Hi!
I am in look out for a template matching and normalized correlation
coefficient program in C language using BMP files.

This user does not exist at mail.tfi-online.de

I have downloaded the lastest codes and binaries.But I met some
problems.(all happened in MS Windows)
first,when I use the autotrace.exe of converting the bmp to dxf,the
program seems not to stop!And if I set output-format as others, such
as svg,it works well.
second,I have downloaded the pstoedit-3.33,ming_0.2a,ImageMagick-
6.0.3 to compiling the autotrace and successful making the
autotrace.exe file.But when I running,it has occured the application
err.Memorry Can't written.But Why?

Need help...

I hope we can resolve some issues. Freetype2 for example is not used by
AutoTrace at all but by ImageMagick. If you use ImageMagick you can run into
such problems that cannot be solve by AutoTrace itself. I forward your mail
to the AutoTrace mailing list.

> I don't know if anyone has offered feedback in compiling autotrace under
> OS X or Darwin...  I did this today and ran into some glitches in the
build.
>  First off, let me admit that I am not a terribly experienced open source
> contributor so diff's and otherwise more direct methods of
> correction-feedback are beyond me.  But here are the things I ran into...
>
> * Note I use Fink to install the supporting libs and such (since autotrace
> is not a supported Fink package as of yet).
>
> 1) Libs like libpng, libtiff, libjpeg, libxml2, etc were found in /sw/lib
> with little issue by your configure script.
>
> 2) The freetype lib was an issue in that not only did I need to Fink
> freetype2, but I needed to modify the Makefile (all I know is how to
brute-force
> the fix unfortunately) so that the '-lfreetype' became
> '-L/sw/lib/freetype2/lib' and this resolved some linkage issues during the
build.
>
> 3) I had to do much the same type of massaging to get libplotter to build
> for pstoedit, and then the same to finally get pstoedit to build.  This
was
> installed straight from the source 'make install' so it was in the usual
> /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib directories.  Yet the makefile/configure
> did not detect this and errored.  I ended up taking the advice that was
> emitted during the build and added the PSTOEDIT_CONFIG env variable and
that
> solved this, but I am sure there is a more acceptable/clean way of doing
> this.
>
> 4) I didn't need to care, but I am scrolling back through the build and
> realized that configure did not detect libpng or libming either.  Both are
> installed from Fink, both static and shared lib packages.  It did find
> imagemagik though which was done (and installed) to the same location as
the
> other libs.
>
> The end result of configure was as follows:
>
> Configuration:
>         imagemagick output support:     yes
>         libpng output support:          no
>         swf output support by ming:     no
>         pstoedit output support:        no
> Thus my above brute-force edits had to be done to solve the issue.  I just
> wanted to pass this back to you in case these were easy patches that could
> be made to the configure script to cleanly build on OS X.  Hopefully it
> will be of some help...  Sorry I couldn't be more useful with a diff
> submission, etc, but at least something is better than nothing...  :)
>
> Jason J. Campbell
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--- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message ---
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:06:51 -0400
From: Alice Mello Cavallo <mello@...>
To: martweb@...
Subject: Autotrace and Delineate

Hello Martin,

In the readme file from autrotrace says to see the install file for
installation procedures, but the file is not in the zip file.
What do I have to do to install it?
The installations procedures for delineate requires to have autotrace and
portrace installed before hand.


Thank you,

Alice
Alice Cristina Mello Cavallo
Interdisciplinary PhD Candidate at Tufts University
Learning, Technology and Drama
http://www.media.mit.edu/~mello/


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Rob,

I have autotrace and delineate installed in their own directories, and
java 1.4.1 has been installed and working for a long time. System is
Win98SE.

When I run the delinate batch file all I get is a DOS windoe that says
'OFF' and the program ends.

I'd appreciate a push in the right direction.

Thanks.

