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Standardize things for Linux packaging.
| author | David Barts <n5jrn@me.com> |
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| date | Fri, 25 Dec 2020 18:58:45 -0800 |
| parents | 70b4d11ebbb9 |
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--- a/Readme.html Sun Dec 13 11:20:06 2020 -0800 +++ b/Readme.html Fri Dec 25 18:58:45 2020 -0800 @@ -11,55 +11,8 @@ </head> <body> <h1>ImagePrep Read Me</h1> - <p>This is a simple program mainly created for my own benefit.</p> - <p>Because it is primarily for my own benefit, it does not build to a - “clickable” app. That is too much of a pain to implement.</p> - <p>Because I have code to crib, it does contain a help file. It’s pretty - rudimentary, however.</p> - <p>Because I have code to crib, it does run on a <code>.properties</code> - file, but because coding preferences dialogs is something of a pain, it - does not contain a preferences or settings dialog, even though there is - some code to crib for both. The <code>.</code><code>properties</code> - file must be edited by hand* (it will live in the normal place for such - files on the system being run under). If no such file exists, a default - one will be created. The only things in it will be the maximum dimension - to clamp to, where the output file goes by default, and maybe what the - output file’s name is by default (i.e. a name suffix).</p> - <p>* This program is <em>for my own benefit</em>, and <em>I</em> have no - problem editing text files, therefore this is reasonable.</p> - <p>Contrary to JpegWasher, which is designed for batch processing, this will - have more of a “document editor” style of design. Meaning, you open a - file, you edit it, you save it, you close it.</p> - <p>Upon opening a file, it will be auto-scaled to the specified maximum - dimension. This will default to the value in the preferences file, but the - user will be able to override it with a command-line argument.</p> - <p>Ah, the command-line. Because it’s not a full “clickable” app, it is - launched from the command line, and accepts arguments, much like the old - days of using X Windows. This is actually <em>more</em> user-friendly for - my purposes, because it ends up honoring the concept of the current - working directory. (Directory management is one area where GUI programs - fall short.)</p> - <p>The current working directory is the input files directory. Depending on - how the properties are configured, the output directory is either the - current working directory, or a specified output file directory. Both - directories act like a current working directory; the next time an input - or output dialog is brought up in a given session, it will be in the same - spot the previous dialog was when it was closed. All this makes it easy to - rapidly edit files in a directory of images downloaded from a camera, - without polluting that directory with the edited files.</p> - <p>At that point, the editing step begins. It is extremely simple and is - limited to rotation. Three types of rotation will be offered, 90° - clockwise, 180°, and 90° counterclockwise.</p> - <p>The user can rotate the file as many times as s/he wants. Sort of silly, - but sometimes people are tired and get clockwise and counterclockwise - confused, so might as well give ’em a chance to fix their mistakes. Plus, - it would take special effort <em>not</em> to allow this.</p> - <p>Then comes the closing and saving. They are one operation, because that - makes the program easier <em>for me</em> to use.</p> - <p>Ideally, I wouldn’t even puts around with making this a GUI app in the - first place. It’s for my own use, so the command line would be good - enough. The problem is rotation: it’s a hot mess. There’s really no way to - do it right save to show the image to a human and let him (me) decide - which way is up.</p> + <p>This is a simple program for preparing digital images to be shared on the + Internet.</p> + <p>More information is available <a href="https://notyouraveragetechie.com/ImagePrep.html">here</a>.</p> </body> </html>