csepdjvu - DjVu encoder for separated data files.
csepdjvu [options] [sepfiles]...
outputdjvufile
This program creates a DjVuDocument file
outputdjvufile from separated
data files
sepfiles. It can read separated data from the standard input
when given a single dash instead of the separated data file names. This
feature is intended for pre-processing programs that push separated data into
csepdjvu via a pipe.
Each separated data file represents one or more page images. When the program
arguments specify multiple pages, all the pages are encoded and saved as a
bundled multi-page document. When the program arguments specify a single page,
the page is encoded and saved as a single page file.
-
-d n
- Specify the resolution information encoded into the output
file expressed in dots per inch. The resolution information encoded in
DjVu files determine how the decoder scales the image on a particular
display. Meaningful resolutions range from 25 to 6000. The default value
is 300 dpi.
-
-q n,...,n
-
-q n+...+n
- Specify the encoding quality of the IW44 encoded background
layer. The option argument contain several integers (one per chunk)
separated by either commas or pluses. This option is similar to option
-slice of program c44. Please refer to the c44(1) man
page for additional details. The default quality specification is -q
72,83,93,103.
This option does not apply to uniformly white background that were not
specified by the separated data but are called for by the DjVu
specification. Such background images always come at the lowest possible
resolution and with a standard quality setting that ensures the color
uniformity.
- -t
- Program csepdjvu interprets certain comments in the
separated file to construct a hidden text layer in the DjVu file. This
layer records the location of each word for hiliting purposes. This option
reduces the file size by simply recording the location of each line.
- -v
- Display a brief message describing each page.
- -vv
- Display extensive informational messages during encoding.
Each separated data file contains a concatenation of one or more separated page
images. Each page is logically represented by a foreground image with a
transparent color and by a background image visible through the transparent
pixels. The data for each separated page image is the concatenation of the
following data blocks:
- *
- A foreground image encoded using either the "Color RLE
format" or the "Bitonal RLE format". These formats are
described later in this section.
- *
- An optional background image encoded as a "Portable
Pixmap" ( PPM ). This well known format is summarized
later in this section. The absence of a background image simply indicates
that a uniformly white background should be assumed.
- *
- An arbitrary number of comment lines starting with
character "#" and terminated by a linefeed character. Comment
lines whose first word starts with a capital letter have special meanings
documented later in this document.
The dimensions (width and height) of the background image must be obtained by
rounding up the quotient of the foreground image dimensions by an integer
reduction factor ranging from 1 to 12. Assume, for instance, that the width of
the foreground is 2507 and the reduction factor is 3. The width of the
background image will be the integer ratio (2507+2)/3.
The Color RLE format is a simple run-length encoding scheme for color images
with a limited number of distinct colors. The data always begin with a text
header composed of the two characters "R6", the number of columns,
the number of rows, and the number of color palette entries. All numbers are
expressed in decimal
ASCII. These four items are separated by
blank characters (space, tab, carriage return, or linefeed) or by comment
lines introduced by character "#". The last number is followed by
exactly one character which usually is a linefeed character.
The header is followed by the color palette containing three bytes per color
entry. The bytes represent the red, green, and blue components of the color.
The palette is followed by a collection of four bytes integers (most significant
bit first) representing runs of pixels with an identical color. The twelve
upper bits of this integer indicate the index of the run color in the palette
entry. The twenty lower bits of the integer indicate the run length. Color
indices greater than 0xff0 are reserved. Color index 0xfff is used for
transparent runs. Each row is represented by a sequence of runs whose lengths
add up to the image width. Rows are encoded starting with the top row and
progressing toward the bottom row.
The Bitonal RLE format is a simple run-length encoding scheme for bitonal
images. The data always begin with a text header composed of the two
characters "R4", the number of columns, and the number of rows. All
numbers are expressed in decimal
ASCII. These three items are
separated by blank characters (space, tab, carriage return, or linefeed) or by
comment lines introduced by character "#". The last number is
followed by exactly one character which usually is a linefeed character.
The rest of the file encodes a sequence of numbers representing the lengths of
alternating runs of transparent and black pixels. Lines are encoded starting
with the top line and progressing toward the bottom line. Each line starts
with a white run. The decoder knows that a line is finished when the sum of
the run lengths for that line is equal to the number of columns in the image.
Numbers in range 0 to 191 are represented by a single byte in range 0x00 to
0xbf. Numbers in range 192 to 16383 are represented by a two byte sequence:
the first byte, in range 0xc0 to 0xff, encodes the six most significant bits
of the number, the second byte encodes the remaining eight bits of the number.
This scheme allows for runs of length zero, which are useful when a line
starts with a black pixel, and when a very long run (whose length exceeds
16383) must be split into smaller runs.
The Portable Pixmap format is a well known format for representing color images.
Check the
ppm(1) man page for complete information.
The data always begin with a text header composed of the two characters
"P6", the number of columns, the number of rows, and the maximal
value of a color component (usually 255). All numbers are expressed in decimal
ASCII. These three items are separated by blank characters
(space, tab, carriage return, or linefeed) or by comment lines introduced by
character "#". The last number is followed by exactly one character
which usually is a linefeed character.
The rest of the file encodes all the pixels. Each pixel is represented by three
bytes representing the red, green and blue component of the pixel. Pixels are
ordered in left to right, top to bottom.
Each page is followed by an arbitrary number of comment lines starting with
character "#" and terminated by a linefeed character. Certain
comment lines have special meanings. In the following constructs, all the
strings are UTF-8 encoded and represent in the style of Postscript strings,
that is, surrounded with parenthesis and using C-style escape sequences
introduced by a backslash.
- *
-
# T px:py
dx:dy
wxh+x+y
(string)
Such a comment line indicates that the piece of text string must be
associated with an area of size wxh at position
x,y relative to the lower left corner of the page. Integers
px, and py represent the position of the current point on
the text baseline before the text was drawn. The drawing operation then
moves the current point by dx, and dy pixels. When such
comments are present, csepdjvu produces a hidden text layer for the
corresponding pages.
- *
-
# L
wxh+x+y
(url)
Such a comment line indicates that an hyperlink to url url should be
associated with area of size wxh at position
x,y. When such comments are present, csepdjvu
produces pages with an annotation chunk containing the specified
hyperlinks.
- *
-
# B count (string)
(#pageno)
Such a comment line provides outline information for the document. An
outline entry entitled string is associated with page
pageno. Integer count indicates how many of the following
outline entries must be attached to the current entry as subentries. When
such comments are present in the first page csepdjvu produces an
navigation chunk with the specified outline.
- *
-
# P (string)
Such a comment line provides a title string for the current
page.
This program was initially written by Léon Bottou
<
[email protected]> and was improved by Bill Riemers
<
[email protected]> and many others.
djvu(1),
ppm(5),
c44(1)