swftools (in Leopard)

Created on Apr 14, 13:18 by Rui Carmo, not updated since.
Flash, SWF, tools, MacPorts

Here’s how to compile swftools (a great set of CLI tools to create and manage Flash SWF files) in Leopard with MacPorts:

$ sudo port install jpeg giflib freetype t1lib lame
$ LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/lame" ./configure --prefix=/opt/local
$ make && sudo make install

With it, you get things like pdf2swf, which are pretty useful for converting MindNode PDF files to Flash:

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Resources:

  • fdviewer, a simple page-oriented viewer for wrapping around converted PDF files. Magic words: swfcombine fdviewer.swf ’#1’=temp.swf -o out.swf