[kepler-dev] Including PDF in Vergil

[Christopher Brooks]

Hi Chad,
Thanks!
Right, I had to run
  svn update
  ant update
to get these changes.

 From within Kepler, searching for the PDFAttribute does not find it.

I do get the same error message about sample.pdf missing.

The build system needs to handle the resources that are needed by the
actors, I'll update http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4244
in a moment.


_Christopher




Chad Berkley wrote:
> 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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