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  Using eps-files in a ps-file Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-18 08:11 +0200
    Re: Using eps-files in a ps-file ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2013-07-18 07:52 +0100
      Re: Using eps-files in a ps-file Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-18 09:19 +0200
        Re: Using eps-files in a ps-file ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2013-07-18 08:51 +0100
          Re: Using eps-files in a ps-file Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-18 10:37 +0200
            Re: Using eps-files in a ps-file John Deubert <john@acumentraining.com> - 2013-07-25 10:41 -0700
              Re: Using eps-files in a ps-file Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2013-07-29 09:05 +0200

#1475 — Using eps-files in a ps-file

I am including an eps-file in my ps-file with:
    (name.ps) run

This works, but I like to put the output from the eps-file somewhere
else on my page. How would I do that?


On a side node. Until now I worked with epstopdf. When using an
eps-file this does not work. I get the following error:
    Error: /invalidfileaccess in --run--

I circumvent this now by using gs instead of epstopdf. Is it possible
to still use epstopdf, or not?

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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#1476

In article <87a9lkmm75.fsf@Aspire.decebal.nl>, Cecil@decebal.nl says...
> 
> I am including an eps-file in my ps-file with:
>     (name.ps) run

That's not really the correct way to include an EPS file.

 
> This works, but I like to put the output from the eps-file somewhere
> else on my page. How would I do that?

You need to scale, position, potentially clip the content of the EPS 
file, you should save and restore around it, you may want to take action 
to guard the stacks, etc.

The EPS specification can be found here :

http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf

You need to read section 3 "Guidelines for Importing EPS files" starting 
on page 13


	Ken

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#1477

Op donderdag 18 jul 2013 08:52 CEST schreef ken@spamcop.net:

> In article <87a9lkmm75.fsf@Aspire.decebal.nl>, Cecil@decebal.nl
> says...
>>
>> I am including an eps-file in my ps-file with:
>> (name.ps) run
>
> That's not really the correct way to include an EPS file.

That is what I found while googling. :-(


>> This works, but I like to put the output from the eps-file
>> somewhere else on my page. How would I do that?

Now I got this working with translate. Seemed first that it did not
work, but now it does.


> You need to scale, position, potentially clip the content of the EPS
> file, you should save and restore around it, you may want to take
> action to guard the stacks, etc.
>
> The EPS specification can be found here :
>
> http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf
>
> You need to read section 3 "Guidelines for Importing EPS files"
> starting on page 13

I think I understand it, except:
    ...Included EPS file here...

Or is meant that the EPS file should be merged with the input file?

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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#1478

In article <8761w8mj26.fsf@Aspire.decebal.nl>, Cecil@decebal.nl says...

> > You need to read section 3 "Guidelines for Importing EPS files"
> > starting on page 13
> 
> I think I understand it, except:
>     ...Included EPS file here...
> 
> Or is meant that the EPS file should be merged with the input file?

Ordinarily an EPS file is included as a kind of black box into another 
document. On the application display you might get a little preview of 
what it looks like, or you might get some icon. When the document is 
printed to PostScript (and you can't easily include any EPS when 
printing to anything else) the EPS file is inserted verbatim at that 
point.

So yes, that's the normal way to do it. In your case however you could 
just use the "(filename) run" method.


		Ken

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#1479

Op donderdag 18 jul 2013 09:51 CEST schreef ken@spamcop.net:

> In article <8761w8mj26.fsf@Aspire.decebal.nl>, Cecil@decebal.nl
> says...
>
>>> You need to read section 3 "Guidelines for Importing EPS files"
>>> starting on page 13
>>
>> I think I understand it, except:
>> ...Included EPS file here...
>>
>> Or is meant that the EPS file should be merged with the input file?
>
> Ordinarily an EPS file is included as a kind of black box into
> another document. On the application display you might get a little
> preview of what it looks like, or you might get some icon. When the
> document is printed to PostScript (and you can't easily include any
> EPS when printing to anything else) the EPS file is inserted
> verbatim at that point.
>
> So yes, that's the normal way to do it. In your case however you
> could just use the "(filename) run" method.

At the moment it is all handwritten code. I am using a preprocessor
that includes my own libaries. It should not be to difficult to expand
it with including the eps files. Wil make things more secure, so a
good thing to do I think.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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#1509

On 2013-07-18 08:37:44 +0000, Cecil Westerhof said:

> Op donderdag 18 jul 2013 09:51 CEST schreef ken@spamcop.net:
> 
>> In article <8761w8mj26.fsf@Aspire.decebal.nl>, Cecil@decebal.nl
>> says...
>> 
>>>> You need to read section 3 "Guidelines for Importing EPS files"
>>>> starting on page 13
>>> 
>>> I think I understand it, except:
>>> ...Included EPS file here...
>>> 
>>> Or is meant that the EPS file should be merged with the input file?
>> 
>> Ordinarily an EPS file is included as a kind of black box into
>> another document. On the application display you might get a little
>> preview of what it looks like, or you might get some icon. When the
>> document is printed to PostScript (and you can't easily include any
>> EPS when printing to anything else) the EPS file is inserted
>> verbatim at that point.
>> 
>> So yes, that's the normal way to do it. In your case however you
>> could just use the "(filename) run" method.
> 
> At the moment it is all handwritten code. I am using a preprocessor
> that includes my own libaries. It should not be to difficult to expand
> it with including the eps files. Wil make things more secure, so a
> good thing to do I think.

The November 2004 Acumen Journal has an article that covers this in
detail (entitled, cleverly, "Using EPS Files in Handwritten PostScript
Code"). It's available free for the downloading at

	http://www.acumentraining.com/acumenjournal.html

- John

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#1522

Op donderdag 25 jul 2013 19:41 CEST schreef John Deubert:

> On 2013-07-18 08:37:44 +0000, Cecil Westerhof said:
>
>> Op donderdag 18 jul 2013 09:51 CEST schreef ken@spamcop.net:
>>
>>> In article <8761w8mj26.fsf@Aspire.decebal.nl>, Cecil@decebal.nl
>>> says...
>>>
>>>>> You need to read section 3 "Guidelines for Importing EPS files"
>>>>> starting on page 13
>>>>
>>>> I think I understand it, except:
>>>> ...Included EPS file here...
>>>>
>>>> Or is meant that the EPS file should be merged with the input
>>>> file?
>>>
>>> Ordinarily an EPS file is included as a kind of black box into
>>> another document. On the application display you might get a
>>> little preview of what it looks like, or you might get some icon.
>>> When the document is printed to PostScript (and you can't easily
>>> include any EPS when printing to anything else) the EPS file is
>>> inserted verbatim at that point.
>>>
>>> So yes, that's the normal way to do it. In your case however you
>>> could just use the "(filename) run" method.
>>
>> At the moment it is all handwritten code. I am using a preprocessor
>> that includes my own libaries. It should not be to difficult to
>> expand it with including the eps files. Wil make things more
>> secure, so a good thing to do I think.
>
> The November 2004 Acumen Journal has an article that covers this in
> detail (entitled, cleverly, "Using EPS Files in Handwritten
> PostScript Code"). It's available free for the downloading at
>
> 	http://www.acumentraining.com/acumenjournal.html

I already have written the preprocessor, but I will read this and
other journals. They look interesting.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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