Article View: comp.lang.postscript
Article #2404Question about Concatenating PS Files
From: Grant Williamson
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 1990 21:13
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 1990 21:13
28 lines
1602 bytes
1602 bytes
I want to take an arbitary number of PostScript files and concatenate
them together for subsequent processing by various PostScript programs.
Based on a few tests and my *very* limited knowledge of PostScript,
I've reached the conclusion that merely concatenating the two (or more)
files together without some sort of re-structuring is *not* acceptable.
The (multi-part) question is:
1. Is this even a feasible concept (concatenation of PostScript files)?
2. If so, I would imagine that a filter should be written which
would restructure the concatenated contents into something that
looks like a single cohesive document. Do you think this filter
would be difficult to write in a robust fashion (so that it
won't fail for non-trivial PostScript files)?
3. If a generalized filter isn't an option, is there perhaps
some way to reset all PostScript parameters at the beginning
of each new document appearing in the concatenated file?
If you can give me any pointers, hints, references, code ;^), please
do so by sending e-mail to grantw@sun.com.
Your help is greatly appreciated!
--
-Grant
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<138052@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!rex!ames!amdcad!sun!zooid.Eng.Sun.COM!grantwShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!rex!ames!amdcad!sun!zooid.Eng.Sun.COM!grantw From: grantw@zooid.Eng.Sun.COM (Grant Williamson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Question about Concatenating PS Files Message-ID: <138052@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 28 Jun 90 21:13:37 GMT Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 28