Re: [Bug-ocrad] Why does use of -s suppress use of -x?

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

address@hidden wrote:
> If you give the -s flag on the command line the -x flag is suppressed with
> this bit of code in main():
>
>   if( exportfile_name && control.debug_level == 0 &&
>       input_control.scale == 0 && input_control.specialtype == 0 &&
>       !input_control.copy )
>     {
>     ...
>
> Is there some reason use of a scaling factor should disable writing
> information to the export file?

Yes. The export file predates the scale factor in ocrad and was supposed 
to contain coordinates relative to the input file, so that a frontend 
program could locate characters, etc, on it.

When a scaling factor is specified, the scaled image replaces the input 
image inside ocrad, and the exported coordinates wouldn't correspond to 
the input file anymore.

Of course this behaviour may be changed, perhaps adding a "scale" line 
to the export file, if nobody finds a reason not to. Meanwhile you can 
remove the offending test from main.cc, or copy the scaled file and use 
ocrad on the copy:
`ocrad -s2 -C -o file2.pbm file.pbm'
`ocrad -x file2.orf file2.pbm'


Regards,
Antonio.