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1 tumble: build a PDF file from image files
2 Copyright 2003 Eric Smith <eric@brouhaha.com>
3 $Id: README,v 1.2 2003/03/19 22:54:07 eric Exp $
5 Tumble is a utility to construct PDF files from one or more image
6 files. Supported input image file formats are JPEG, and black and
7 white TIFF (single- or multi-page). Black and white images will be
8 encoded in the PDF output using lossless Group 4 fax compression
9 (ITU-T recommendation T.6). This provides a very good compression
10 ratio for text and line art. JPEG images will be preserved with the
11 original coding.
13 The current version of Tumble will only work on little-endian systems,
14 such as x86, VAX, and Alpha. The byte order dependencies will be fixed
15 in a later release.
17 The input and output files can be specified on the command line.
18 Alternatively, a control file, typically with a ".tum" suffix, may be
19 used which allows for more control over the files and options.
21 The general command line syntax is:
23 tumble [options] <input>... -o <output.pdf>
25 The options in this mode are:
27 -v verbose
28 -b <fmt> create bookmarks
30 If the "-b" option is given, bookmarks will be created using the
31 format string, which may contain arbitrary text and/or the following
32 format specifiers:
34 %F file name, sans suffix e.g., "foo.tif" will just appear as "foo"
35 %p page number of input file, useful for multipage TIFF files
37 There is currently no documentation for the control file syntax, as it
38 is still being refined, and many of the options planned for use in
39 control files are not yet fully implemented. Features that will be
40 available in control files include:
42 image resolution specification - useful for input files with
43 unspecified resolution, or to override
44 image rotation, in units of 90 degrees
45 image cropping
46 grouping to allow different specifications for individual pages
47 or groups of consecutive pages (e.g., chapters)
48 ability to control operations independently on even and odd pages
49 (e.g., different rotation or cropping)
50 more flexible bookmark control
51 page labels, so that the PDF file can present the actual document
52 page numbers such as xvii or 3-27
55 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
56 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
57 published by the Free Software Foundation. Note that permission is
58 not granted to redistribute this program under the terms of any other
59 version of the General Public License.
61 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
62 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
63 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
64 General Public License for more details.
66 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
67 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
68 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA