#!/bin/sh
# Created by Gerben Wierda, May 2001
# Rewritten by Gerben Wierda, January 2002
# Modified by Joachim Kock, May 2003
# Modified by Gerben Wierda, April 2007
# COPYRIGHT Gerben Wierda 2001--2004
# This file is free software. You are free to use this file in any way you like
# However, if you change it you should note in this file that you did and who
# you are, you also need to change the version string if you do. That way
# I will not get support questions for software that is not entirely mine.
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
# PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
# NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
# $Id: altpdftex,v 2.18 2004/11/15 20:36:11 gerben Exp $
# This script assumes that there is a config.pdf somewhere that sets
# the bitmap mode to something large but realistic (real mode) so that
# unavailable pfb fonts will be included as bitmaps.
# Version 1.0: added the string above for identification purposes
# Version 1.0a: Cosmetic change: do not display dir of argv[0] all the time
# Added calledas variable to hold command basename
# Version 1.1: Use calledas instead of $0 which means the sed command
# for determining format below also works when there is no dir
# (run from dir where altpdftex resides, not very likely...)
# Version 1.2: Force the use of tex binaries from the same directory as
# this script
# Version 1.3: Added --echo-version option, placed argument check after
# switch, inside while to prevent subscript out of range error
# Added --tex-path to override directory where this script
# resides. Added --gs-path to override a new default gs
# directory /usr/local/bin. Also, force gs directory at the
# start of the path to repair for broken installations of
# TeX, gs and such
# Version 1.4: Moved path changes to just before calling gs so that only
# ps2pdf is affected
# Version 1.5: Removed some path-related redundancy from GS calling
# Version 1.5a: Missing ${extradviopts} from echo
# Added version to --help output
# Added wolfram.map
# Version 1.6: Fixed bug: --dviopts did not work because it did set
# the wrong variable
# Changed dviopts to dvipsopts (better name)
# Version 1.7: Added --distiller and --distiller-filter option
# Changed --gs-path to --distiller-path
# Changed distiller semantics
# Fixed bug --tex-path flag needed trailing '/'
# Some extra quoting to be more robust for whitespace
# in names, also internally
# Version 1.8: Added pstill and u-psbuild info to help
# Version 1.9: Removed textrace bbold font (textrace is broken)
# Version 1.10: Added amstex support
# Simplified different format support
# Version 1.11: Do not source ~/.{t}cshrc, use the environment 'as is'
# Version 1.11 says it is version 1.10!
# Version 1.12: Added textrace bold font (textrace 0.48 is ok)
# Version 1.13: Changed success message at the end
# Echo version on by default
# Debug option
# Version 1.13b:Date report on version was very out of date, removed
# Version 2.0: Rewritten in /bin/sh because (t)csh does not handle signals
# very well...
# This version works, but you need to send the SIGTERM to
# the process group (the negative PID) to get it to work
# Version 2.1: Small bug fixes
# Version 2.2: Fixed bug where argument without extension was interpreted
# as dvi file.
# Removed dependencies on smart sh versions
# Version 2.3: Removed map file knowledge (needs to be outside this script)
# beyond the standard map files
# Version 2.4: Added support for omega and lambda (use odvips)
# Version 2.5: Changed maxpk and maxpfb implementation to recent updmap
# Version 2.6: Use ps2pdf13 as the default distiller
# Version 2.7: Changed help
# Version 2.8: Checked into CVS.
# Added handling of outdir for TeX
# Version 2.9: Added auto-outdir flag
# Version 2.10: Changed --outdir behaviour to mimick TEXMFOUTPUT,
# removed --auto-outdir
# Version 2.11: Fixed typo
# Version 2.12: RCS changes, from now on, the version number is the RCS number
# These notes here will become a ChangeLog.
