[kepler-dev] Including PDF in Vergil

[Chad Berkley]

Hey Christopher,

I fixed the compile classpath so the jar file is found now.  A was able 
to add the attribute with the tools/Instantiate Attribute menu.  Note 
that the default value (sample.pdf) won't be found in kepler because of 
the way PTII gets set.  I had to copy the sample.pdf file to the right 
place manually.  Maybe should just remove that default or put an if 
statement in there so that it doesn't throw a moml exception when the 
default file isn't found.

Make sure to update your build-area to get these changes.

chad


Christopher Brooks wrote:
> Hi David,
> Kepler fails to build for me after I moved PDFRenderer.jar from ptII/lib to
> ptII/ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer.  To reproduce this:
> 
> cd build-area
> ant update
> ant update-ptolemy -Drev=head
> ant run
> 
> The error message is:
> 
> compile:
>   [compile] Compiling ptolemy...
>   [compile] Compiling 3277 source files to 
> /Users/cxh/src/kepler/ptolemy/target/classes
>   [compile] 
> /Users/cxh/src/kepler/ptolemy/ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer/PDFAttribute.java:46: 
> package com.sun.pdfview does not exist
>   [compile] import com.sun.pdfview.PDFFile;
>   [compile]                        ^
> 
> I updated (but did not check in) build-area/settings/ptolemy-includes
> to include:
> ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer/PDFRenderer.jar
> 
> But running "ant run" has no effect.
> 
> The jar file is present:
> 
> bash-3.2$ ls -l ../ptolemy/ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer/PDFRenderer.jar
> -rw-r--r--  1 cxh  staff  2087109 Jul 13 11:31 
> ../ptolemy/ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer/PDFRenderer.jar
> 
> 
> https://kepler-project.org/developers/teams/build/documentation/build-system-instructions#modifying-ptolemy-includes-and 
> 
> just says to edit ptolemy-includes, it does not say what, if any, other 
> commands should be run.
> 
> What else needs to be done when ptolemy-includes is updated?
> Is there anyway that this file can have comments in it that indicate 
> what commands need to be run
> and also a link to the docs?
> 
> 
> Also, at this point the PDFAttribute does not appear in Kepler.  I'm not 
> sure how to add it, though
> I have not looked hard at the docs yet.
> 
> _Christopher
> 
> 
> Edward A. Lee wrote:
>>
>> I've added a PDFAttribute to the Utilities->Decorative library in Vergil
>> that allows you to include PDF in a Vergil diagram.
>>
>> The reason I wanted this was mainly so I could include Latex-formatted
>> equations in Vergil diagrams, and get full print resolution when
>> printing to PDF for use in papers, books, etc.  For example, see
>> attached.
>>
>> Using requires a new external library, PDFRenderer.jar, which I've
>> put in $PTII/lib.  This is a LGPL'd open source product from Sun.
>>
>> To use it, I use LatexIt (see
>> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/math_science/latexit.html
>> for the Mac version... I think there are Windows and Linux versions).
>>  From LatexIt, I can create a PDF file with an equation.
>>
>> Then I drag into my Vergil diagram a PDFAttribute, or select
>> Edit Custom Icon and drag in a PDFIcon. Double click on that to
>> select the PDF file.
>>
>> To use this, you need to do a CVS update and
>> either re-run configure or do
>>
>>   cd $PTII/bin
>>   make
>>
>>
>> This will put the jar file in the path for vergil.
>>
>> Edward
>>
>>
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