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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
:-)
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