1*189777a2SCristian Pallares 2*189777a2SCristian Pallares POTRACE - transform bitmaps into vector graphics 3*189777a2SCristian Pallares 4*189777a2SCristian Pallares README for Windows 5*189777a2SCristian Pallares _________________________________________________________________ 6*189777a2SCristian Pallares 7*189777a2SCristian PallaresThis file contains instructions specific to the pre-compiled Windows 8*189777a2SCristian Pallaresdistribution of Potrace. Please see the general README file and the 9*189777a2SCristian Pallaresman page for general information on usage, how to compile Potrace, 10*189777a2SCristian Pallaresetc. 11*189777a2SCristian Pallares 12*189777a2SCristian Pallares 13*189777a2SCristian PallaresINSTALLATION for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/Vista/7/whatever: 14*189777a2SCristian Pallares=========================================================== 15*189777a2SCristian Pallares 16*189777a2SCristian PallaresDownload the file potrace-XXX.win32.zip (or potrace-XXX.win64.zip if 17*189777a2SCristian Pallaresyou want the 64-bit version). Unpack it with your favorite unzipping 18*189777a2SCristian Pallarestool, such as unzip, 7-Zip, WinZip, or just right-clicking on the 19*189777a2SCristian Pallaresfile. 20*189777a2SCristian Pallares 21*189777a2SCristian PallaresIf you have "tar" and "gunzip" installed, you may also get the tar.gz 22*189777a2SCristian Pallaresfile instead of the zip file. 23*189777a2SCristian Pallares 24*189777a2SCristian PallaresThe distribution includes the executable programs potrace.exe and 25*189777a2SCristian Pallaresmkbitmap.exe. You need to move these files to a place where Windows 26*189777a2SCristian Pallareslooks for programs, for example C:\WINDOWS. Alternatively, you can 27*189777a2SCristian Pallaresamend your PATH environment variable, by adding something like the 28*189777a2SCristian Pallaresfollowing line to C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT: 29*189777a2SCristian Pallares 30*189777a2SCristian Pallares PATH=%PATH%;C:\DIRECTORY\WHERE\FILES\ARE 31*189777a2SCristian Pallares 32*189777a2SCristian PallaresNote: as of version 1.6, the Potrace Windows distribution is built 33*189777a2SCristian Pallaresusing MinGW and not Cygwin. It is no longer necessary to install a 34*189777a2SCristian Pallaresseparate DLL file with Potrace. 35*189777a2SCristian Pallares 36*189777a2SCristian Pallares 37*189777a2SCristian PallaresRUNNING: 38*189777a2SCristian Pallares======== 39*189777a2SCristian Pallares 40*189777a2SCristian PallaresFor non-Windows specific usage information, see the file README. 41*189777a2SCristian Pallares 42*189777a2SCristian PallaresPotrace on Windows runs in much the same way as under Linux and other 43*189777a2SCristian PallaresUnix-like operating systems. You must run Potrace from the command 44*189777a2SCristian Pallaresline (also known as the MSDOS Prompt). File names can be given in Unix 45*189777a2SCristian Pallaresstyle or Windows style, thus the following will both work: 46*189777a2SCristian Pallares 47*189777a2SCristian Pallares potrace h:/data/file.txt 48*189777a2SCristian Pallares potrace h:\data\file.txt 49*189777a2SCristian Pallares 50*189777a2SCristian PallaresWildcards can also be used, as in: 51*189777a2SCristian Pallares 52*189777a2SCristian Pallares potrace h:\data\*.* 53*189777a2SCristian Pallares potrace h:/data/*.* 54*189777a2SCristian Pallares 55*189777a2SCristian PallaresEarlier versions of Potrace had some problems when wildcards and 56*189777a2SCristian Pallaresbackslashes were mixed; these problems seem to have been solved by the 57*189777a2SCristian Pallaresswitch from Cygwin to MinGW. 58*189777a2SCristian Pallares 59*189777a2SCristian PallaresAnother problem that some users have reported is that the generated 60*189777a2SCristian Pallares".ps" and ".eps" were not executable under Windows (i.e., one could 61*189777a2SCristian Pallaresnot simply display these files by typing their name on the MSDOS 62*189777a2SCristian PallaresPrompt, as should normally be the case if a default application for 63*189777a2SCristian PallaresPostScript files has been configured). I was never able to replicate 64*189777a2SCristian Pallaresthis problem, but I believe that it has also been solved by the switch 65*189777a2SCristian Pallaresto MinGW. 66