1 2 POTRACE - transform bitmaps into vector graphics 3 4 README for Windows 5 _________________________________________________________________ 6 7This file contains instructions specific to the pre-compiled Windows 8distribution of Potrace. Please see the general README file and the 9man page for general information on usage, how to compile Potrace, 10etc. 11 12 13INSTALLATION for Windows: 14========================= 15 16Download the file potrace-XXX.win32.zip (or potrace-XXX.win64.zip if 17you want the 64-bit version). Unpack it with your favorite unzipping 18tool, such as unzip, 7-Zip, WinZip, or just right-clicking on the 19file. 20 21If you have "tar" and "gunzip" installed, you may also get the tar.gz 22file instead of the zip file. 23 24The distribution includes the executable programs potrace.exe and 25mkbitmap.exe. You need to move these files to a place where Windows 26looks for programs, for example C:\WINDOWS. Alternatively, you can 27amend your PATH environment variable, by adding something like the 28following line to C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT: 29 30 PATH=%PATH%;C:\DIRECTORY\WHERE\FILES\ARE 31 32 33RUNNING: 34======== 35 36For non-Windows specific usage information, see the file README. 37 38Potrace on Windows runs in much the same way as under Linux and other 39Unix-like operating systems. You must run Potrace from the command 40line (also known as the MSDOS Prompt). File names can be given in Unix 41style or Windows style, thus the following will both work: 42 43 potrace h:/data/file.txt 44 potrace h:\data\file.txt 45 46Wildcards can also be used, as in: 47 48 potrace h:\data\*.* 49 potrace h:/data/*.* 50