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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-03-23 01:03:54 +0000
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+ +---------------------------------------------+
+ | PURIFYEPS |
+ | |
+ | Convert an ordinary Encapsulated PostScript |
+ | file (.eps) into one that works with both |
+ | LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. |
+ | |
+ | By Scott Pakin, scott+peps@pakin.org |
+ +---------------------------------------------+
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming
+relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary
+Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format
+in the LaTeX world. purifyeps converts EPS files into a "purified"
+form that can be read by *both* LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick
+is that the standard LaTeX2e graphics packages can parse
+MetaPost-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an
+arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that MetaPost
+outputs.
+
+Documentation is provided in Unix man-page format and in PDF
+(U.S. letter-sized). In addition, executing "purifyeps --help" gives
+basic command-line usage.
+
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+To run purifyeps, you will need the following:
+
+ * Perl (http://www.cpan.org)
+
+ * pstoedit (http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit)
+
+ * a LaTeX distribution that includes MetaPost (mpost)
+
+purifyeps itself is a Perl script. On certain operating systems, you
+may need to rename purifyeps (e.g., to purifyeps.pl) to notify the
+system that purifyeps is, in fact, a Perl script.
+
+
+Copyright and license
+---------------------
+
+Copyright (C) 2009 by Scott Pakin
+
+This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of
+the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license
+or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this
+license is in:
+
+ http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+
+and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
+version 2006/05/20 or later.