--- In autotrace@yahoogroups.com, "rob_m_mckinnon" <rob_m_mckinnon@y..
.> wrote:
> --- Markus Meyer wrote:
> > Using autotrace from the command line isn't too difficult, though.
> > Just enter "autotrace -help" on the command prompt to see a list
> > of options.
>
> AutoTrace has many options. From the command line it can be
difficult
> to quickly experiment with different options to see the effect on
the
> output.
>
> > Depends. For Linux, there is a graphical user interface to
Autotrace
> > called "frontline" (download it from http://autotrace.sf.net).
>
> Part of the reason I wrote Delineate was because I couldn't install
> Frontline because my GNU/Linux distribution (RH8.0) had an
> incompatible version of the libxml library.
>
> > There is also a new Java program called "delineate"
> > (http://delineate.sf.net), which may run on Windows
> > (I haven't tried this yet).
>
> Delineate is designed specifically for generating SVG output using
> AutoTrace. It requires Java J2SE 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 to run:
> http://java.sun.com/
>
> Java J2SE versions are available for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS
X,
> so Delineate can run on any of these platforms. I personally test it
> on RH8.0 and Windows XP.
>
> Fabio, if you want a GUI for AutoTrace, give Delineate a try. If you
> have any feedback, please let me know.
>
> Rob

I couldn't get Deliniate working using the .BAT file for DOS/WINDOWS.
I did get it to work using the .SH file with CYGWIN (Linux emulation)



-----Original Message-----
From: xk897 [mailto:xk897@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 2:16 PM
To: autotrace@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AutoTrace] Re: how can i install autotrace?



Rob,

I have autotrace and delineate installed in their own directories, and java
1.4.1 has been installed and working for a long time. System is Win98SE.

When I run the delinate batch file all I get is a DOS windoe that says 'OFF'
and the program ends.

I'd appreciate a push in the right direction.

Thanks.

--- In autotrace@yahoogroups.com, "rob_m_mckinnon" <rob_m_mckinnon@y..
.> wrote:
> --- Markus Meyer wrote:
> > Using autotrace from the command line isn't too difficult, though.
> > Just enter "autotrace -help" on the command prompt to see a list of
> > options.
>
> AutoTrace has many options. From the command line it can be
difficult
> to quickly experiment with different options to see the effect on
the
> output.
>
> > Depends. For Linux, there is a graphical user interface to
Autotrace
> > called "frontline" (download it from http://autotrace.sf.net).
>
> Part of the reason I wrote Delineate was because I couldn't install
> Frontline because my GNU/Linux distribution (RH8.0) had an
> incompatible version of the libxml library.
>
> > There is also a new Java program called "delineate"
> > (http://delineate.sf.net), which may run on Windows (I haven't tried
> > this yet).
>
> Delineate is designed specifically for generating SVG output using
> AutoTrace. It requires Java J2SE 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 to run:
> http://java.sun.com/
>
> Java J2SE versions are available for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS
X,
> so Delineate can run on any of these platforms. I personally test it
> on RH8.0 and Windows XP.
>
> Fabio, if you want a GUI for AutoTrace, give Delineate a try. If you
> have any feedback, please let me know.
>
> Rob





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Barry,

I'm not familair with cygwin. I found and downloaded it - Is it a
simple 'install and use', or am I going to have to learn linux to get
it working?

I'm looking forward to using autotrace & potrace - I hope it all
eventually works.

Thanks for the tip.

