[LUNI] Hello

Samir Faci sfaci at cs.uic.edu
Sun Feb 11 20:51:34 CST 2007


hehe.. sorry just had a second look at it, it's a bit weird that they had a .exe

chmod u+x  file.exe
./file.exe

replace file.exe with the program name.. mapi-something.exe

--
Samir

On 2/11/07, Tyler Stoffel <tylerius at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, so how do I use it. I have it downloaded - the linux .exe file -- but
> I try to open it and it says it can't e opened. Thanks.
>
> Tyler
>
> On 2/11/07, gug <gug at fnal.gov> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >    The 'file' command will tell you what type of file you are dealing
> > with. It looks like it should be ok (see below). File name extensions
> > are whatever people decide and do not always follow conventions ;-(
> >
> >
> > myhost> file mapivi091_Linux.exe
> > mapivi091_Linux.exe: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
> > (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs),
> > stripped
> >
> >
> > Tyler Stoffel wrote:
> >
> > > Hi David, Thanks for the mapivi link, this looks promising. One more
> > > question though, the Linux download for mapivi is a .exe, can I use
> > > this? I
> > > thought .exe was windows only. Thanks. You guys are a great help.
> > >
> > > Tyler
> > >
> > > On 2/11/07, David Horton <dhorton at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Tyler,
> > >>
> > >> For a GUI tool, try this...
> > >>
> > >> http://mapivi.sourceforge.net/mapivi.shtml
> > >>
> > >> It looks like it can do what you want.
> > >>
> > >> Dave
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Tyler Stoffel wrote:
> > >> > Hi, not to show off my absolute lack of knowledge, but what is Perl
> > >> and
> > >> > what
> > >> > is API? Do I need to know any code to use them, or can I GUI it? My
> > >> > experimentation with command prompt apps has bred nothing but
> > >> frustration.
> > >> >
> > >> > Tyler
> > >> >
> > >> > On 2/10/07, Eric MacAdie <eric at macadie.net> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I have done some rudimentary batch processing with PerlMagick, a
> > perl
> > >> >> API for ImageMagick. The PerlMagick page says that it can add IPTC
> > >> >> profiles. Granted, ImageMagick is also available on Windows.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Eric MacAdie
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Tyler Stoffel wrote:
> > >> >> > There are really two core functions missing from the Gimp, a)
> > batch
> > >> >> > processing, which I never use anyway, but someone with a
> > >> >> > hundreds-of-photos-a-day workflow, ie a wedding shooter, would
> > find
> > >> it
> > >> >> > very
> > >> >> > useful; and b) an IPTC editor. IPTC is a text sidecar protocol
> > that
> > >> >> > allows
> > >> >> > you to embed a caption into the jpeg. The Gimp has its own
> > >> version of
> > >> >> > info
> > >> >> > embedding, but it is unable to be read by Photoshop, Photo
> > >> Mechanic,
> > >> >> > and the
> > >> >> > other proprietary software used by the papers that buy my photos.
> > >> But,
> > >> >> > according to the Gimp's home page, IPTC protocol embedding is in
> > >> the
> > >> >> > works.
> > >> >> > As for now, some clients allow me to send the captions as .doc
> > >> >> > attachments,
> > >> >> > or in the body of an email (I email all my work to the buyers) I
> > do
> > >> >> > have one
> > >> >> > client that insists on IPTC captions (the Sun Times News Group),
> > >> so I
> > >> >> > use my
> > >> >> > girlfriend's Photoshop on her HP laptop (WinXP) to embed
> > >> captions for
> > >> >> > that
> > >> >> > one client.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Tyler Stoffel
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > On 2/8/07, Demetri Mouratis <dmourati at cm.math.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> Hey Tyler,
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> Welcome to the list.  I liked hearing about how you use the Gimp
> > >> >> instead
> > >> >> >> of Photoshop.  I'm neither a photog nor a imaging processing
> > >> guy but
> > >> I
> > >> >> >> have been trying to convince friends who are both that Linux/Gimp
> > >> can
> > >> >> do
> > >> >> >> what they need.  They usually scoff and point to missing
> > >> features in
> > >> >> the
> > >> >> >> Gimp.  I'm sure you would know if core functionality you needed
> > >> was
> > >> >> >> missing and would gripe too.
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> -D
> > >> >> >> --
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> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
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> > >> >
> > >> >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > gug at fnal.gov
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