======== pdftools ======== Introduction ------------ pdftools is a library of classes for parsing and rendering PDF documents. Installation ------------ Installation is optional as long as the directory containing the pdftools package is included in the list of paths stored in the PYTHONPATH environment variable. To install the pdftools module, enter the following at the command line from within the directory unpacked from the archive: python setup.py install You may need to be the root user to install the package. Font Metrics ------------ pdftools will automatically import the PyQt4 package, if available, so that information about font metrics can be obtained if requested by the user. If the PyQt4 package is not installed, this information will not be available. If the PyQt4 package is available and you need to obtain font metrics, you must first ensure that a QApplication instance has been created. This can be achieved by adding the following lines of code to your application: from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication app = QApplication([]) Please see the documentation for PyQt4 for more information about QApplication. The mechanism used to automatically import PyQt4 and use Qt classes may change in future versions of this package. License ------- Copyright (C) 2001-2008 by David Boddie This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.