Bill

--- In autotrace@yahoogroups.com, "Barry Patterson" <junkman@m...>
wrote:
> I couldn't get Deliniate working using the .BAT file for
DOS/WINDOWS.
> I did get it to work using the .SH file with CYGWIN (Linux
emulation)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xk897 [mailto:xk897@y...]
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 2:16 PM
> To: autotrace@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AutoTrace] Re: how can i install autotrace?
>
>
>
> Rob,
>
> I have autotrace and delineate installed in their own directories,
and java
> 1.4.1 has been installed and working for a long time. System is
Win98SE.
>
> When I run the delinate batch file all I get is a DOS windoe that
says 'OFF'
> and the program ends.
>
> I'd appreciate a push in the right direction.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- In autotrace@yahoogroups.com, "rob_m_mckinnon"
<rob_m_mckinnon@y..
> .> wrote:
> > --- Markus Meyer wrote:
> > > Using autotrace from the command line isn't too difficult,
though.
> > > Just enter "autotrace -help" on the command prompt to see a list
of
> > > options.
> >
> > AutoTrace has many options. From the command line it can be
> difficult
> > to quickly experiment with different options to see the effect on
> the
> > output.
> >
> > > Depends. For Linux, there is a graphical user interface to
> Autotrace
> > > called "frontline" (download it from http://autotrace.sf.net).
> >
> > Part of the reason I wrote Delineate was because I couldn't
install
> > Frontline because my GNU/Linux distribution (RH8.0) had an
> > incompatible version of the libxml library.
> >
> > > There is also a new Java program called "delineate"
> > > (http://delineate.sf.net), which may run on Windows (I haven't
tried
> > > this yet).
> >
> > Delineate is designed specifically for generating SVG output using
> > AutoTrace. It requires Java J2SE 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 to run:
> > http://java.sun.com/
> >
> > Java J2SE versions are available for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS
> X,
> > so Delineate can run on any of these platforms. I personally test
it
> > on RH8.0 and Windows XP.
> >
> > Fabio, if you want a GUI for AutoTrace, give Delineate a try. If
you
> > have any feedback, please let me know.
> >
> > Rob
>
>
>
>
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--- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message ---
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:54:52 -0400
From: "Dave Clemens" <dclemens@...>
To: <martweb@...>
Subject: AutoTrace

Martin,

My name is Dave Clemens.. I've downloaded Autotrace but cannot locate the
install file...
Where might I find that??

Also, I'm curious.. Does Autotrace convert pixels streams to lines and arcs
by making assumptions?

Any tutoring or guidance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
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Does anyone tell me the way to build autotrace on Windows?
I'don't have vc.

I only did it using VC++, but I think it is also possible using the Windows
version of gcc, but you have to adopt the configure ..., sorry I don't know
how.

>
> Does anyone tell me the way to build autotrace on Windows?
> I'don't have vc.
>
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Hallo Martin,

Ich habe downloaded autotrace for NT, but can not find any install.txt
file.

I have unzipped and have it in a floder under Program files.How do I
install it. I am trying to use delineate and it asks for autotrace and
portrace.

The web site is very useful, but it is off-line for more than one
week(at least since I tried to use it again).

Thank you so much,
Alice

I just took some time and played with the Windows .BAT file for Delineate
(GUI for POTRACE & Autotrace). I got it to work by using the following in
the .bat file:

REM -------delineate.bat-----------
cd \
cd C:\{PATH}\delineate\0.5
javaw -jar .\delineate.jar .\settings\parameters-autotrace.xml
.\settings\parameters-potrace.xml
REM -------delineate.bat-----------

Note that I removed the START ... That was in the original.
I also changed the /'s to \'s

That javaw is VERY picky about paths it seems.

-----Original Message-----
From: xk897 [mailto:xk897@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 10:10 PM
To: autotrace@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AutoTrace] Re: how can i install autotrace?



Barry,

I'm not familair with cygwin. I found and downloaded it - Is it a simple
'install and use', or am I going to have to learn linux to get it working?

I'm looking forward to using autotrace & potrace - I hope it all eventually
works.

Thanks for the tip.

