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Re: A program to convert .ps to .eps?

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From: Philip Machanick
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 1990 19:23
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In article <90232.075141HBX@psuvm.psu.edu>, HBX@psuvm.psu.edu (Terry
Harrison 336 Beam BAB 3-3357) writes:
> Is there a program (PD or otherwise) that will take a postscript file and
> and convert it to EPS?  For example, I would like to run a postscript graph
> from mathematica through it, and then include it as a \special in TeX.
> 
In general, this is a difficult problem (e.g., EPS requires the bounding box
of the picture, and the absence of some global state-changing operations).

However, in the example cited, it's simple: run your Mathematica graph through
psfix, which is supplied with the Mathematica package.

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu
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