# 2003/05/20 Joachim's modification: write first to a pdf file in tmp,
# and only upon completion copy the file to its final
# destination. This is done in order to minimise the time where
# the pdf file in current directory is in an unstable state,
# because a PDF viewer might be tracking the file, and
# if it finds the pdf file in an intermediate state it will
# display a blank page until the new version is ready.
# 2003/05/21 Joachim's modification used /bin/cp. Gerben made it truly
# atomic by using /bin/cp in combination with /bin/mv
# 2003/11/23 Added supportfor passing flasg to tex at the request of
# Dick Koch.
# 2004/09/05 Bugfix: make it work better with directories with whitespace
# in their name
# 2004/11/15 New calling mode: simpdftex format foo.tex
# e.g.:
# simpdftex latex foo.tex
# In the future, the old modes (altpdflatex and friends) through
# symlinks will disappear from my distribution, though they will
# still work.
# 2007/05/07 Added dvipdfm support with compatibility with the patched version
# that is available on the net (simpdftex_dpmx)
# Changed version string to date-based string
# 2007/08/09 Protected echo command against broken builtin versions by running
# /bin/echo explicitly. There may exist /bin/echo implementations
# that do not support -n and this script will have to be changed
# before it works on such a system
# FEATURE: it seems -u +foo.map -u -foo.map does not work. So --extradvipsopts
# cannot be used to remove a map from the standard list
# BUG: Handling of file name extensions is not completely equialent to TeX
# i.e. foo.bar.bla gets you foo.bar.pdf not foo.bar.bla.pdf
# Hint: Give all extensions explicitely on the command line
version='20070809'
calledas=`basename "$0"`
if [ "${calledas}" = "simpdftex" ]
then
argwithoutlead=`/bin/echo -n "$1"|sed 's/^--//'`
if [ "$1" != "" -a "$1" = "${argwithoutlead}" ]
then
formatname="$1"
shift
calledas="altpdf${formatname}"
fi
fi
argvbackup="$*"
dviprogram="dvips" # Might be dvips, dvipdfm or dvipdfmx
# maxpkdvipsopts: use only pfb's for real PS fonts, bitmaps are default for the others
maxpkdvipsopts="-Ppk"
# maxpfbdvipsopts: use as many pfb's as possible
maxpfbdvipsopts="-Poutline"
opt_dvipsopts=""
# Defaults:
# altpdftex --default is the default setting, it also works
# when there is no config.pdf file
extradvipsoptions=""
dvipsoptions="$maxpfbdvipsopts"
outputpostfix=".maxpfb"
simplename="yes"
keeppsfile="no"
echoversion="yes"
texpath=`dirname "$0"`
# Default distiller is ps2pdf from /usr/local/bin in no filter mode
# as the direct call to a filtering gs does not work yet for some reason
#distillerpath=""
#distillerprog="/usr/local/bin/gs -dCompatibility=1.3 -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=- -c save pop"
#distillerfilter="yes"
distillerpath="/usr/local/bin"
distillerprog="ps2pdf13"
distillerfilter="no"
unset outdir
debug="no"
dvipdfmoptions=""
usage()
{
cat <<_eof_help
This is simpdftex, $version
Usage: simpdftex formatname [--mode modestring]
[--dvipsopts dvipsoptstring] [--extradvipsopts dvipsoptstring] [--pdf]
[--default] [--maxpk] [--maxpfb] [--extendedname] [--no-echo-version]
[--tex-path dir] [--keep-psfile] [--distiller-path dir] [--debug]
[--distiller prog] [--distiller-filter prog] [--help]
[--outdir dir] [--extratexopts texoptsstring]
[--dvipdfmopts dvipdfmoptstring] tex-or-dvi-file
simpdftex is a way to do pdf{e}{la}tex without having pdf{e}{la}tex. It needs a
working TeX environment and one of three ways to turn DVI file into PDF:
- dvips + a distiller like ghostscript
- dvipdfm
- dvipdfmx
Since pdf{e}{la}tex cannot handle insertion of .eps graphics, simpdftex gives an
alternative when using dvips mode. The output for both systems is comparable.
simpdftex compiles the file with {LA}TeX, processes the DVI file with dvips into
PostScript and uses gs to produce pdf (with ps2pdf). Or it uses dvipdfm or
dvipdfmx to turn the DVI file into PDF. There is finegrained control over the
resulting filename and the options with which dvips produces the PostScript
intermediary file.
