Merge scribbles with PDF

[didischuster]

I use Linux. If I start the application and choose a directory or a diffrent merge type I get an error like the follow:

Exception during event dispatch:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI.getVisibleEdito rRect(libgcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$DocumentHandler .removeUpdate(libgcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireRemoveUpdate (libgcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.removeImpl(libgc j.so.70)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.remove(libgcj.so .70)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.replace(libgcj.s o.70)
at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.setText(libgcj.so. 70)
at iliadpdfscribblemerger.ScribbleMergeForm.FixDestin ation(ScribbleMergeForm.java:822)
at iliadpdfscribblemerger.ScribbleMergeForm.rbtMTExis tingActionPerformed(ScribbleMergeForm.java:792)
at iliadpdfscribblemerger.ScribbleMergeForm.access$50 0(ScribbleMergeForm.java:30)
at iliadpdfscribblemerger.ScribbleMergeForm$6.actionP erformed(ScribbleMergeForm.java:163)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(lib gcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$1.actionPerformed(libgc j.so.70)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed (libgcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.JToggleButton$ToggleButtonModel.setPre ssed(libgcj.so.70)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseRe leased(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(libgcj. so.70)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.handleMouseEvent(li bgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(libgc j.so.70)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(libgcj.so.70)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(libgcj.so.70)

[Bert]

Originally Posted by lsz

Thanks for the quick response. The [Merge in existing file, keep manifest] option now works (and is very useful!). However, the [Create New] fails to do anything and the [Replace all] gives the following error:
...

It seems I had to do more testing before releasing this! I have an old Linux box standing around here somewhere ... I'll check if I can use that one to test this app in Linux.

I have fixed the problem with the 'create new' option (I introduced a bug with the path-separators), and I am pretty sure I fixed your last problem also; I changed the way to delete the source directory (Until now I deleted the pdf, manifest, scribbles and directory manually, now I delete everything in the source directory - so no files could be left).
Can you report it if everything works OK now for you?

PS: Sorry for the late reply, I had a very pretty busy week and didn't have the time (nor the energy) to check things here.

[lsz]

Originally Posted by Bert

Can you report it if everything works OK now for you?

Nice work. Everything works perfectly now (on Mac OS 10.4.8 with Java 1.5.0_06). Thanks!

[didischuster]

It still does not work, there is no diffrence for me to the last version.

[BACbKA]

Originally Posted by Bert

Can you report it if everything works OK now for you?

Doesn't work here. Used the latest (1.3) version as per the instructions in this thread:

vassilii@ilmarinen:/tmp$ java -jar ILiadPdfScribbleMerger.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: iliadpdfscribblemerger/Main (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:539)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:251)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:55)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:194)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:274)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:302)
vassilii@ilmarinen:/tmp$ java -version
java version "1.4.2-03"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build Blackdown-1.4.2-03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build Blackdown-1.4.2-03, mixed mode)

I understand that I have an incompatible runtime version, but it definitely satisfies the "at least 1.4" requirement you gave.

[Bert]

I finally found the time to fiddle around with an old Linux box (with java 1.4.2 installed) to check if things where working like they should ... and they didn't.

Because I only used classes and libraries fit for 1.4, I expected everything to work in 1.4 even though I wrote the app in 1.5 (and didn't test it in 1.4 ). Some of the methods methods didn't exist in 1.4 though (like string.format), and those where easy to fix.

So here's a version identical to the 1.3 from earlier, except from some internal changes to work in java 1.4.2. This version also definately works in Linux (well, it does on my old Mandriva 2005 pc).

[BACbKA]

thanks, Bert. Works like a charm, same PC. It's a Debian etch x86 box, btw.

Are you planning to release the sources?

[kusmi]

Very cool tool, works like a charm on my mac.

Just one question :-) Do you also have a command-line version of this one? E.g. instead of launching the Java-Swing app, it would be great to have some control for command-line operation, e.g. something like

java -jar "ILiadPdfScribbleMerger.jar" -i input-folder -o output.pdf

I'm building my own setup here so I could automate the whole conversion process

Anyway, many thanks for your tool, I like it very much!!!

[Bert]

On the request of kusmi: version 1.4 allows merging with the command line
(try -? for usage details, launching without arguments starts the GUI)

[kusmi]

Wow, you are a maniac - that was fast :-) Many many thanks!!!

[Adam B.]

Originally Posted by BACbKA

thanks, Bert. Works like a charm, same PC. It's a Debian etch x86 box, btw.

Are you planning to release the sources?

It's java, so you can easily tear it apart and view the source if you like.

[BACbKA]

Originally Posted by Adam B.

It's java, so you can easily tear it apart and view the source if you like.

If you mean that the jar can include the sources, then, currently, it doesn't.
I am aware of relatively easy reverse-engineering of Java class files, but my question was related to whether the sources are going to be released under some free software license (because I didn't want to bother Bert with small feature requests w/o patches).

[jæd]

Originally Posted by Adam B.

It's java, so you can easily tear it apart and view the source if you like.

Yep, but its aways easier if the author decides to release a src tar ball...

[Adam B.]

Originally Posted by jæd

Yep, but its aways easier if the author decides to release a src tar ball...

This is true, but I learned the magic of dissasembling JAR files in one of my college classes. I loved it when the professor provided us with an example file.

[Adam B.]

Originally Posted by BACbKA

I am aware of relatively easy reverse-engineering of Java class files, but my question was related to whether the sources are going to be released under some free software license (because I didn't want to bother Bert with small feature requests w/o patches).

Agreed. GPL'ing the code and hosting it on sourceforge or google projects would make things much easier.