[TriLUG] Open source for ps editing

[Frye, Matthew]

Schaaaweeeet.  Thx.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Perrin [mailto:clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu]
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:21 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Open source for ps editing
> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 May 2004, Frye, Matthew wrote:
> 
> > Well, let me propose a scenario.  I have a vendor who wants 
> some technical
> > data, essentially a document, in ps format.  Postscript is 
> what they read
> > into their validation tool.  Now I have the data in plain 
> text.  I need to
> > put it into postscript format.
> >
> > MPF
> 
> If it's literally just text, then:
> 
> a2ps -1 -o outfile.ps infile
> 
> If it's LaTeX:
> 
> latex infile.tex
> dvips -o outfile.ps outfile
> 
> If it's in a word processor, you can typically print 
> postscript to a file.
> OpenOffice, for example, has a "print to file" box to check; if you've
> selected a generic postscript printer, the output will be postscript.
> 
> Adobe offers drivers for Windows to do the same thing, but if you're
> posting to this list I assume you don't want those.
> 
> ap
> 
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