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PS ---> EPS converter?

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From: Bob Donahue
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 15:39
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	Anyone know of/have a decent PS--->EPS converter?
(ie. take PostScript files, look at the code, determine a boundingbox
then write out the PS file in EPS format with the %%BoundingBox: line
included and the page stuff filtered out).

	I'm working with a graphics package that produces PostScript,
but doesn't have an encapsualted mode.  Right now I can produce stuff
that doesn't have the page stuff in the file (so the 4th part above
isdn't really needed) but I have to print it, measure the plot, calculate
the BoundingBox by hand then edit it in, etc.  No huge chore, but it would
be a little bit of a timesaver to just pour it into a nice ps2eps
program... so if one is just lying around...

	Additionally wrt to the neat thread going on about 
mixed portrait/landscape groff output (in the sense that one page
is portrait flipping to landscape mode for a subsequent page and then
back): I haven't had reason to use it, but I *know* that that day will come!
If someone gets it to work (so far what people have said gave me the
impression that people think it will work, but I might be misreading)
I would really appreciate a test groff file to try it out on or
use as a template, *esp.* if it uses the .PSPIC extension (which has
made caused my blood pressure to go down!)

	On the frivolous side (look ma 3 posts for the price of one!)
I'm always interested in adding to my list of "why *roff is better than
TeX".  I fee like the last of the great text formatters where I am
since everyone else is going the TeX route.  I'm also now the fastest
in terms of output too, esp. wrt to things like tables, etc. (fancy that!)
I don't want to start a TeX/*roff flame war/religious e-jihad(!) so
enjoy what works best for you, but if there are differences feel
free to e-mail me.

BBC
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From: rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue)
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Subject: PS ---> EPS converter?
Message-ID: <1992Oct13.153922.3438@spdcc.com>
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:39:22 GMT
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