From 6612d5beec5300d2c9ea807dfb156e8722ca0df2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guilhem Moulin <guilhem.moulin@chalmers.se>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 04:06:05 +0200
Subject: fixed a bug with page selection; remove the (ignored) _ caracter

---
 pdftool.pl | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pdftool.pl b/pdftool.pl
index 11083d4..ed6b887 100755
--- a/pdftool.pl
+++ b/pdftool.pl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The document will be treated as follows:
 =item * Convert from PDF to PostScript (if necessary, and only for
 smallest interval that contains all the selected pages),
 
-=item * Select of the page range,
+=item * Select the page range,
 
 =item * Calculate the minimal bounding box
 
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ may be a page number, or a page range of the form
 I<first>-I<last>. If I<first> is omitted, the first page is assumed,
 and if I<last> is omitted,  the last page is assumed.
 
-The prefix character `_' indicates that the page number is relative
-to the end of the document, counting backwards. If just this
-character with no page number is used, a blank page will be inserted.
-
 =item B<-w, --width=>I<length>
 
 Specify the width of the output file. If the height is not specified as
@@ -198,7 +194,7 @@ C<< ssh remote pdftool.pl -cpA4 --book -2 -b2cm -m-1cm < in.pdf | \
 
 =head1 REQUIREMENTS
 
-Requires PSUtils installed and available in the command line
+Requires PSUtils installed and available via the command line
 http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ajcd/psutils/.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
@@ -287,7 +283,24 @@ map {&topoints ($_)} ( \$outwidth, \$outheight,
 die "Margins are too big" if $outwidth <= $margin*2 or $outheight <= $margin*2;
 
 
+#
+# Check options
+#
+die "Bad page range: `$select'" if
+    defined $select && not $select =~ /^(\s*\d*-?\d*\s*,)*\s*\d*-?\d*\s*$/;
+for (split /\s*,\s*/, $select) {
+    $_ =~ /^(\d*)\s*-?\s*(\d*)$/;
+    die "Bad page range: `$select'" if
+        ($1 ne "" && $1 <= 0) or ($2 ne "" && $2 <=0);
+}
+
+die "Bad nup: `$nup'" if
+    defined $nup && not ($nup =~ /^\d+$/ && $nup > 0);
+
+
+#
 # Open input and output files
+#
 my $infile_display;
 if (defined $infile && $infile ne "-") {
     open FIN, '<', "$infile"  or  die "Can't read `$infile': $!";
@@ -385,15 +398,16 @@ if ($filetype eq "PDF") {
     if (defined $select) {
         # Convert to PS only the pages we are interested in
         ($first, $last) = (1<<16,-(1<<16));
-        for (split / *, */, $select) {
-            my ($rmin, $rmax) = split (/ *- */, $_);
-            undef $first if defined $rmin && not $rmin;
-            undef $last if defined $rmax && not $rmax;
-            if (defined $rmin && $rmin) {
+        for (split /\s*,\s*/, $select) {
+            $_ =~ /^(\d*)\s*(-?)\s*(\d*)$/;
+            my ($rmin,$sep,$rmax) = ($1,$2,$3);
+            undef $first if $sep && not $rmin;
+            undef $last if $sep && not $rmax;
+            if ($rmin) {
                 $first = $rmin if defined $first && $rmin < $first;
                 $last = $rmin if defined $last && $rmin > $last;
             }
-            if (defined $rmax && $rmax) {
+            if ($rmax) {
                 $first = $rmax if defined $first && $rmax < $first;
                 $last = $rmax if defined $last && $rmax > $last;
             }
@@ -401,15 +415,14 @@ if ($filetype eq "PDF") {
 
         # Calculate the new page range
         my @newselect;
-        for (split / *, */, $select) {
-            my ($rmin, $rmax) = split / *- */, $_;
-            $rmin -= $first-1 if defined $first && defined $rmin && $rmin;
-            $rmax -= $first-1 if defined $first && defined $rmax && $rmax;
-            my $r = "";
-            $r .= $rmin if defined $rmin;
-            $r .= "-";
-            $r .= $rmax if defined $rmax;
-            push @newselect, $r;
+        for (split /\s*,\s*/, $select) {
+            $_ =~ /^(\d*)\s*(-?)\s*(\d*)$/;
+            my ($rmin,$sep,$rmax) = ($1,$2,$3);
+            if (defined $first) {
+                $rmin -= $first-1 if $rmin;
+                $rmax -= $first-1 if $rmax;
+            }
+            push @newselect, "$rmin$sep$rmax";
         }
 
         $select = join ',', @newselect;
@@ -435,7 +448,7 @@ open *IN, "<&PSIN"  or  die "Can't dup: $!";
 # Select, if necessary
 #
 if (defined $select) {
-    @cmd = ('psselect', "-p$select");
+    @cmd = ('psselect', $select);
     push @cmd, '-q'  if  defined $quiet;
     my $pid = open3 "<&IN", *OUT, ">&LOG", @cmd;
     push @pids, [$pid, @cmd];
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