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Article #7560Re: Encapsulated Postscript to Postscript
From: Mark Alexander
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1988 00:02
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1988 00:02
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In article <1482@scolex> bobs@sco.COM (Bob Stayton) writes: >An encapsulated postscript file is a page description >without the "showpage" command. This is not true, according to Adobe's EPSF spec. An EPSF file can have a showpage, just like any PS file. But when you want to include an EPSF file in your PS document, you redefine showpage to be a no-op before the EPSF file, then undefine this bogus showpage afterwards. This is described clearly by Adobe, and it is exactly the approach taken by Borland's Sprint text formatter when you include an EPSF file using @eps(). (Sprint is actually a nice way to learn about PostScript, in addition to being a neat Scribe-type formatter.) -- Mark Alexander (UUCP: amdahl!drivax!alexande) "Bob-ism: the Faith that changes to meet YOUR needs." --Bob (as heard on PHC)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!oberon!cit-vax!amdahl!drivax!alexande From: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Encapsulated Postscript to Postscript Keywords: help. help. help. Message-ID: <3881@drivax.UUCP> Date: 16 Oct 88 00:02:29 GMT References: <415@pyuxf.UUCP> <897@galaxy> <1482@scolex> Reply-To: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander) Distribution: na Organization: Bob-ist Temple of Monterey Lines: 16