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Article #6449Re: SUMMARY: How can I tell if a PS file is in color?
From: Allen B
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:11
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:11
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In article <C15wH7.KpH@newsflash.concordia.ca> peter@Civil.Concordia.CA (Peter Kaldis) writes: > These get the color, and set the color, respectively. So doing a simple > grep on the file and searching for words like "color" should do the trick > Thanks Jon. I meant to reply to you, but I've been ill. You can also wedge all the painting commands (stroke, fill, show, etc.) with a stub routine that checks the current color. If it's not a gray shade, you can print a message back down the error channel. I could modify my debugdict to do that pretty easily. (Jon knows what I'm talking about. right?) That would work in nearly any case (if they insist on using things in systemdict it won't), and you'd only need to preface your file with a new header and print it once to any device (or run it through GhostScript or something). If you'd like to see that solution, I'll post it, but I haven't written it yet. (It shouldn't be very hard to make from what I already have though.) ab
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!news From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: How can I tell if a PS file is in color? Message-ID: <C17uJr.F8B@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (USENET News) Organization: Purdue University References: <C15wH7.KpH@newsflash.concordia.ca> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:11:50 GMT Lines: 24