What Is This?
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This aims to allow you to use operating system tools to organise and sew your embrodery designs. Your 
files will show up as thumbnails just like a photograph. If you double click them a much larger image is shown that has the colour names and sequence on them. 

This is a simple limited program that aims to do the minimum in a simple way. 

What Type of Files Does it Work For? 
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Brother PES format. 
JEF Format 

That where the pj comes from in pjutils. 


Dependencies
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Dependencies can be installed with sudo apt-get or synaptic. 

sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev

Other standard dependencies may also be needed. Google or search in synaptic if you are unsure. A missing 
dependency will usually show itself at build time. 

How to install
==============

1) Download the source file now called pjutil_src.tar

2) untar it 
   
   $ tar -xf pjutil_src.tar
   $ cd pjutil_src

3) $ make
   look out for any errors that look serious. 

   sudo make install 

	There will likely be a numer of warnings connected with existing content but these can safely be 
    ignored as they are nothing to do with pjutil. 

This should install it as a thumbnailer on recent Ubuntu systems. 


Credits
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All of the PES stuff, and the structure of this is based on work by Linus Torvolds. The JEFF stuff draws on work by Purple Bobby on Annie Wilsons site. I added the Gnome3 stuff and put it all together.  

This code may be freely used, but is provided without any type of warranty. 

I would like to hear from you if you use this. 

My email (Mark Winder) is at the bottom of this file.  Bugs, suggestions or just I ise this, are all welcome. 


Version 0.5 March 9 2018 
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Trivial small changes to remove a compiler error message. 
Note: There is a dependency is the cairo library: Install like this: 

Updated readme, my email and more careful about file dates. 

Changes to the way JEF data is printed, use of a new JEF pallette. 
Various warnings removed. 

Tested on Ubuntu 16.04, 64 bit. (Fresh install) 

Rewrote (again) the readme file! 

Version 0.4 Sept 9 2016 
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Changes to some c files to avoid warnings on latter compilers. 
Inclusion of jefscan and pesscan in Makefile 

Version 0.3 Sept 8 2016 
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Corrections to the make file that builds the source file tar so that ommitted files are included. 

Version 0.2 Feb 22 2012 
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Well the response to the first version was very quiet, so far as I know, nobody tried it or used it. 
This is possibly because people did not understand what this package does. 

I continue to believe that what this package does is very useful in furfilling simple needs on Linux. 

So what does it do? 

It provides Icons for .jef and .pes embroidery files. So in your file listings 
instead of seeing an Icon of a sewing machine or data file, you will see 
a miniture representation of the design in the file.

If you double click on the file you will see a large version of the design in 
the file and overlaid on this is the names and quantities of thread required in the order they 
will be asked for along with the dimentions of the completed design. 

There are a number of highly complex linux software embroidery projects that are at various stages of 
of completion - and this is not one of those, its simply those facilities. 

Changes Since Initial Version 
=============================

Information about the thread colours to be used and the size of the 
the design is now written to the screen when double clicked. 


regards, 

	Mark Winder
	mark.winder@jetmark.co.uk  ** EMAIL UPDATED!! 
    9/3/18
 

This has all been tested with Gnome3 under Ubuntu 12.04. (32 Bit,) It may work for other versions systems. 
