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authorSiep Kroonenberg <siepo@cybercomm.nl>2008-07-27 20:42:58 +0000
committerSiep Kroonenberg <siepo@cybercomm.nl>2008-07-27 20:42:58 +0000
commit7aeaf5c135f604e1fe30c5c6ecc2b11b54f01e67 (patch)
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parent81d3bf31b8ea3a46c75779abba79692988607eda (diff)
epspdf: updated docs, minor tweaks
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@9821 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ configurable; see below under <a href="#configure">The Configuration
screen.</a></p>
<p>The View button is grayed if epspdf thinks that there is no
-previewer for the current file.</p>
+previewer for the current file; see <a href="index.html#preview">the
+epspdf main page</a> for details.</p>
<p class="display"><img src="images/greenbroccoli.png" alt=""/></p>
@@ -120,6 +121,15 @@ represent eps files on screen without having to interpret the
PostScript code itself. Epspdf currently has no option to preserve
or add them.</p>
+<h2>On-the-fly conversion</h2>
+
+<p>Daniel Becker wrote a LaTeX package epspdfconversion which
+converts eps files on the fly to pdf, like Heiko Oberdiek's epstopdf
+package, but with epspdf as backend. It can make use of the epspdf
+conversion options. Both packages are available from <a
+href="http://www.tug.org/ctan.html">CTAN</a> and included in TeX
+Live.</p>
+
<h2>Exporting PostScript from Windows programs</h2>
<p>Often, the only way to get EPS or PostScript from a Windows
@@ -158,14 +168,24 @@ PostScript output option. Using the Archive output option instead
solved the problem. In general, experiment a bit in generating
your PostScript.</p>
+<h3>Mac OS X problems with epspdftk</h3>
+
+<p>Even though epspdftk is not an X11 program, you may still need
+some pieces of X11 and the X11 SDK, which are optional installs of
+OS X.</p>
+
+<p>Under Leopard, the window that is displayed during the conversion
+stays blank. I have no idea why.</p>
+
<h3>Resources for troubleshooting</h3>
-<p><i>Logfile.</i> Epspdf and epspdftk maintain a log file
-epspdf.log in your home directory or, in case of Windows, your
-profile directory. This profile directory may be c:\Documents and
-Settings\&lt;your user name>. Otherwise, open a DOS box and type
-'<tt>echo %USERPROFILE%</tt>', which will produce this
-information.</p>
+<p><i>Logfile.</i> Epspdf and epspdftk maintain a log file. For Unix
+and Mac OS X it is epspdf.log in your home directory. For Windows,
+it is epspdf.log or epspdftl.log in your profile directory. The
+latter filename is used if epspdf is embedded in TeX Live. This
+profile directory may be c:\Documents and Settings\&lt;your user
+name>. Otherwise, open a DOS box and type '<tt>echo
+%USERPROFILE%</tt>', which will produce this information.</p>
<p>This logfile lists all Ghostscript- and pdftops program
calls plus error information. 'EPCallError' is probably a program
@@ -175,11 +195,11 @@ may be a program error as well.</p>
<p><i>Temporary files.</i> The temporary files may give clues as
well. They will be deleted at the end of the session (for the
command-line version, give a -d parameter to keep the temporary
-files). Check the logfile which temporary files have been
+files). The logfile can tell you which temporary files have been
created.</p>
<h3><a href="index.html">Main page...</a></h3>
<hr/>
-<p class="fineprint">Last revised: Noverber 20, 2006</p>
+<p class="fineprint">Last revised: July 27, 2008</p>
</body></html>