Code used by IguanaTex to extract information from displays generated with LaTeXiT on Mac and convert them into IguanaTex displays.
The end user should not need to fiddle with this code, but we make it public for reference.
This repository provides the Windows code. The Mac version is available on the sister repository LaTeXiT-metadata-MacOS.
LaTeXiT-metadata was kindly prepared by Pierre Chatelier, LaTeXiT's author, to meet IguanaTex's requirements. Many thanks to him!
LaTeXiT-metadata.exe takes as input a PDF or EMF file with encoded LaTeXiT source information, and creates a .tex file containing the encoded LaTeXiT source.
LaTeXiT-metadata.exe file.pdf/file.emf
will create a file file.tex with the LaTeX source.
Note that LaTeXiT itself does not create EMF files, but PowerPoint does in fact save PDF files internally as EMF files.
When using IguanaTex to edit a LaTeX display generated by LaTeXiT and inserted into a PowerPoint presentation as PDF, IguanaTex will extract the corresponding EMF file and run LaTeXiT-metadata.exe on it to retrieve the original LaTeX source.
Compiled executable and binaries are available can be downloaded from this release.
Here are very rough instructions on how to build your own LaTeXiT-metadata executable.
A Visual Studio solution is provided.
LaTeXiT-metadata depends on podofo and zlib, so if you want to use your own binaries, you will need to:
- Compile podofo and zlib
- Build
podofo-0.9.7andzlib-1.2.11 - Copy
podofo-0.9.7\out\install\x64-Release\include\*todependencies\podofo\include\podofo-0.9.7\out\install\x64-Release\bin\podofo.dlltodependencies\podofo\bin\x64\podofo-0.9.7\out\install\x64-Release\lib\podofo.libtodependencies\podofo\lib\x64\zlib-1.2.11\out\install\x64-Release\include\*todependencies\zlib\include\zlib-1.2.11\out\install\x64-Release\bin\zlib.dlltodependencies\zlib\bin\x64\zlib-1.2.11\out\install\x64-Release\lib\zlib*.libtodependencies\zlib\lib\x64\
- Build the project in Visual Studio