Bill

--- In autotrace@yahoogroups.com, "Barry Patterson" <junkman@m...>
wrote:
> I couldn't get Deliniate working using the .BAT file for
DOS/WINDOWS.
> I did get it to work using the .SH file with CYGWIN (Linux
emulation)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xk897 [mailto:xk897@y...]
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 2:16 PM
> To: autotrace@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AutoTrace] Re: how can i install autotrace?
>
>
>
> Rob,
>
> I have autotrace and delineate installed in their own directories,
and java
> 1.4.1 has been installed and working for a long time. System is
Win98SE.
>
> When I run the delinate batch file all I get is a DOS windoe that
says 'OFF'
> and the program ends.
>
> I'd appreciate a push in the right direction.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- In autotrace@yahoogroups.com, "rob_m_mckinnon"
<rob_m_mckinnon@y..
> .> wrote:
> > --- Markus Meyer wrote:
> > > Using autotrace from the command line isn't too difficult,
though.
> > > Just enter "autotrace -help" on the command prompt to see a list
of
> > > options.
> >
> > AutoTrace has many options. From the command line it can be
> difficult
> > to quickly experiment with different options to see the effect on
> the
> > output.
> >
> > > Depends. For Linux, there is a graphical user interface to
> Autotrace
> > > called "frontline" (download it from http://autotrace.sf.net).
> >
> > Part of the reason I wrote Delineate was because I couldn't
install
> > Frontline because my GNU/Linux distribution (RH8.0) had an
> > incompatible version of the libxml library.
> >
> > > There is also a new Java program called "delineate"
> > > (http://delineate.sf.net), which may run on Windows (I haven't
tried
> > > this yet).
> >
> > Delineate is designed specifically for generating SVG output using
> > AutoTrace. It requires Java J2SE 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 to run:
> > http://java.sun.com/
> >
> > Java J2SE versions are available for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS
> X,
> > so Delineate can run on any of these platforms. I personally test
it
> > on RH8.0 and Windows XP.
> >
> > Fabio, if you want a GUI for AutoTrace, give Delineate a try. If
you
> > have any feedback, please let me know.
> >
> > Rob
>
>
>
>
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We have someone doing Calligraphy type stuff for us and scanning it in.
There might be slight indentions/bumps in the text. Are there any settings
to tweak that might help iron these out?

The text is mainly large sweeping curves, like a fancy handwriting.

FYI: It looks like the 'corner surround' value is what I was looking for!
The output was amazing once I bumped that number over to maximum. It was
originally at like 2.


-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Patterson [mailto:junkman@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 6:10 PM
To: autotrace@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AutoTrace] Smoothing scanned text


We have someone doing Calligraphy type stuff for us and scanning it in.
There might be slight indentions/bumps in the text. Are there any settings
to tweak that might help iron these out?

The text is mainly large sweeping curves, like a fancy handwriting.

Hi

i have some drawings with dithered areas (and some rastered b&w photos)
that I'd like to convert to vector graphics.

When I use autotrace on those raw images the result are (as expected)
huge vector files
with lots of small filled areas.
I've preprocessed some of those files manualy with gimp and rather good
autotrace results.

Does anyone know a tool (prefered cmd line) that does these
conversions/filtering automaticly?

Frank

Hi

is there any way to generate straight line instead of splines with the
xfig output driver?
(As with the "Convert B-Spline to list of lines." funktion for dxf
output)

I tried some values for -line-reversion-threshold and -line-threshold,
but the result were ether
splines or differed from a autotrace run without those options.

Frank

> i have some drawings with dithered areas (and some rastered b&w photos)
> that I'd like to convert to vector graphics.
>
> When I use autotrace on those raw images the result are (as expected)
> huge vector files
> with lots of small filled areas.
> I've preprocessed some of those files manualy with gimp and rather good
> autotrace results.
>
> Does anyone know a tool (prefered cmd line) that does these
> conversions/filtering automaticly?

How about running gimp in batch mode?

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Frank Mohr wrote:

> is there any way to generate straight line instead of splines with the
> xfig output driver?
> (As with the "Convert B-Spline to list of lines." funktion for dxf
> output)
>
> I tried some values for -line-reversion-threshold and -line-threshold,
> but the result were ether
> splines or differed from a autotrace run without those options.

Frank;
The driver does not support that feature, but you are able to convert
splines to polylines in xfig.

