Changeset 406 for pkpgcounter/trunk/README

Timestamp:

09/11/06 23:24:54 (18 years ago)

Author:

jerome

Message:

pkpgcounter v2.00 is out.

Files:

• pkpgcounter/trunk/README (modified) (2 diffs)

pkpgcounter/trunk/README

@@ -126 +126 @@
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-The PCL3/4/5 parser included in pkpgcounter is a Python backport of an early
+Before pkpgcounter v1.86, the PCL3/4/5 parser was a Python backport of an early
 release of the PCLCount software by Eduardo Gielamo Oliveira and Rodolfo Broco
-Manin. 
-
-Although this IS NOT needed for pkpgcounter to work, you can download the
-original PCLCount software from :
+Manin, available from :
 
     http://www.fea.unicamp.br/pclcount/
@@ -137 +134 @@
 Their software is distributed under either the terms of a BSD-like license,    
 or the terms of the GNU General Public License of the Free Software Foundation.
+
+Beginning with pkpgcounter v1.86, the PCL3/4/5 parser was rewritten from
+scratch, and is now much more readable, maintainable, and of course accurate.
+
+The old parser is still available, but not used, in the pkpgpdls/oldpcl345.py
+Python module.
     
-Over time both software evolved following different paths, and the accounting
-results they give may differ depending on the printer driver being used.
-We know that pkpgcounter's PCL3/4/5 parser sometimes is not accurate,
-and we are working on improving the situation. We currently don't know how 
-PCLCount would behave with the same input files.
-
 pkpgcounter's PCLXL (aka PCL6) parser doesn't originate from PCLCount, but 
-was written from scratch. 
+was written from scratch, just like all the other parsers included in
+pkpgcounter.
 
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