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thomega · 11-24-2008, 07:25 PM

If you go to http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/irextools/, you can download version 0.1 of my portable (Linux, certainly Mac and likely also Windows) scribble merger. There are also some file management utilities in progress.

In this version, I have replaced the baroque algorithm for determining the zoom factor (which was nevertheless not always right

) by the zoom factor stored in the metadata.db file. This appears to work reliably. [The baroque algorithm was born before iRex released the source code and I didn't know where the zoom was stored - and I hung onto it for too long

].

I've never used iRex' official Windows scribble merger, but from the comments I read here, I'm confident that mine is not much worse

.

Please be advised that this is a source release and you have to compile yourself (see the file INSTALL). This should be straightforward for all Linux users. For the benefit of the Mac and Windows crowd, I would be happy if someone prepared binary distributions.

Have fun!

11-24-2008, 07:25 PM	#1
thomega Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 22 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Würzburg, Germany Device: iRex DR1000S	First useable version of the portable scribble merger released. If you go to http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/irextools/, you can download version 0.1 of my portable (Linux, certainly Mac and likely also Windows) scribble merger. There are also some file management utilities in progress. In this version, I have replaced the baroque algorithm for determining the zoom factor (which was nevertheless not always right) by the zoom factor stored in the metadata.db file. This appears to work reliably. [The baroque algorithm was born before iRex released the source code and I didn't know where the zoom was stored - and I hung onto it for too long]. I've never used iRex' official Windows scribble merger, but from the comments I read here, I'm confident that mine is not much worse. Please be advised that this is a source release and you have to compile yourself (see the file INSTALL). This should be straightforward for all Linux users. For the benefit of the Mac and Windows crowd, I would be happy if someone prepared binary distributions. Have fun!