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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-05-22 23:51:44 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-05-22 23:51:44 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eps.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eps.html deleted file mode 100644 index ae5d45c197a..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eps.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label eps</title> -</head><body> -<h3>What is “Encapsulated PostScript” (“EPS”)</h3> -<p/>PostScript has been for many years a <em>lingua franca</em> of powerful -printers (modern high-quality printers now tend to require some -constrained form of Adobe Acrobat, instead); since PostScript is also a -powerful graphical programming language, it is commonly used as an -output medium for drawing (and other) packages. -<p/>However, since PostScript <em>is</em> such a powerful language, some -rules need to be imposed, so that the output drawing may be included -in a document as a figure without “leaking” (and thereby destroying -the surrounding document, or failing to draw at all). -<p/>Appendix H of the PostScript Language Reference Manual (second -and subsequent editions), specifies a set of rules for PostScript to -be used as figures in this way. The important features are: -<ul> -<li> certain “structured comments” are required; important ones are - the identification of the file type, and information about the - “bounding box” of the figure (i.e., the minimum rectangle - enclosing it); -<li> some commands are forbidden — for example, a <code>showpage</code> - command will cause the image to disappear, in most TeX-output - environments; and -<li> “preview information” is permitted, for the benefit of things - such as word processors that don’t have the ability to draw - PostScript in their own right — this preview information may be in - any one of a number of system-specific formats, and any viewing - program may choose to ignore it. -</ul> -A PostScript figure that conforms to these rules is said to be in -“Encapsulated PostScript” (EPS) format. Most (La)TeX packages for -including PostScript are structured to use Encapsulated PostScript; -which of course leads to much hilarity as exasperated (La)TeX users -struggle to cope with the output of drawing software whose authors -don’t know the rules. -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=eps">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=eps</a> -</body> |