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diff --git a/Build/source/extra/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl b/Build/source/extra/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl
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--- a/Build/source/extra/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl
+++ b/Build/source/extra/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl
@@ -215,18 +215,22 @@ Options:
--gscmd=VAL pipe output to VAL (default: $GS)
--res=DPI set image resolution (default: $resmsg)
--autorotate=VAL set AutoRotatePages (default: $rotmsg)
- Recognized VAL choices: None, All, PageByPage
- For EPS files, PageByPage is equivalent to All
+ Recognized VAL choices: None, All, PageByPage;
+ for EPS files, PageByPage is equivalent to All.
--restricted use restricted mode (default: $bool[$restricted])
-Examples producing test.pdf:
+Examples all equivalently producing test.pdf:
* $program test.eps
- * produce postscript | $program --filter >test.pdf
- * produce postscript | $program -f -d -o=test.pdf
+ * cat test.eps | $program --filter >test.pdf
+ * cat test.eps | $program -f -o=test.pdf
-Example: look for HiResBoundingBox and produce corrected PostScript:
+Example to look for HiResBoundingBox and produce corrected PostScript:
* $program -d --nogs --hires test.ps >testcorr.ps
+Options may start with either - or --, and may be unambiguously
+abbreviated. It is best to use the full option name in scripts, though,
+to avoid possible collisions with new options in the future.
+
When reporting bugs, please include an input file and command line
options so the problem can be reproduced.