Kuroko

Kuroko is a small tool to convert from EMF to PDF.

• You can download a pre-compiled package (kuroko-win32-x64.zip) for Windows (10/11) from here.
• A typical use of this tool is to create PDF files from PowerPoint/Excel for use in LaTeX.
• It captures EMF data from a clipboard and converts it to PDF.
• In a similar way as MetafileToEPSConverter, which makes EPS files, you can make PDF files from figures on PowerPoint/Excel and can use them in LaTeX.
• Kuroko can run only on Windows 10/11, because it relies on "Microsoft Print to PDF" printer.
• It relies on a small command line tool Kuroko-CLI.

Known issues

• Translucent objects are not converted correctly.
• Mixing raster and vector images in PowerPoint may lead to incorrect results.

How to build

Non-developer users are recommended to use a pre-compiled binary available here.

• Install the following:
  • Cygwin & GNU Make
  • node.js
  • Visual Studio Build Tools 2019 - C++ Build Tools
• Run these commands in Cygwin.

  npm install electron electron-packager -g
  make init 
  make run   # Launch kuroko directly 
  make pack  # Build a release binary
  

License

Copyright (C) 2020-2023 Ryota Shioya shioya@ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp This application is released under the 3-Clause BSD License, see LICENSE.md. This application bundles Kuroko-CLI (https://github.com/shioyadan/kuroko-cli). This application also bundles ELECTRON and many third-party packages in accordance with the licenses presented in THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md.