diff --git a/src/img2pdf.py b/src/img2pdf.py index d979376..243731e 100755 --- a/src/img2pdf.py +++ b/src/img2pdf.py @@ -1331,10 +1331,11 @@ useful to convert JPEG and JPEG2000 images to PDF. The output is sent to standard output so that it can be redirected into a file or to another program as part of a shell pipe. To directly write the output into a file, use the -o or --output option. + +Options: ''', epilog='''\ -Colorspace - +Colorspace: Currently, the colorspace must be forced for JPEG 2000 images that are not in the RGB colorspace. Available colorspace options are based on Python Imaging Library (PIL) short handles. @@ -1345,8 +1346,7 @@ Colorspace CMYK CMYK color CMYK;I CMYK color with inversion (for CMYK JPEG files from Adobe) -Paper sizes - +Paper sizes: You can specify the short hand paper size names shown in the first column in the table below as arguments to the --pagesize and --imgsize options. The width and height they are mapping to is shown in the second column. Giving @@ -1357,8 +1357,7 @@ Paper sizes %s -Fit options - +Fit options: The img2pdf options for the --fit argument are shown in the first column in the table below. The function of these options can be mapped to the geometry operators of imagemagick. For users who are familiar with imagemagick, the @@ -1382,8 +1381,32 @@ Fit options enlarge | < | Y | Enlarges an image with dimensions smaller than the given | | | ones (and otherwise behaves like "into"). -Examples +Argument parsing: + Argument long options can be abbreviated to a prefix if the abbreviation is + anambiguous. That is, the prefix must match a unique option. + + Beware of your shell interpreting argument values as special characters (like + the semicolon in the CMYK;I colorspace option). If in doubt, put the argument + values in single quotes. + + If you want an argument value to start with one or more minus characters, you + must use the long option name and join them with an equal sign like so: + + $ img2pdf --author=--test-- + + If your input file name starts with one or more minus characters, either + separate the input files from the other arguments by two minus signs: + + $ img2pdf -- --my-file-starts-with-two-minuses.jpg + Or be more explicit about its relative path by prepending a ./: + + $ img2pdf ./--my-file-starts-with-two-minuses.jpg + + The order of non-positional arguments (all arguments other than the input + images) does not matter. + +Examples: Lines starting with a dollar sign denote commands you can enter into your terminal. The dollar sign signifies your command prompt. It is not part of the command you type. @@ -1415,31 +1438,9 @@ Examples $ img2pdf --output out.pdf --colorspace L input.jp2 -Argument parsing - - Argument long options can be abbreviated to a prefix if the abbreviation is - anambiguous. That is, the prefix must match a unique option. - - Beware of your shell interpreting argument values as special characters (like - the semicolon in the CMYK;I colorspace option). If in doubt, put the argument - values in single quotes. - - If you want an argument value to start with one or more minus characters, you - must use the long option name and join them with an equal sign like so: - - $ img2pdf --author=--test-- +Written by Johannes 'josch' Schauer - If your input file name starts with one or more minus characters, either - separate the input files from the other arguments by two minus signs: - - $ img2pdf -- --my-file-starts-with-two-minuses.jpg - - Or be more explicit about its relative path by prepending a ./: - - $ img2pdf ./--my-file-starts-with-two-minuses.jpg - - The order of non-positional arguments (all arguments other than the input - images) does not matter. +Report bugs at https://gitlab.mister-muffin.de/josch/img2pdf/issues ''' % rendered_papersizes) parser.add_argument( @@ -1460,7 +1461,7 @@ Argument parsing outargs = parser.add_argument_group( title='General output arguments', - description='') + description='Arguments controlling the output format.') outargs.add_argument( '-o', '--output', metavar='out', type=argparse.FileType('wb'), @@ -1503,8 +1504,7 @@ RGB.''') sizeargs = parser.add_argument_group( title='Image and page size and layout arguments', description='''\ - -Every input image will be placed on its own page. The image size is controlled +Every input image will be placed on its own page. The image size is controlled by the dpi value of the input image or, if unset or missing, the default dpi of %.2f. By default, each page will have the same size as the image it shows. Thus, there will be no visible border between the image and the page border by @@ -1593,8 +1593,10 @@ of the input image. If the orientation of a page gets flipped, then so do the values set via the --border option. ''') - metaargs = parser.add_argument_group(title='Arguments setting metadata', - description='') + metaargs = parser.add_argument_group( + title='Arguments setting metadata', + description='Options handling embedded timestamps, title and author ' + 'information.') metaargs.add_argument( '--title', metavar='title', type=str, help='Sets the title metadata value')