On Wed, 2022-12-14 at 08:48 +0900, Matthis Rouch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Quite a version bump :-)
> 
> Well, it was working so well I never felt the need to update :)
> 
> Thank you for the detailed information, I will try to tinker based on
> that.
> 
> > I suppose, we could add back support to the new LaTeX class if
> > there
> > really is a good use case for it.
> 
> Come to think of it there may not really be any good use case.

The one fringe case that came up are e.g. ballots where having a QR
code might seem  a QR code might be weird on e.g. a ballot.

> In my case I updated my Tex to the new class and was trying to
> recognize data created with the old version. I guess the best way to
> proceed is to use legacy version to process legacy data.

Yup, I think that is a good solution to the problem. I would still
recommend moving to the new version when you can. But continuing to use
the old version for existing projects is a good solution.

Benjamin

> On Dec 14, 2022, at 1:39, Benjamin Berg <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 2022-12-13 at 23:59 +0900, Matthis Rouch wrote:
> > I come from an old version of sdaps and have recently updated to
> > the
> > latest version.
> 
> Quite a version bump :-)
> 
> > For page/rotation detection, I would like to use the four corner
> > boxes (one white and three black) that were used in the old version
> > rather than have a barcode or qrcode at the bottom left corner.
> > 
> > Is this possible, and if so how can it be done?
> 
> Hmm, the python code seems to still be there, but the new LaTeX class
> does not support it anymore (I suspect I simply never bothered to
> implement it, but i honestly cannot remember).
> 
> It should theoretically work to keep using the old LaTeX class with
> the
> new python version. That said, I don't think I have tested those code
> paths for a long time, so quite likely, it broke at some point.
> To try that, you would likely need to install the .cls file globally
> in
> your system or add it manually during setup by using the --add option
> for the "sdaps setup tex" command. Not sure I would recommend that.
> 
> I suppose, we could add back support to the new LaTeX class if there
> really is a good use case for it.
> 
> Benjamin
> 
> 



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