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Article #6121Re: Can I find a program which converts PS->DVI ? If so, where? Thanks.
From: Ian Moor
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 12:58
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 12:58
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In article <6751@ecsvax.UUCP> karim@ecsvax.UUCP (Omar A. Karim) writes:
> I use Mathematica , which writes graphs in PostScript. I have a
> LaserJet+ printer where I can process and print DVI files from
> TeX (really LaTeX). My (vain?) hope is that there exists a
> program whereby I can translate the Mathematica PS output into DVI
> and using Beebe's driver then put it out on the LaserJet+.
It would depend on what use Mathematica makes of the Postscript; Postscript is
a programming language (remember the PS program to calculate fibonacci numbers
on a LaserWriter?) but DVI is not. If the PS contains no more than font
definitions and pen movement etc then you probably could do it; its my guess
that Mathematica would produce simple-minded PS unless the authors like
stack-based languages... You might have to use a macroprocessor to expand
any local definitions at the top of the file.
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Ian W Moor
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