Ian.
--

Ian MacPhedran wrote:
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Frank Mohr wrote:
>
> > is there any way to generate straight line instead of splines with the
> > xfig output driver?
> > (As with the "Convert B-Spline to list of lines." funktion for dxf
> > output)
> >
> > I tried some values for -line-reversion-threshold and -line-threshold,
> > but the result were ether
> > splines or differed from a autotrace run without those options.
>
> Frank;
> The driver does not support that feature, but you are able to convert
> splines to polylines in xfig.
>
> Ian.

shure .. but only manualy

maybee i gonna port that function from the dxf driver to the xfig driver
or implement it in my converter program (xfig to gpsman-tracks).

frank

Masatake YAMATO wrote:
>
> > i have some drawings with dithered areas (and some rastered b&w photos)
> > that I'd like to convert to vector graphics.
> >
> > When I use autotrace on those raw images the result are (as expected)
> > huge vector files
> > with lots of small filled areas.
> > I've preprocessed some of those files manualy with gimp and rather good
> > autotrace results.
> >
> > Does anyone know a tool (prefered cmd line) that does these
> > conversions/filtering automaticly?
>
> How about running gimp in batch mode?

my manual method was a bit to "visual" to be automated
- select contiguous region
- fill that region with a new color
etc.

i remember that there are filter algorithms for undithering
(from years ago when i helped a friend to prepare for her computer
graphics exam)
but i dont find a "ready to use" program that does this.

frank

Hello  Martin,

I have downloaded your AutoTrace version 0.31.1, I can convert the bitmap
into pdf with AutoTrace, but I cannot  convert the bitmap file into dxf
file, what am I doing wrong?

To PDF Command:
autotrace.exe -output-format pdf -output-file c:\mutiline.pdf
c:\mutiline.bmp

To DXF Command:
autotrace.exe -output-format dxf -output-file c:\mutiline.dxf
c:\mutiline.bmp

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Linda

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I think you need to specify your output file.
I think by default since you aren't specifying it gets sent to standard
output to be accepted by another program, etc

I use XP and I created a .bat file to allow drag and drop...
These options are set to help correct Calligraphy/handwriting that is
scanned in.
You may want to remove some of the options and let the defaults kick in.

At the basic level I think you need at least
autotrace.exe -output-format wmf -output-file {outputfile} {inputfile}
You may want to also look at Delineate (GUI). I used it to come up with
these settings...

;**** myAutoexec.bat ****
;***** Drag your input file to this bat file... ****
;This sample uses SVG as output

set file1=%~1

set options=-background-color FFFFFF -corner-always-threshold 20
-corner-surround 16 -corner-threshold 80 -despeckle-level 10
-despeckle-tightness 6.7 -error-threshold 3.1 -filter-iterations 16
-line-reversion-threshold 0.16 -line-threshold 2.0 -preserve-width
-tangent-surround 1 -output-format svg -output-file

"C:\AutoTrace\autotrace.exe"  %options% "%file1%.svg" "%file1%"
;**** end myAutotexec.bat ****


__________________________________________________

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Weber [mailto:martweb@...]
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 10:30 AM
To: autotrace@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AutoTrace] [Fwd: Autotrace]
Hi there

I have just downloaded Autotrace and have tried to run it - on XP, and am
using the following command to run it:

Autotrace c:\bl.bmp
All that happens is a lot of output to the screen - no files created
anywhere.

I have tried many other combinations

Autotrace -output-format wmf c:\bl.bmp                       etc etc

But no files created anywhere

Please can you help me with the correct command - I need to get a wmf
(vector) file from a picture etc

Many thanks

Derek

> I have downloaded your AutoTrace version 0.31.1, I can convert the bitmap
> into pdf with AutoTrace, but I cannot  convert the bitmap file into dxf
> file, what am I doing wrong?
>
> To PDF Command:
> autotrace.exe -output-format pdf -output-file c:\mutiline.pdf
> c:\mutiline.bmp
>
> To DXF Command:
> autotrace.exe -output-format dxf -output-file c:\mutiline.dxf
> c:\mutiline.bmp

The DXF output seems to be broken in the current version. Try a older
version, or convert to another file format, then use another program to
convert this format to DXF.


Markus

hi,

see errors below. Please advice. Thanks.

