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From: samurai@cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy BROCKBANK)
Subject: Re: PS to EPS
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References: <1991Jun20.050319.22444@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Jun20.151457.14762@cs.mcgill.ca> <1766@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 91 16:00:38 GMT

In article <1766@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes:
>1) Try spelling "EPSF" correctly.

What the hell got up your butt today? If you have a point, make it.

>2) This program is only useful in severely limited circumstances,
>generally not those under which I've seen people ask for such a
>utility.

I use it to take PS graphic files, and transform them to EPS files
so that I can include them in WriteNow documents. It has been useful
for me. And it does a better job then just sitting there and trying
to will your file to change. Anyway, if you have something better then
post it, and e-mail me a copy. The only thing that I found to do this
was so complicated (needed GhostScript and pbmutils) that it was easier
to throw this together.

>BTW, If you haven't already done so, request
>	send Programs epsfinfo.ps
>from ps-file-server@adobe.com
>
>Remember--PS files can "legally" do things that make it
>IMPOSSIBLE to convert them to EPSF.

Did you even read anything that I wrote? IT WAS/IS
A HACK!! I repeatedly said this. And it works fine for the purpose for
which I needed it. Read the NextAnswers about converting PS to EPS. All
I did was implement the instructions that they gave. If you have a problem
with that, perhaps you should give NeXT a ring.

>					-=EPS=-

- db