Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pypotrace
Version: 0.1.1
Summary: potrace Python bindings
Home-page: http://github.com/flupke/pypotrace
Author: Luper Rouch
Author-email: luper.rouch@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Description: potrace Python bindings
        =======================
        
        These bindings provide an object oriented API to the `potrace`_ library.
        
        Example usage
        -------------
        
        The bindings work with input images represented as numpy arrays::
        
            import numpy as np
            import potrace
        
            # Make a numpy array with a rectangle in the middle
            data = np.zeros((32, 32), np.uint32)
            data[8:32-8, 8:32-8] = 1
        
            # Create a bitmap from the array
            bmp = potrace.Bitmap(data)
        
            # Trace the bitmap to a path
            path = bmp.trace()
            
            # Iterate over path curves
            for curve in path:
                print "start_point =", curve.start_point
                for segment in curve:
                    print segment
                    end_point_x, end_point_y = segment.end_point
                    if segment.is_corner:
                        c_x, c_y = segment.c
                    else:
                        c1_x, c1_y = segment.c1
                        c2_x, c2_y = segment.c2
           
        Installation
        ------------
        
        Make sure you have the agg and potrace development packages installed
        (libagg-dev and libpotrace-dev on ubuntu) and run::
        
            python setup.py install
        
        Building on Windows
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        *Thanks to* `klonuo <https://github.com/klonuo>`_ *for the instructions*
        
        Here are instruction how to make this package work on Windows, by using MinGW
        system. Probably it can be done with Visual Studio, but I lack skills to make
        such magic.
        
        So assuming user has MinGW available, additional two packages are needed:
        
        1. potrace source: http://potrace.sourceforge.net/#downloading
        2. agg source: http://www.antigrain.com/download/index.html
        
        I extracted both packages in my ``C:\src`` folder. Both are easy to build by
        executing ``./configure; make`` and ``./autogen.sh; make`` respectively, on
        MSYS prompt.
        
        After that, we need some variables to build pypotrace successfully:
        
        First, includes paths:j
        
        * "numpy/arrayobject.h": ``C:/Python27/Lib/site-packages/numpy/core/include``
        * potrace headers: ``C:/src/potrace-1.11/src``
        * agg headers: ``C:/src/agg-2.5``
        
        there is a little catch for agg includes, as paths referenced in cpp sources
        point to ``agg2/*.h`` while in downloaded agg package we don't have ``agg2``
        folder. For me it was easiest to rename ``C:/src/agg-2.5/include`` to
        ``C:/src/agg-2.5/agg2`` and use ``C:/src/agg-2.5`` as agg include folder.
        
        Next, libdirs for libraries we build above:
        
        * potrace: ``C:/src/potrace-1.11/src/.libs``
        * agg: ``C:/src/agg-2.5/src``
        
        and we can make pypotrace build command, and execute it::
        
            python setup.py build_ext -IC:/Python27/Lib/site-packages/numpy/core/include;C:/src/potrace-1.11/src;C:/src/agg-2.5 -LC:/src/potrace-1.11/src/.libs;C:/src/agg-2.5/src
        
        Finally install the package::
        
            C:\src\git\pypotrace>python setup.py install
            running install
            running build
            running build_py
            copying potrace\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\potrace
            copying potrace\agg\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.7\potrace\agg
            running build_ext
            skipping 'potrace\_potrace.c' Cython extension (up-to-date)
            skipping 'potrace\bezier.cpp' Cython extension (up-to-date)
            skipping 'potrace/agg\curves.cpp' Cython extension (up-to-date)
            running install_lib
            creating C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace
            creating C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace\agg
            copying build\lib.win32-2.7\potrace\agg\curves.pyd -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace\agg
            copying build\lib.win32-2.7\potrace\agg\__init__.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace\agg
            copying build\lib.win32-2.7\potrace\bezier.pyd -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace
            copying build\lib.win32-2.7\potrace\_potrace.pyd -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace
            copying build\lib.win32-2.7\potrace\__init__.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace
            byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace\agg\__init__.py to __init__.pyc
            byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\potrace\__init__.py to __init__.pyc
            running install_egg_info
            Writing C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\pypotrace-0.1-py2.7.egg-info
        
        Documentation
        -------------
        
        The documentation is hosted here: http://packages.python.org/pypotrace
        
        A copy is also included in the ``doc/_build/html`` directory of the source
        distribution.
        
        Homepage
        --------
        
        This project is hosted on github: http://github.com/flupke/pypotrace
        
        .. _potrace: http://potrace.sourceforge.net/
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Cython
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion
