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- Psfix: Massage PostScript output from programs such as Windows and
- Word Perfect to help make journeys through various computers
- in a printable state.
-
- Use: psfix [options] filelist outext
-
- where outext is the extension for output files. Output file names are
- a concatenation of the input file name (minus extension) and outext.
- For example, "psfix foo.ps pps" will produce the output file foo.pps.
- Options can go anywhere on the command line, but outext must follow
- the file list. Full DOS path specification is supported for input
- files. Output files appear in the current working directory. You'll
- be prompted if you try to clobber existing output files.
-
- Options:
- -D Leave control-D's intact (default = strip all ^D characters)
- -nnn Desired output line length (default = 80)
-
- Example: psfix -255 c:/foo/*.ps pps -D
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- Psfix performs the following actions:
- * Lines are broken to nnn bytes or less, at an appropriate place
- to preserve valid PostScript commands.
- * Inline comments are stripped.
- * Control-D's are stripped (optional)
- * Lone carriage returns are replaced by CR+LF.
- * Tabs are replaced by a space.
-
- Please direct comments, gripes, suggestions, etc. to
-
- Marc A. Murison
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- 60 Garden Street, MS 63
- Cambridge, MA 02138
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- (617) 495-7079
- murison@cfacx2.harvard.edu
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- I'm not a PostScript expert, so if you have any pointers on PostScript
- usage that psfix should be aware of, please give a holler.
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- DISCLAIMER & RESTRICTIONS (Don't you hate this stuff?)
-
- This software is the property of the Smithsonian Astrophysical
- Observatory and the U.S. government. It may be freely distributed
- under the following conditions:
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- 1. It is distributed in its current form, without alterations.
- 2. No monetary profit is made, under any circumstances.
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- No claims are made regarding bug-free operation. Responsibility for
- any loss resulting from use of this software rests entirely on the
- user. So there.
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