Dvips will call Metafont to produce bitmaps or include PostScript .pfb files
depending on the flags. See below.
The default setting is normal name, maximal use of pfb's, just like pdf{la}tex,
in other words, "pdftex file.tex" and "altpdftex file.tex" both produce an
output file file.pdf. For pdftex, output options are controlled by pdftex.cfg,
for altpdftext by config.ps (unless --pdf is given).
Arguments:
tex-or-dvi-file
If a .dvi file is given, skip the TeX process. Otherwise, TeX
the input file, dvips the resulting dvi file and ps2pdf the
resulting ps file
--mode
Tell simpdftex how to go from DVI to PDF. There are three modes:
- dvips
- dvipdfm
- dvipdfmx
--dpx
Compatibility flag with simpdftex_dpmx. Equal to --mode dvipdfmx
--dpm
Compatibility flag with simpdftex_dpmx. Equal to --mode dvipdfm
--help
Display this message and exit
--no-echo-version
Do not echo location and version of this script. Does not exit
so can be used tochange info to the output of a real run
--debug
Add some debug output
--extendedname
Depending on the mode, adds intermediary extensions to the
output filename. If the mode is --pdf, .pdfmode is added. If
the mode is --maxpk, ,maxpk is added and if the mode is
--maxpfb, .maxpfb is added. Example:
tex-or-dvi-file-basename.maxpfb.pdf
--maxpk
Use Metafont bitmaps (pk files) when possible. Only real
PostScript fonts (like Times Roman) are included as
PostScript fonts. All other fonts are included as bitmaps
for the default printer resolution. This options produces
optimal results for the chosen printer.
For file contents (not name) equivalent to:
--dvipsopts "-Ppk"
Not yet functional for the other modes.
--maxpfb
Use PostScript pfb files whenever possible. This produces
optimal results for the screen.
For file contents (not name) equivalent to:
--dvipsopts "-Poutline"
If any font is included as TeX pk bitmap, it is rendered
at the default resolution.
Not yet functional for the other modes.
--pdf
Select .pdfmode extension for the output file name if
--extendedname has been set. Use printer definition
config.pdf. For file contents (not name) equivalent to
--dvipsopts "-Ppdf"
Note that the default config.pdf assumes resolution 8000
for bitmaps and bitmap generation fails at this resolution
because there exists no known mode for that resolution.
--default
Select no extension for the output file name, even if
--extendedfilename has been set. Use standard printer
definition config.ps. For file contents (not name) equivalent
to:
--dvipsopts "" --noextendedname
--dvipsopts
Give arbitrary arguments to dvips, e.g.
--dvipsopts "-M"
Sets extension for --extendedfilename to .custom. --dvipsopts
overrides other flags that set dvipsopts.
--extratexopts
Give extra arbitrary arguments to tex, e.g.
--extratexopts "--interaction=nonstopmode"
Sets extra options for the tex command that is used.
--extradvipsopts
Give extra arbitrary arguments to dvips, e.g.
--extradvipsopts "-M"
Sets extra options for dvips and does not set extension
or override other options. Options will be added to the end
of the options for dvips
--keep-psfile
After running dvips, copy the ps file over to the directory
where the tex file is, possibly overwriting a ps file
that is there. Use with caution, a ps file could be input
as well.
--tex-path
Give path of TeX binaries, use directory of this script
otherwise
--distiller prog
Use a distiller different from ps2pdf which is the default.
Argument must be an executable or executable script that
gets called iwth two arguments: input file (PS) and output
file (PDF). E.g.:
--distiller=/usr/local/alternate/bin/ps2pdf
--distiller=pstill
Using this flag sets the distiller filter mode to off
This flag only makes sense in dvips mode
--distiller-filter prog
Use a distiller executable or executable script which is
called with the PS input as standard input and which writes
the PDF output to standard output. E.g.:
--distiller-filter=u-psbuild
This flag only makes sense in dvips mode
--distiller-path
Give path needed by the distiller binary. This path is added
to the begin of you PATH environment before the distiller is
run. The reason is that for instance ps2pdf uses the path to
find gs and sets the path to something with /sw/bin at the
beginning. Thus, installing gs from fink would make
/usr/local/bin/ps2pdf find another gs than intended. By giving
an empty path, the path is not changed before the distiller
program is run. The default is empty.
This flag only makes sense in dvips mode
--dvipdfmopts
Give arbitrary arguments to dvipdfm or dvipdfmx, e.g.
--dvipdfmopts "-c"
Sets extension for --extendedfilename to .custom. --dvipdfmopts
overrides other flags that set dvipdfmopts.
--outdir dir
Write files here *if* our current directory is unwritable. This
mimicks the TEXMFOUTPUT environment variable of TeX, but
differently. The current dir becomes the value of --outdir and
the directory where the old current dir is added to TEXINPUTS.
This is more robust for reading and locating files.
You can also set TEXMFOUTPUT instead, but with a disadvantage:
you will be running TeXin the current dir. And you will not be
able to read files in the outdir unless you also adapt
TEXINPUTS.
The defaults for the distiller are
Path addition: "${distillerpath}"
Filter mode: "${distillerfilter}"
Program: "${distillerprog}"
Later flags override settings of earlier flags.
_eof_help
}
while test $# -gt 0
do
case $1 in
--help)
usage
exit 0;;
--dvipsopts)
shift
outputpostfix=".custom"
dvipsoptions="$1"
;;
--dvipdfmopts)
outputpostfix=".custom"
shift
dvipdfmoptions="$1"
;;
--dvipdfopts) # Compatibility with simpdftex_dpmx
shift
dvipdfmoptions="$1"
;;
--extradvipsopts)
shift
extradvipsoptions="$1"
;;
--extratexopts)
shift
extratexoptions="$1"
;;
--tex-path)
shift
texpath="$1"
;;
--pdf)
outputpostfix=".pdfmode"
dvipsoptions="-P pdf"
;;
--default)
outputpostfix=""
dvipsoptions=""
# Use the default print option in config.ps
;;
--maxpk)
outputpostfix=".maxpk"
dvipsoptions="$maxpkdvipsopts"
;;
--maxpfb)
outputpostfix=".maxpbfb"
dvipsoptions="$maxpfbdvipsopts"
;;
--extendedname)
simplename="no"
;;
--keep-psfile)
keeppsfile="yes"
;;
--debug)
debug="yes"
;;
--distiller-path)
shift
distillerpath="$1"
;;
--distiller)
shift
distillerprog="$1"
distillerfilter="no"
;;
--mode)
shift
if [ "$1" = "dvips" -o "$1" = "dvipdfm" -o "$1" = "dvipdfmx" ]
then
dviprogram="$1"
else
/bin/echo "Unknown mode $1"
exit 1
fi
;;
--outdir)
shift
export TEXINPUTS=`pwd`:`kpsewhich --expand-var '$TEXINPUTS'`
export TEXMFOUTPUT="$1"
outdir="$1/"
outdirset="yes"
cd "$1"
;;
--distiller-filter)
shift
distillerprog="$1"
distillerfilter="yes"
;;
--no-echo-version)
echoversion="no"
;;
--dpx) # Compatibility with simpdftex_dpmx
dviprogram="dvipdfmx"
;;
--dpm) # Compatibility with simpdftex_dpmx
dviprogram="dvipdfm"
;;
--*)
/bin/echo "Unknown option $1"
exit 1;;
"")
;;
*)
break;;
esac
shift
done
if [ "${echoversion}" = "yes" -a "${debug}" = "no" ]
then
/bin/echo "### This is $0, Version ${version}"