Regards, Arjan

RH AS2.1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\
-------------------------

[root@localhost ilda]# cd autotrace
[root@localhost autotrace]# ./autogen.sh
=============================================================================
When you report a trouble about building CVS version of autotrace
Please report following information about distro and tools version, too.

--1.
distribution------------------------------------------------------------
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server release 2.1 (Pensacola)

--2.
tools-------------------------------------------------------------------
which m4: /usr/bin/m4
GNU m4 1.4.1
which autoconf: /usr/bin/autoconf
which autoheader: /usr/bin/autoheader
which automake: /usr/bin/automake
automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p5
which: no automake-1.6 in
(/opt/IBMJava2-131/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin:/bin:
/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/
bin:/root/bin)
which automake-1.6:
./tools-version.sh: automake-1.6: command not found
which aclocal: /usr/bin/aclocal
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.4-p5
which: no aclocal-1.6 in
(/opt/IBMJava2-131/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin:/bin:/
sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/b
in:/root/bin)
which aclocal-1.6:
./tools-version.sh: aclocal-1.6: command not found
which gettextize: /usr/bin/gettextize
/usr/bin/gettextize (GNU gettext) 0.10.38
which libtoolize: /usr/bin/libtoolize
libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.4
which: no glib-gettextize in
(/opt/IBMJava2-131/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin:/b
in:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11
R6/bin:/root/bin)
which glib-gettextize:
./tools-version.sh: glib-gettextize: command not found

--3. environment
variables---------------------------------------------------
LANG=en_US
PATH=/opt/IBMJava2-131/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sb
in:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

=============================================================================
aclocal: configure.in: 55: macro `AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in
library
aclocal: configure.in: 291: macro `AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT' not found in library
aclocal: configure.in: 297: macro `AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT' not found in library
Makefile.am:139: variable `POPT_LIBS' not defined
Makefile.am:139: variable `INTLLIBS' not defined
You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
`aclocal.m4'.
autoconf: Undefined macros:
configure.in:34:AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
checking for glib-gettextize

  You must have glib-gettextize installed to compile autotrace
  glib-gettextize is part of glib-2.0, so you should already
  have it. Make sure it is in your PATH.
[root@localhost autotrace]#

CYGWIN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\
-------------------------

Arjan van Vught@intelpc ~/autotrace
$ ./autogen.sh
=============================================================================
When you report a trouble about building CVS version of autotrace
Please report following information about distro and tools version, too.

--1.
distribution------------------------------------------------------------
function: not found
distro: -a
Terminating....

--2.
tools-------------------------------------------------------------------
which m4: /usr/bin/m4
GNU m4 1.4.2
which autoconf: /usr/bin/autoconf
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
which autoheader: /usr/bin/autoheader
autoheader (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
which automake: /usr/bin/automake
automake (GNU automake) 1.9.2
automake-1.6: Command not found.
which automake-1.6:
automake-1.6: not found
which aclocal: /usr/bin/aclocal
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.2
aclocal-1.6: Command not found.
which aclocal-1.6:
aclocal-1.6: not found
gettextize: Command not found.
which gettextize:
gettextize: not found
which libtoolize: /usr/bin/libtoolize
libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.5.10
glib-gettextize: Command not found.
which glib-gettextize:
glib-gettextize: not found

--3. environment
variables---------------------------------------------------
EEAPATH=C:\Program Files\IBM\EasyEnglishAnalyzer
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Arjan van Vught
INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:/usr/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/autotool/devel/info:/usr
/autotool/stable/info:
MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/autotool/devel/man::/usr/ssl
/man
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/sy
stem32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program
Files/Common Files/Roxio
Shared/DLLShared:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/COMMON~1/XCPCSyn
c/TRANSL~1/LtNts4/:/cygdrive/f/sdcc/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program
Files/Microsoft Visu
al Studio/Common/Tools/WinNT:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft
Visual Studio/C
ommon/MSDev98/Bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual
Studio/Common/Tools
:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/VC98/bin
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig
TVDEBUGFLAGS=0x260

