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- Subject: Re: EPSF or MacIntosh Pict -> fig Converter
- Message-ID: <168C78EEE.M16302@mwvm.mitre.org>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 15:09:41 GMT
- References: <1gtjqcINN2ab@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <1992Dec24.001739.15289@stortek.com>
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- What does this all mean in terms of the desired conversion?
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- In article <1992Dec24.001739.15289@stortek.com>
- pg@sanitas.stortek.com (Paul Gilmartin) writes:
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- >
- >Peter Harris (pharris@ucscm.ucsc.edu) wrote:
- >: Well, since EPSF is (supposed to be) just a
- >: PostScript file with an accompanying PICT for
- >: viewing, [ ... ]
- >
- >***** Culture Gap Alert! *****
- >While the above statement is Gospel to a Macophile (quite literally -- it's
- >straight out of the "Macintosh Bible" -- I can't cite chapter and verse
- >offhand), it's regarded as quaint and parochial in the Terra Incognita
- >outside the Mac Universe. See the Adobe PostScript Language Reference
- >Manual (Red Book) (either edition) for the more widely accepted definition.
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