hi have a good day
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hi
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we will also add a tool for converting to docx, rtf, Paolone when everything is finished if you can send it to your beta testers (before the release of a new version of icaros) you would do me a favor
all the best
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yes man
hi
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we will also add a tool for converting to docx, rtf, Paolone when everything is finished if you can send it to your beta testers (before the release of a new version of icaros) you would do me a favor
all the best
Fine, I will do it.
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thank you very much
hi
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I hope for the end of the month to have the complete program, fabio had some deadlines, cmq next week maybe it will give me something incomplete though, I'll do a screen shot or I'll send you a copy of everything, to give you an idea of the program
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Then practically the program in place, has included all the tools that are part of the xpdftools suite, which are a series of utilities regarding the manipulation to a certain level of a pdf file, then we have text2pdf for the conversion of a text file , then there is the tool that is part of the imagemagick suite to create an image file with attached text and graphics (which is the most important I think if one wants to make a complete document, always of the same suite there is the conversion command from images to pdf.
For the Reader there will be the printing function, extraction of single or entire pages (of the document, created exnovo, or existing) with attached conversion to docx, rtf and png. The program will not consist of a series of guides but of a single dashboard and will be compiled for all amiga and like systems
all the best
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Very, very useful!!
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yes, maybe on the first of may the projact is finished
hi paolone
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Hello all! :)
As Salvatore said, I'm working to give a GUI to the xpdf tools suite, I'm testing the first tool (pdfDeatch) on the latest IcAROS desktop (thank you Paolone!) but I'm having troubles to run scripts.
I need to execute a script and redirect the output to another file but I fear that something has changed from my last visit on AROS land :)
My old launcher was:
Run Execute 'script_name' >'output_log'
From what I can see, no errors are reported but the 'output_log' file is empty, do you have any hints?
Here is the script generated to retrieve the pdfDetach version:
"tools/bin/pdfdetach" -v
I'm having difficulties to achieve the result I need from the shell too, for example if I run this command:
> <path>/tools/bin/pdfdetach -v >RAM:outputThe output still goes to the console, the file RAM:output is generated but it is empty (0 bytes).
The paths are correct, any help is very appreciated :)
PS.: I've downloaded the tools from AROS Archives
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Hi Allanon
it seems to me that there was a problem related to the polybios plugin on aros, in fact rnopdf was not compiled for this architecture, it may be that this has to do with it or there is nothing in between
thank you
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maybe pdfdetach -v "pdf-file" "ram output"
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Allanon, you simply can't redirect the output of a script to a text file.
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Hi Paolone,
thank you for the reply, so I should put the redirect into the script just after the command I want to execute?
I'm too used to Windows, sorry :)
Anyway there is another problem, because this command straight into the shell does not work:
> <path>/tools/bin/pdfdetach -v >RAM:outputThe above line creates an empty 'output' file and print the informations to the console.
Where <path> is the local path to the command
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Hi Paolone,
thank you for the reply, so I should put the redirect into the script just after the command I want to execute?
I'm too used to Windows, sorry :)
Anyway there is another problem, because this command straight into the shell does not work:
> <path>/tools/bin/pdfdetach -v >RAM:outputThe above line creates an empty 'output' file and print the informations to the console.
Where <path> is the local path to the command
Hi. Unluckily, not all software ported from other architectures correctly handles redirection on AROS/AmigaOS. I've seen similar behavior from other programs, too, when trying to compose the 'GNU Tools manual' in PDF.
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I talked to allanon about this thing, maybe there is a problem in compiling the xpdftools suite, all the commands work except this, I will inform you about the changes, cmq in the end it will be something that for aros does not exist :)
ps.tex2pdf already exists so we have excluded it
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@Paolone
I thought the redirection, pipe, etc was a feature handled by the system but seems it is not and depends on the source, btw, do you know how to redirect stderr on AROS? Maybe messages are sent on stderr instead of stdout, I'm just trying to guess ;)
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as im repeating, for an educated assistance in developing aros and on aros, join us on slack, please. the main developers may not post or read here. if you give me your email address ill invite you.
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Hi wawa,
sorry but I wasn't aware about slack, I haven't been to this forum for some time :)
I'm sending you a pm with my email address
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I tried to synthesize the work for all but also using the tools (programs) currently available, there is no reason I think to repeat what already exists, I must receive news from allanon for what we have discussed, then I will update you
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@allanon
invited you
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there are stages of problems with the xpdftools suite, so we will proceed with the reader we hope everything goes well this time, however maybe there will be a surprise but this is not about this work
All The Best
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I wanted to mention something about the creation of a pdf file with aros, the tools already exist, icaros exports pdf files to png so with txt2pdf you can create the text that will then be converted by dopus5 into an image, it only remains to open zunepaint and import everything and also insert the images, then with rnoeffects it is possible to convert the document back to pdf, I think that to better use what you have and to concentrate resources in what you don't have is better
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MagickPDF Only Icon at moment, please be patience :)
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I think it is not the case to add the file creation features, terminils is working on a final writer that will export to pdf
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unfortunately hollywood and its plugins are not available for abiv1, however it is not a problem when it will be the definitive standard and there will be the aforementioned available, we will think about porting
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hi all
unfortunately allanon is very busy, so we will resume the project after the summer, I'm sorry
Thank you, please be patience :(
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I also realized the information I learned from the readme of the polybios plugin which is a powerful tool for creating files, so later, when it is no longer available, I will talk about this thing
al the best
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i little upgrade, allanon is full of other works
https://youtu.be/VZIogDi2n4c
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in a few days I will receive a build of the program, hopefully well
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Nice app icon. Waiting patiently for the finished product.
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yes unfortunately my programmer friend is very busy, I should add a feature for creating the document, let's see when he sends me the build, it should be a complete reader
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yes I made the icon, I am not an expert in graphics hihi
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Try these new icons.
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thank you miker the works is very apreciated :)
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While we are on the subject of icons, I'm working on another small icon utility. We all like colorful icons. Let's just say the Icon Factory is about to open for business!
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Well, what can I say? thank you :)
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tomorrow should arrive the first version of magickpdf, hopefully well
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the drawer
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That's a nice looking icon. ;-)
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yes use zunepaint and make copy and paste :D
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thank you for the miker icon but I think to use mine, however I appreciated
thank's miker
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perhaps there are problems with the hollywood plugin with regard to MagickPDF, actually in the amiga scene have come out several viewers but were not made portin for aros, and there will be a reason probably :(
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I think maybe the problem will be solved :)
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there is a working pdf viewer in contrib called xpdf or apdf or something. also we are working on updating vpdf.
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hello wawa
is something more than xpdf (also has other functions), polybios uses modern standards, as for vpdf well (there is no polybios for abiv1), however I know after that it was working now, I will add a module to create documents, but my friend is very busy and you have to wait, maybe one maybe two months.
all the best
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Polybios support only writing pdf document on aros, i hope a program of making a pdf document.
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the program will not be released with the problems with polybios, we'll see if I can help with vpdf, currently I'm in contact with miker for raystorm and this is the priority now he then is pursuing other projects.
All the Best