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Article #2300PS ---> EPS converter?
From: Bob Donahue
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 15:39
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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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!spdcc!rdonahue From: rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: PS ---> EPS converter? Message-ID: <1992Oct13.153922.3438@spdcc.com> Date: 13 Oct 92 15:39:22 GMT Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Oct13.153922.3438 Organization: insert anything here Lines: 34