Changes to image manipulation tools

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

I think the installation guides are no longer accurate since the
removal of Imagemagick etc.

In particular, the MacOS guide needs updating.
I've been unable so far to work out how to install pdf180 etc.

S.

Re: Changes to image manipulation tools

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

Thanks.

It occurs to me it might be worth extracting the image manipulation
calls into a separate module.
This would allow easier testing and updating, as well as potentially
allowing different tools for different OSes (for local testing).
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 02:48, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:21 PM sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I think the installation guides are no longer accurate since the
> > removal of Imagemagick etc.
> >
> > In particular, the MacOS guide needs updating.
> > I've been unable so far to work out how to install pdf180 etc.
>
> Lets get it working, then update the guide.
>
> pdf180 is a part of pdfjam which (unfortunately) no longer can
> directly be installed via brew.  It is, however, included in a larger
> package:
>
>     brew cask install mactex
>
> I'm in the process of changing how the other tool, img2pdf, is
> invoked.  It looks like the final installation instructions will be
> something along the lines of:
>
>     pip3 install img2pdf
>
> - Sam Ruby

Re: Changes to image manipulation tools

[Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net>]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:21 PM sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think the installation guides are no longer accurate since the
> removal of Imagemagick etc.
>
> In particular, the MacOS guide needs updating.
> I've been unable so far to work out how to install pdf180 etc.

Lets get it working, then update the guide.

pdf180 is a part of pdfjam which (unfortunately) no longer can
directly be installed via brew.  It is, however, included in a larger
package:

    brew cask install mactex

I'm in the process of changing how the other tool, img2pdf, is
invoked.  It looks like the final installation instructions will be
something along the lines of:

    pip3 install img2pdf

- Sam Ruby