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@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-.TH EPSTOPDF 1 "9 March 2010"
+.TH EPSTOPDF 1 "18 March 2010"
.\" $Id$
-.\" man page originally by Jim Van Zandt
.SH NAME
epstopdf, repstopdf \- convert an EPS file to PDF
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -16,9 +15,10 @@ result is piped to Ghostscript and a PDF version written.
If the bounding box is not right, of course, there are problems.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB--outfile\fP=\fIfile\fP"
-write result to \fIfile\fP; the default is to construct the output file
-name by replacing any extension in the input file with \fI.pdf\fP. If
-\fB--nogs\fP or \fB--filter\fP is specified, write to standard output.
+write result to \fIfile\fP. If this option is not given, and
+\fB--nogs\fP or \fB--filter\fP is specified, write to standard output;
+otherwise, the default is to construct the output file name by replacing
+any extension in the input file with \fI.pdf\fP.
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBcompress\fP"
use compression (default: on).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBdebug\fP"
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ embed fonts (default: on).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBexact\fP"
scan ExactBoundingBox (default: off).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBfilter\fP"
-read standard input (default: off).
+read standard input and (unless \fB--outfile\fP is given) write standard
+output(default: off).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBgs\fP"
-run ghostscript (default: on).
+run Ghostscript (default: on).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBhires\fP"
scan HiresBoundingBox (default: off).
.IP "\fB--gscmd\fP=\fIval\fP"
@@ -55,15 +56,14 @@ Examples which produce "test.pdf":
epstopdf test.eps
produce postscript | epstopdf --filter >test.pdf
produce postscript | epstopdf -f -d -o=test.pdf
-
.fi
Example: look for HiresBoundingBox and produce corrected PostScript:
.nf
epstopdf -d --nogs --hires test.ps >testcorr.ps
.fi
.SH BUGS
-The case of "%%BoundingBox: (atend)"
-when input is not seekable (e.g., from a pipe) is not supported.
+The case of "%%BoundingBox: (atend)" when input is not seekable (e.g.,
+from a pipe) is not supported.
.PP
Report bugs in the program or this man page to tex-k@tug.org. When
reporting bugs, please include an input file and the command line
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ The epstopdf LaTeX package, part of the oberdiek bundle, which automates
running this script on the fly under TeX: http://ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf-pkg.
.SH AUTHOR
The script was originally written by Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier
-Science, with subsequent contributions from Gerben Wierda and many
-others. Currently maintained by Karl Berry.
+Science, with subsequent contributions from Thomas Esser, Gerben Wierda
+and many others. Currently maintained by Karl Berry.
.PP
Man page originally written by Jim Van Zandt.
.PP