If you downloaded the binary distribution of Batik, you should have a file called batik-1.5beta3.zip, and, after expanding that file, a JAR (Java ARchive) file called batik-svgpp.jar. To start the pretty-printer, open a console, go to the directory where you expanded the distribution (and where batik-svgpp.jar. is located) and simply type the following at the command prompt :

java -jar batik-svgpp.jar [@options] [@files]

For example, if you type:

java -jar batik-svgpp.jar samples/batikFX.svg

you will see the indented document on the standard output.

You can pass options to the command line:

• -newline <cr | cr-lf | lf> lets you select the newline character(s) generated in the printed document. The default is 'lf' (unix style newline).
• -tab-width <number> lets you select the tabulation width. The default value is 4.
• -doc-width <number> lets you select the document preferred number of columns. The default value is 80.
• -no-format lets you preserve the current indentation. This option is useful to perform doctype or newline substitutions.
• -xml-decl <string> lets you set the XML declaration.
• -doctype <change | remove> lets you change or remove the doctype of the document.
• -public-id <string> lets you specify a public id to use when writing the document. This option is ignored unless '-doctype change' is specified.
• -system-id <string> lets you specify a system id to use when writing the document. This option is ignored unless '-doctype change' is specified.

For example:

• java -jar batik-svgpp.jar -tab-width 2 -newline cr-lf src.svg dest.svg will format 'src.svg' and write it to 'dest.svg' using a tabulation width of 2 and dos-style newlines.
• java -jar batik-svgpp.jar -no-format -doctype change -public-id "-//W3C//DTD SVG 20000802//EN" -system-id "http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-SVG-20000802/DTD/svg-20000802.dtd" src.svg dest.svg will format 'src.svg' and write it to 'dest.svg', unchanged except the doctype external id which will be replaced by the specified one.

If you downloaded the source distribution of Batik, you got a zip or tar file that expanded into a directory called xml-batik. In that directory, you can find build scripts for the platform you are running on. For example, there is a build.bat script for users of the Windows platform and there is a build.sh script for UNIX users.

To start the pretty-printer you should:

• Make sure the xml-batik directory is in your PATH environment variable
• Make sure the ANT_HOME environment variable is set to the xml-batik directory
• Make sure that your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to your JDK installation directory
• Open a command line window and go to the xml-batik directory where the Batik distribution was expanded
• At the command prompt, type:
  Windows: build svgpp.
  UNIX: build.sh svgpp.
  This will printout a help message for the pretty-printer

You can pass options to the rasterizer as follows:

Windows: build svgpp [@options] [@files]

UNIX: build.sh svgpp [@options] [@files]

Refer to "Using the binary distribution" for an explanation of these options