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- A. MacRae - June 6, 1994.
- Version 0.5
-
- nxps2ai - a script to convert Postscript files to Adobe Illustrator v.3.0
- files using DPS on NEXTSTEP machines.
-
- REQUIREMENTS: "pft" as available under NEXTSTEP. According to the
- "ps2ai.ps" documentation, a Level 2 Postscript device is normally
- required, which also implies v.3.x of NEXTSTEP. I have not tested
- whether it will _not_ work on v.2.x.
-
- VERSION HISTORY:
-
- <unnamed, initial release> - June 4, 1994
-
- <unnamed, fixed release> - June 5, 1994 - initial archive was corrupted
- (sigh)
-
- 0.5 - Due to a peculiarity not present in Ghostscript, but present in "pft",
- the script file must append a "flush" command to flush the output from
- the Window Server. This is required to properly terminate the file,
- but Virtuoso is smart enough to ignore the problem if the file is
- truncated prematurely (this is why I had not noticed - sigh). There
- are still some interesting quirks between the Ghostscript output and
- the DPS output, particularly a few extra state commands that are tossed
- at the end of the output from DPS, immediately after the %%EndDocument.
- This does not seem to be a problem for most readers, but looks ugly.
- Personally, I would regard the necessity of the "flush" as a bug when
- the "-s" option is used with "pft". If you send a file and immediately
- exit, I think it is safe to assume the user wants all the output back
- :-)
-