=============================================================================
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of
PKG_CHECK_MODULE
S
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/freetype2.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of
AC_CHECK_F
T2
aclocal:configure.in:55: warning: macro `AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT' not
found in libra
ry
aclocal:configure.in:291: warning: macro `AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT' not found
in library

aclocal:configure.in:297: warning: macro `AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT' not found
in library

configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
configure.in: installing `./missing'
configure.in:34: installing `./config.guess'
configure.in:34: installing `./config.sub'
configure.in:34: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
configure.in:55: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:291: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT
checking for glib-gettextize

  You must have glib-gettextize installed to compile autotrace
  glib-gettextize is part of glib-2.0, so you should already
  have it. Make sure it is in your PATH.

Arjan van Vught@intelpc ~/autotrace
$

To use autogen.sh you have to install at least
(1) automake,
(2) glib2 or glib2-devel rpm package, and
(3) pstoedit

> hi,
>
> see errors below. Please advice. Thanks.
>
> Regards, Arjan

Thanks for your quick reply. Much appriciated. I've installed the
packages (e.g. I've moved to RH8) and get the remaining errors. Please
advice. Thanks.

[ilda@localhost autotrace]$ sh autogen.sh
=============================================================================
When you report a trouble about building CVS version of autotrace
Please report following information about distro and tools version, too.

--1.
distribution------------------------------------------------------------
Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)

--2.
tools-------------------------------------------------------------------
which m4: /usr/bin/m4
GNU m4 1.4.1
which autoconf: /usr/bin/autoconf
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.53
which autoheader: /usr/bin/autoheader
autoheader (GNU Autoconf) 2.53
which automake: /usr/bin/automake
automake (GNU automake) 1.6.3
which automake-1.6: /usr/bin/automake-1.6
automake (GNU automake) 1.6.3
which aclocal: /usr/bin/aclocal
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.6.3
which aclocal-1.6: /usr/bin/aclocal-1.6
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.6.3
which gettextize: /usr/bin/gettextize
/usr/bin/gettextize (GNU gettext) 0.11.4
which libtoolize: /usr/bin/libtoolize
libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.4.2
which glib-gettextize: /usr/bin/glib-gettextize
/usr/bin/glib-gettextize (GNU glib) 2.0.6

--3. environment
variables---------------------------------------------------
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/ilda/bin
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ACLOCAL_FLAGS=-I /usr/local/share/aclocal -I /usr/share/aclocal

=============================================================================
configure.in:41: warning: do not use m4_patsubst: use patsubst or
m4_bpatsubst
configure.in:434: warning: do not use m4_regexp: use regexp or m4_bregexp
autoheader: `config.h.in' is unchanged
You should update your `aclocal.m4' by running aclocal.
checking for glib-gettextize
Copying file po/Makefile.in.in

Please add the files
   codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4
   progtest.m4
from the /usr/share/aclocal directory to your autoconf macro directory
or directly to your aclocal.m4 file.
You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/.

[ilda@localhost autotrace]$


--- In autotrace@yahoogroups.com, Masatake YAMATO <jet@g...> wrote:
> To use autogen.sh you have to install at least
> (1) automake,
> (2) glib2 or glib2-devel rpm package, and
> (3) pstoedit
>
> > hi,
> >
> > see errors below. Please advice. Thanks.
> >
> > Regards, Arjan

Hello,

  I'm exploring your wonderful tool, Autotrace. I have
a problem with the latest build (0.31.1) on windows.
Autotrace will crash if you use some of the optional
commands. Unfortunately one of the crash commands is
help. When I try, autotrace -help, only a portion of
the help file is printed to the console befofre
autotrace crashes. I can live with this as I'm only
experimenting at the moment. However, it would be
great to be able to read the whole help file. Since
it's only available within Autotrace itself, I was
hoping you could send me a text version so I can see
all of the commands.

