5 This is GNU-barcode. The latest release can be downloaded from ftp.gnu.org
7 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/barcode/
9 It is also available from my own ftp/http server
10 ftp://ar.linux.it/pub/barcode/
11 http://ar.linux.it/pub/barcode/ (same as above).
13 The current source tree is available by anonymous CVS. See
14 http://ar.linux.it/software/#cvs
16 Plesae note that ar.linux.it/pub/barcode also includes CVS snapshots,
17 semi-atumatically taken when I commit stuff to CVS. Note that CVS
18 snapshots include "CVS/" directories, so you can then "cvs update" for
21 The documentation is online at:
22 http://ar.linux.it/software/barcode
24 The MS-Windows port is maintained at:
25 http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/barcode.htm
27 It as also been included in the FreeBSD ports tree in the "graphics" section.
28 This means /usr/ports/graphics/barcode. It's thus available from:
29 http://www.freebsd.org/ports/graphics.html
31 GLabels, at http://snaught.com/glabels/, uses barcode internally, too.
36 The package is meant to solve most needs in barcode creation with a
37 conventional printer. It can create printouts for the conventional
38 product tagging standards: UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, ISBN, as well
39 as a few other formats. Ouput is generated as either Postscript or
40 Encapsulated Postscript (other back-ends may be added if needed).
42 The package is released as both a library and a command-line frontend,
43 so that you can include barcode-generation into your application. The
44 program is released in the hope that is proves useful but without any
45 warranty, according to the GPL Licence (see ./COPYING).
47 If you're specifically interested in making an ISBN (Bookland EAN)
48 symbol, you might try to get "bookland.py" by Judah Milgram
49 (http://www.cgpp.com/bookland/, whose version 0.92 is also included in
50 the directory "bookland" within this package, for your convenience).
51 While my main target is flexibility his main target is strict
52 adherence to the standards. Bookland is free software like the barcode
53 library and will probabily have its role in the GNU project.
54 Bookland.py is a self-documenting program, you'll enjoy browsing its
57 Other contributed patches and/or software are available in the
60 Please take the "no-warranty" disclaimer seriously: even though I
61 spent reasonable efforts to make sure the output is useable in
62 production you should verify it suits your needs as a faulty bar can
63 cost you a bundle, and you'll be on your own. It's up to you to verify
64 that the symbol is valid (and, obviously, I'd like to know about any
65 problem you encounter). [This paragraph copied verbatim from bookland.py]
71 I would like to thank both Judah Milgram and Michele Comitini
72 (mcm@glisco.it) for their help with this tool, as well as Jim Westveer
73 for introducing me to Debian packaging. Several encodings have been
74 implemented by Leonid A. Broukhis (leob@mailcom.com).
80 There is a mailing list where development is coordinated, called
81 barcode@lists.linux.it . To get subscribed you should
82 echo subscribe | mail barcode-request@lists.linux.it
83 or anything equivalent.
85 To receive notification of CVS commit messages, please subscribe to
86 barcode-commit@ar.linux.it, by issuing:
87 echo subscribe | mail barcode-commit-request@ar.linux.it
89 (if you guess, "ar" or "arcana" is my own server, while lists.linux.it
90 is the mail server of the italian association of gnu/linux users).
92 /alessandro (rubini@gnu.org)