Changeset 2345 for pykota/trunk/README

Timestamp:

07/09/05 16:19:49 (19 years ago)

Author:

jerome

Message:

Removed the outdated and confusing autoconf/automake stuff.
pkpgcounter is now distributed separately ONLY.
Severity : Installing this version without downloading and installing
pkpgcounter v1.56 or higher first WILL BREAK your PyKota setup.

Files:

• pykota/trunk/README (modified) (5 diffs)

pykota/trunk/README

@@ -70 +70 @@
           
         - Supports DSC compliant and binary PostScript, PDF, PCL5 (up to), 
-          PCLXL (aka PCL6) and ESC/P2 printers natively for software
-          accounting methods. More formats to come.
+          PCLXL (aka PCL6), ESC/P2, DVI, TIFF, OpenOffice.org Writer and 
+          OpenOffice.org Impress printers natively (through pkpgcounter) 
+          for software accounting methods. More formats to come.
             
     Quota systems :        
@@ -224 +225 @@
     or Netatalk or any other method of your choice) for its total pages 
     counter.
-    
     This is done both at the beginning and at the end of a
     print job. The counters difference is then immediately used to 
@@ -233 +233 @@
     The command can read the job's data from its standard input and MUST
     output the job's size on its standard output. Changes to the user
-    account are reported immediately. PyKota features an internal
-    software accounting method which handles several Page Description
-    Languages : DSC compliant and binary PostScript, PDF, PCLXL (aka PCL6),
-    PCL3/4/5 and ESC/P2.
+    account are reported immediately.
+    
+    PyKota featured an internal software accounting method which handles 
+    several Page Description Languages : DSC compliant and binary PostScript,
+    PDF, PCLXL (aka PCL6), PCL3/4/5, ESC/P2, DVI, TIFF, OpenOffice.org Writer
+    and OpenOffice.org Impress. This software is now distributed separately
+    as 'pkpgcounter', and not included anymore in PyKota, so you must now
+    download and install it before running PyKota.
     
 PyKota is known to work fine with most laser printers, either with
@@ -302 +306 @@
     - Python v2.1 or above (http://www.python.org)
     - eGenix' mxDateTime Python extension (http://www.egenix.com)
+    - The pkpgcounter command line tool, version 1.56 or higher. This
+      tool is now mandatory for PyKota to work. 
+      (http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/)
     - The JAXML Python module to be able to dump datas in the XML format.
       (http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/)
@@ -395 +402 @@
     of PyKota dependencies are already included, excepted
     for the PySNMP (http://pysnmp.sourceforge.net) module
-    which for now has to be downloaded separately.
+    and the pkpgcounter utility which for now have to be downloaded
+    and installed separately.
 
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