README

Python bindings for libqrencode (http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.en.html) using Cython


Credit and inspiration to:
 - http://pyqrcode.sourceforge.net/
 (this is essentially a cleaned up version of the Encoder, eliminating all the Java dependencies)
 
 - libqrencode, by Fukuchi Kentaro
 http://megaui.net/fukuchi/works/qrencode/index.en.html

 - PyQrCodec, by Stefano Pedemonte
 http://www.pedemonte.eu/pyqr/index.py/pyqrhome


Tested on:
 * Mac OSX 10.6.4 Snow Leopard, Python 2.6.1 (64-bit)
 * CentOS 5.5, Python 2.6.4 (64-bit)


Pre-requisites on all platforms:
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 * you need libqrencode somewhere in your LD path (/usr/local/lib)
 * you need qrencode.h somewhere on your include path (/usr/local/include)
 
 ** if you want to play with the code generation you need Cython (tested with 0.13)
     $ easy_install cython
     $ cython qrencode.pyx


Installation
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$ python setup.py install