fi
if [ "${debug}" = "yes" ]
then
/bin/echo "##### This is $0, Version ${version}"
/bin/echo "##### Arguments: ${argvbackup}"
fi
run_dvipdfm()
{
/bin/echo "### ${texpath}/${dviprogram} ${dvipdfmoptions} -o ${pdffile} ${dvifile}"
"${texpath}/${dviprogram}" ${dvipdfmoptions} -o "${pdffile}" "${dvifile}" || \
{ /bin/echo "### FAILED to generate ${pdffile} (${status})"; \
exit 1; }
}
run_dvips()
{
/bin/echo "### ${texpath}/${dviprogram} -R ${dvipsoptions} ${extradvipsoptions} -o ${psfile} ${dvifile}"
"${texpath}/${dviprogram}" -R ${dvipsoptions} ${extradvipsoptions} -o "${psfile}" "${dvifile}" || \
{ /bin/echo "### FAILED to generate ${psfile} (${status})"; \
exit 1; }
if [ "${keeppsfile}" = "yes" ]; then
/bin/echo "### Saving intermediary ps file ${psfile} as ${savedpsfile}"
/bin/cp "${psfile}" "${savedpsfile}" || \
/bin/echo "### FAILED to save ${psfile} (${status})"
fi
if [ "${distillerpath}" != "" ]; then
PATH="${distillerpath}:${PATH}";export PATH
if [ "${debug}" = "yes" ]; then
/bin/echo "##### PATH set to ${PATH}"
fi
fi
if [ "${distillerfilter}" = "yes" ]; then
/bin/echo "### ${distillerprog} <${psfile} >${pdffile}"
"${distillerprog}" <"${psfile}" >"${pdffile}" || \
{ /bin/echo "### FAILED to generate ${pdffile} (${status})"
exit 1; }
else
/bin/echo "### ${distillerprog} ${psfile} ${pdffile}"
"${distillerprog}" "${psfile}" "${pdffile}" || \
{ /bin/echo "### FAILED to generate ${pdffile} (${status})"
exit 1; }
fi
}
cleanup()
{
if [ "${tmpdir}" != "" -a "${debug}" = "no" ]
then
rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
fi
}
terminated()
{
cleanup
exit 1;
}
trap 'terminated' 15
main()
{
if [ "${file}" = "" ]
then
/bin/echo "simpdftex Empty argument: tex-or-dvi-file-name"
exit 1
fi
# Argument handling
if [ "${simplename}" = "yes" ]
then
outputpostfix=""
fi
startwithdvi="no"
basename=`basename "${file}"`
nosuffixbasename=`/bin/echo -n ${basename}|sed 's/\.[^.]*$//'`
nodvisuffixbasename=`/bin/echo -n ${basename}|sed 's/\.[dD][vV][iI]$//'`
if [ "${nodvisuffixbasename}" = "${nosuffixbasename}" -a \
"${basename}" != "${nosuffixbasename}" ]
then
startwithdvi="yes"
fi
kpsefilename=`kpsewhich "${file}"`
slashdirname=`dirname "${kpsefilename}"`/
if [ ! -w "." ]
then
if [ "${TEXMFOUTPUT}" != "" ]
then
outdir="${TEXMFOUTPUT}/"
outdirset="yes"
if [ "${autoinput}" = "yes" ]
then
export TEXINPUTS=${TEXMFOUTPUT}:`kpsewhich --expand-var '$TEXINPUTS'`
fi
else
/bin/echo "### Cannot write in current directory and no redirect found. Bailing out..."
