diff --git a/academic/engauge/README b/academic/engauge/README
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+Engauge digitizing software converts an image file showing a graph or map, 
+into numbers. The image file can come from a scanner, digital camera or 
+screenshot. The numbers can be read on the screen, and written or copied 
+to a spreadsheet. Engauge Digitizer compensates for rotation, scaling 
+and skew (also known as shearing) in graphs. Engauge recognizes BMP, GIF,
+JPG, PNG, PNM, and XPM bitmaps.
+
+This requires fftw (and qt3 from the /extra/kde3-compat/ packages).
diff --git a/academic/engauge/doinst.sh b/academic/engauge/doinst.sh
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+if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
+  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications 2>/dev/null
+fi
+
diff --git a/academic/engauge/engauge.SlackBuild b/academic/engauge/engauge.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for engauge
+# written by <pedro@gepasi.org> and hereby put in the public domain
+
+PRGNAM=engauge
+VERSION=4.1
+ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/digit-src-4_1.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM
+chown -R root:root .
+chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
+
+/opt/kde3/bin/qmake \
+  QMAKE_CFLAGS+="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+  QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+  -unix digitizer.pro
+
+make
+
+# the package does not have a make install so we'll move things around
+strip --strip-unneeded bin/$PRGNAM 2>/dev/null || true
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin
+cp -a bin/$PRGNAM $PKG/usr/bin
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM
+cp -ra samples $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM
+
+# make an icon from the supplied .ico file
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
+convert src/img/digitizer.ico engauge.png
+cat engauge-0.png > $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/engauge.png
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.desktop > $PKG/usr/share/applications/$PRGNAM.desktop
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a INSTALL LICENSE README RELEASE usermanual $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+find $PKG/usr/doc -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/academic/engauge/engauge.desktop b/academic/engauge/engauge.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Engauge
+Exec=engauge
+Type=Application
+Icon=engauge
+GenericName=Graph Digitizer
+Categories=Office;
diff --git a/academic/engauge/engauge.info b/academic/engauge/engauge.info
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+++ b/academic/engauge/engauge.info
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+PRGNAM="engauge"
+VERSION="4.1"
+HOMEPAGE="http://digitizer.sourceforge.net/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/digitizer/files/Engauge%20Digitizer/digitizer-4.1/digit-src-4_1.tar.gz/download"
+MD5SUM="b76b5d6c6b47ad57e789fd3ffbbb543f"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+MAINTAINER="Pedro Mendes"
+EMAIL="pedro@gepasi.org"
+APPROVED="rworkman"
diff --git a/academic/engauge/slack-desc b/academic/engauge/slack-desc
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+++ b/academic/engauge/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+        |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+engauge: engauge - a tool to digitize graphs or maps into numbers.
+engauge:
+engauge: engauge converts an image file showing a graph or map, into numbers. 
+engauge: The image file can come from a scanner, digital camera or screenshot. 
+engauge: The numbers can be read on the screen, and written or copied to a 
+engauge: spreadsheet. Engauge Digitizer compensates for rotation, scaling and 
+engauge: skew (also known as shearing) in graphs. Engauge recognizes BMP, GIF,
+engauge: JPG, PNG, PNM, and XPM bitmaps.
+engauge:
+engauge: Homepage: http://digitizer.sourceforge.net/
+engauge: