From ec8ca4ba8aaa013e6971ab140c5c629b7410cd5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jvr Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 19:02:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] cleaned up command line tool section, updated to current state. git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/fonttools/code/trunk@195 4cde692c-a291-49d1-8350-778aa11640f8 --- Doc/index.html | 42 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/index.html b/Doc/index.html index ac2dee2c7..92b2d5b96 100644 --- a/Doc/index.html +++ b/Doc/index.html @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ You need the following software to use FontTools:

Windows: grab the "Numeric-*.exe" archive, it's an installer. Make sure the Python version in the archive name (eg. "2.1") matches the Python version you have.
Linux/Un*x: get a source archive and run this command from the unpacked directory: -
python ./setup.py install +
python setup.py install

  • PyXML, a set of XML tools: @@ -77,21 +77,22 @@ produce the TTX applet.

    User documentation

    -

    For MacOS there's a small application called TTX. If you drop a TrueType file -onto it, it will convert it to XML. If you drop an XML file onto it, it will -convert it back to TrueType. Please read the additional README file in the Mac -subdirectory, since it behaves quite differently than the command line programs -described below. - -

    For Unix and DOS I've provided two command line programs: +

    For Unix and DOS there are three command line programs:

    -They do pretty much what you'd expect. They take several arguments: -an input file name and optionally an output file name. There are some extra -options which are explained by the 'usage' text; use the -h option to display -it. +They can all work with multiple input files. There are some extra +options which are explained by the 'usage' text; use the -h option to +display it. The setup.py script installs them as global tools, the +source is in the Tools directory. + +

    For MacOS there's a application called TTX. If you drop a TrueType +file onto it, it will convert it to XML. If you drop an XML file onto +it, it will convert it back to TrueType. Please read the additional +README file in the Mac subdirectory, since it behaves quite differently +than the command line programs described below.

    Adam Twardoch contributed a Windows registry script (ttx_shellext_win32.py) which makes the two above tools available under the Right Mouse Button. I haven't tested @@ -137,17 +138,6 @@ page. Let me know if you'd like to become a co-developer. Sorry, documentation beyond doc strings in the source code is still on my to-do list... Below follows a brief overview of what's there. - -

    GUI Tools

    -TTX -- A simple Mac app that converts TrueType (or OpenType) fonts to TTX format and back. -

    -

    Command line tools

    - - -

    The library

    @@ -181,7 +171,7 @@ Guido van Rossum, Adam Twardoch.

    Copyrights

    -FontTools/TTX -- 1999-2001 Just van Rossum; Letterror (just@letterror.com) +FontTools/TTX -- 1999-2002 Just van Rossum; Letterror (just@letterror.com)