exit 1
fi
fi
# Assume the command is called altpdf* where the rest is the actual tex
# program to be run
texprogram=`/bin/echo ${calledas}|sed 's/altpdf//'`
if [ "${texprogram}" = "omega" -o "${texprogram}" = "lambda" ]
then
dvips="odvips"
else
dvips="dvips"
fi
# Handle temp dir (cleanup is called on signal)
tmpext=$$-`/bin/date +"%s"`
tmpdir="/tmp/altpdf${texprogram}.${tmpext}"
# Force removal of possible existing tmpdir
cleanup
# Make new version
mkdir "${tmpdir}"
if [ "${startwithdvi}" = "yes" ]
then
dvifile="${file}"
else
texfile="${file}"
dvifile="${outdir}${nosuffixbasename}.dvi"
fi
psfile="${tmpdir}/${nosuffixbasename}${outputpostfix}.ps"
savedpsfile="${outdir}${nosuffixbasename}.ps"
pdffile="${tmpdir}/${nosuffixbasename}${outputpostfix}.pdf"
savedpdffile="${outdir}${nosuffixbasename}${outputpostfix}.pdf"
if [ "${debug}" = "yes" ]
then
/bin/echo "##### TeX file: $texfile"
/bin/echo "##### DVI file: $dvifile"
if [ "${dviprogram}" = "dvips" ]
then
/bin/echo "##### PS file: $psfile"
/bin/echo "##### Saved PS file: $savedpsfile"
fi
/bin/echo "##### Created PDF file: $pdffile"
/bin/echo "##### Final PDF file: $savedpdffile"
/bin/echo "##### Environment:"
env | sed 's/^/##### /g'
fi
if [ "${startwithdvi}" = "yes" ]; then
/bin/echo "### Skipping ${texprogram} ${texfile} [dvi->pdf only]"
else
/bin/echo "### ${texpath}/${texprogram} ${texfile}"
"${texpath}/${texprogram}" ${extratexoptions} "${texfile}" || \
/bin/echo "### WARNING: TeX returned non zero exit status ${status}"
fi
case "${dviprogram}" in
"dvips")
run_dvips;;
"dvipdfm")
run_dvipdfm;;
"dvipdfmx")
run_dvipdfm;;
*)
/bin/echo "### ERROR: wrong dvipdf mode ${dviprogram}"
esac
/bin/echo "### Copying/moving pdf file ${pdffile} to ${savedpdffile}"
/bin/cp "${pdffile}" "${savedpdffile}.${tmpext}" || \
/bin/echo "### FAILED to copy ${pdffile} (${status})"
/bin/rm -f "${savedpdffile}"
/bin/mv "${savedpdffile}.${tmpext}" "${savedpdffile}" || \
/bin/echo "### FAILED to rename ${savedpdffile}.${tmpext} (${status})"
if [ "${startwithdvi}" = "yes" ]; then
if [ "${keeppsfile}" = "yes" ]; then
/bin/echo "### Succesfully generated ${savedpdffile} and ${savedpsfile}"
else
/bin/echo "### Succesfully generated ${savedpdffile}"
fi
else
if [ "${keeppsfile}" = "yes" ]; then
/bin/echo "### Succesfully generated ${dvifile}, ${savedpdffile} and ${savedpsfile}"
else
/bin/echo "### Succesfully generated ${dvifile} and ${savedpdffile}"
fi
fi
cleanup
}
for file in "$@"
do
main
done
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For the past five years we have worked with Spectrum News to introduce and train their journalists on visual, character driven storytelling using smartphones helping to create a different kind of local news for their network of 24-Hour News Stations across the United States.
In 2006, we were approached by the United Nations. Rather than rely on news outlets, it would be much easier to train the field operatives to produce their own stories. We spent two years working with the UN, training more than 100 of their staff in bootcamps in Geneva and Nairobi.
We trained 50 print reporters at the paper to shoot and tell their own stories, in conjunction with their print work. We built a TV newsroom in their existing print newsroom – you could not ask for a better set and they began to live stream their stories in conjunction with their print work.
We spent two years with McGraw Hill, training more than 150 of their staffers, making them completely video literate. McGraw/Hill media properties we transit included Business Week, Aviation Week, (what was the name of the architecture magazine), and JD Power and Associates.
In 1990, we were approached by The Voice of America, the official broadcasting agency for the United States Government. When we met with VOA, they were only a short wave radio broadcaster, but working with them, we took them into television, launching VOA-TV.
British based Oyster Yachts makes some of the finest yachts in the world. Like every other company, they had to find a way to feed the never-ending video demands of social media – sites like Instagram and TikTok. We trained the Oyster staff to tell their own stories, using only iPhones.
We were approached by SEPA, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency because they had to continually find a way to ‘feed the media beast’. The result was that SEPA was able to tell their own stories, whenever they wanted, and at almost no additional cost.
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
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