Release 0.8, 02.08.1995 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org) The PostScriptHelper application ATTENTION..you need gnutar and gzip to unpack this package. This is a frontend to the psselect command. It will allow you to extract odd/even pages from a PostScript document by using a really simple interface. I do appologize for not having completed the documentation in the style I use to do it. That's mainly because I had to finish this release right before leaving for a long trip to the USA. It maily is a hacked up MPEGHelper (available soon) which has been converted to the PSHelper within 4 hours (right before I had to leave for my flight to the USA/ObjectWorld). So please read the online help and the included manual pages to find out about the underlying pstools. The handling of the frontend should be quite simple. Open a file, choose the tools and start the conversion. Thats it. Future version will include more tools and more settings. If you need to recompile the application you will need the psutils sources too. This release only includes a binary version of the psselect command to keep the package small. The Package Version 0.8 comes in a package that includes: - PostScriptHelper.app. A FAT binary for NeXT, Intel, HP and Sparc hardware. - Online help...minimal - Full sourcecode for the frontend (NOT the psutils). - Some documentation. On where to find the latest releases please see the 'About this Project' section. About this Project The latest version of this application will be available at the ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de, ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de or ftp.cs.orst.edu anonymous ftp servers. There is a WWW page were you can find out more about the status of this...and all the other projects I'm working on: http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/user/tsengel/ Projects/Projects.html Compiling This version includes all the source code necessary to recompile the program from scratch. You might need to get the MiscKit project (Version 1.5.0 or higher) from the archives. For more details on the MiscKit collection see the common NeXT ftp servers, get the Objective-C or NeXT FAQs or take a look at the EduSteps developer area: http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/Developer/Kits/ MiscKit/MiscKit.html If you would like to submit something to this collection you should contact the current maintainer: Don Yacktman In Case of Trouble If you have any questions you can contact me. Thomas Engel Neptunstr. 9 D-90522 Oberasbach Germany E-mail: tsengel@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org (NeXTMail welcome) Warranty and copyright Copyleft All source code is distributed under the GNU General Public License. This does not apply to the ObjectWare used, which most likely comes with its own licensing rules (e.g. code that belongs to the MiscKit project). You are free to extend and modify this application. But don't redistribute a modified version under the same name unless I gave you the permission. I don't want to have different, confusingly incompatible versions running around the world. Anyway...comments are highly appreciated. No Warranty This software is provided 'as is' and the programmer is not responsible for any harm this program may cause. You - the user - are responsible for everything that may happen to your business, hardware, software, car, CD collection or what ever may be worth your attention or money. Using this product is at your own risk and your private fun. There should be no serious bugs inside but remember that a carbon-based unit did the coding. Travelware Like all my projects this app is free and should be considered as travelware. 1. Let it travel to as many people as you know. 2. Send me an E-mail or postcard if you use it. I will try to keep you informed about new releases. 3. If you have a free bed or some free space on your floor...give me a hint. I might come and visit you on my next trip to the US...locations on Hawaii, near Seattle or WhistlerMnt. (Canada) preferred. Enjoy it. Tomi