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K2PDFOPT FAQ
Customizing K2PDFOPT:
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GETTING STARTED: MAC OSX
NOTE: Several OSX 10.5 users have reported
that k2pdfopt for the mac does not run on their systems. I don't have an easy work-around
for this, so your options if this is happening to you are to upgrade to OSX 10.6 ($30
at Apple Store) or the latest OSX release
or to run the Windows version in a virtual Windows box.
As of v1.22, I've been able to compile k2pdfopt for OSX 32-bit (Intel CPU only)
and OSX 64-bit (as of v1.28, Intel only).
If you don't know which one to download, choose the 32-bit version since it runs
on either 32-bit or 64-bit versions of OSX (again, Intel only).
The k2pdfopt download is
just a terminal shell application, so you have to install it a little differently
then you might be used to. Follow these instructions:
1. From the download page, (a) Fill in the capcha and (b) Click on one of the Mac OSX downloads.
2. You should see Safari download the file...
3. Right-click the download and select Show in Finder
4. Move k2pdfopt to your Desktop.
5. Launch the Mac terminal app. It's in the Utilities folder, which itself is
inside the Applications folder.
6. Type the three commands shown below in the terminal window:
a. cd Desktop
b. chmod 755 k2pdfopt
c. exit
7. Close the terminal window after typing exit.
You should now be able to launch the k2pdfopt program by double-clicking the icon.
You cannot drag PDF files to the k2pdfopt icon,
so to convert a PDF file, (1) double-click
the k2pdfopt icon, and then (2) drag your PDF file to the k2pdfopt window, as shown
in the figure below. The drag and drop will cause the file name to be typed into
the window. Then just press <Enter> to start the conversion.
8. Customized options (optional)
If there are customized options that you want to select automatically, you can create a custom script:
a. Launch the terminal app (see Step 5.)
b. Type these commands:
i. cd Desktop
ii. cat > k2pdfopt_custom
iii. ./k2pdfopt -ui -j 0 -odpi 250 $* (or whatever options you want--but be sure to put the -ui and keep the $* at the end)
iv. (Press <Enter> and <Ctrl-D>)
v. chmod 755 k2pdfopt_custom
vi. exit
In the above Step 8., the customized script icon is now named k2pdfopt_custom, and the
-ui option is important so that the script will still ask you for a file name.
If you move the customized icon to a new folder, you'll need to either move k2pdfopt with
it, or reference k2pdfopt by its full path name in the customized script.
If somebody knows an easy way to package a Mac terminal app so it can be put with an icon
and files can be dragged to it, and also it can easily install from the web,
send me an e-mail. I'd prefer it not involve using Xcode or any other 3rd-party commercial
application.
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