  Thank you,

  Craig Gulow

Hi Craig,

please find, at the bottom of the mail, the output of autotrace 0.31.1
when run unter Linux using "autotrace -help". Note that I experienced
similar problems when I tried to run autotrace under Windows XP SP2. On
other platforms and operating systems (like Linux), however, autotrace
has worked fine for me. If you intend to use autotrace in production,
you may therefore want to compile autotrace yourself on the specific
platform you intend to use for your work.


Markus

----------- help output follows: ----------

Usage: autotrace [options] <input_name>.
Options:<input_name> should be a supported image.
   You can use `--' or `-' to start an option.
   You can use any unambiguous abbreviation for an option name.
   You can separate option names and values with `=' or ` '.
background-color <hexadezimal>: the color of the background that
   should be ignored, for example FFFFFF;
   default is no background color.
centerline: trace a character's centerline, rather than its outline.
color-count <unsigned>: number of colors a color bitmap is reduced to,
   it does not work on grayscale, allowed are 1..256;
   default is 0, that means not color reduction is done.
corner-always-threshold <angle-in-degrees>: if the angle at a pixel is
   less than this, it is considered a corner, even if it is within
   `corner-surround' pixels of another corner; default is 60.
corner-surround <unsigned>: number of pixels on either side of a
   point to consider when determining if that point is a corner;
   default is 4.
corner-threshold <angle-in-degrees>: if a pixel, its predecessor(s),
   and its successor(s) meet at an angle smaller than this, it's a
   corner; default is 100.
despeckle-level <unsigned>: 0..20; default is no despeckling.
despeckle-tightness <real>: 0.0..8.0; default is 2.0.
dpi <unsigned>: The dots per inch value in the input image, affects scaling
   of mif output image
error-threshold <real>: subdivide fitted curves that are off by
   more pixels than this; default is 2.0.
filter-iterations <unsigned>: smooth the curve this many times
   before fitting; default is 4.
input-format:  PNG, TGA, PBM, PNM, PGM, PPM or BMP.
help: print this message.
line-reversion-threshold <real>: if a spline is closer to a straight
   line than this, weighted by the square of the curve length, keep it a
   straight line even if it is a list with curves; default is .01.
line-threshold <real>: if the spline is not more than this far away
   from the straight line defined by its endpoints,
   then output a straight line; default is 1.
list-output-formats: print a list of support output formats to stderr.
list-input-formats:  print a list of support input formats to stderr.
log: write detailed progress reports to <input_name>.log.
output-file <filename>: write to <filename>
output-format <format>: use format <format> for the output file
   eps, ai, p2e, sk, svg, fig, emf, mif, er, dxf, epd, pdf, cgm or dr2d
can be used.
preserve-width: whether to preserve line width prior to thinning.
remove-adjacent-corners: remove corners that are adjacent.
tangent-surround <unsigned>: number of points on either side of a
   point to consider when computing the tangent at that point; default is 3.
report-progress: report tracing status in real time.
debug-arch: print the type of cpu.
debug-bitmap: dump loaded bitmap to <input_name>.bitmap.
version: print the version number of this program.
width-weight-factor <real>: weight factor for fitting the linewidth.

You can get the source code of autotrace from
http://autotrace.sourceforge.net

------------ end help output -------------


Martin Weber schrieb:

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>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Betreff:
> Autrotrace help file
> Von:
> Craig Gulow <cgulow@...>
> Datum:
> Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:31:29 -0800 (PST)
> An:
> martweb@...
>
> An:
> martweb@...
>
>
>Hello,
>
> I'm exploring your wonderful tool, Autotrace. I have
>a problem with the latest build (0.31.1) on windows.
>Autotrace will crash if you use some of the optional
>commands. Unfortunately one of the crash commands is
>help. When I try, autotrace -help, only a portion of
>the help file is printed to the console befofre
>autotrace crashes. I can live with this as I'm only
>experimenting at the moment. However, it would be
>great to be able to read the whole help file. Since
>it's only available within Autotrace itself, I was
>hoping you could send me a text version so I can see
>all of the commands.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Craig Gulow
>
>
>
>