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@@ -9,27 +9,27 @@
Table of Contents
- * [2]Features
- * [3]Prerequisites
- * [4]Installation
- * [5]Preview programs
- * [6]Files
- * [7]Releases
- * [8]User Manual
+ * [2]Features
+ * [3]Prerequisites
+ * [4]Installation
+ * [5]Preview programs
+ * [6]Files
+ * [7]Releases
+ * [8]User Manual
Features
- * Distiller
- * Works both for documents and for graphics
- * Single-page selection
- * Also converts from pdf back to PostScript and eps
- * Removal of preview headers from eps files
- * Cropping extra whitespace
- * Grayscaling (sometimes)
- * GUI- and command-line version
- * GUI-configurable preferences
- * Multiplatform: works unchanged on Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS X
- * Support for TeX Live and MiKTeX
+ * Distiller
+ * Works both for documents and for graphics
+ * Single-page selection
+ * Also converts from pdf back to PostScript and eps
+ * Removal of preview headers from eps files
+ * Cropping extra whitespace
+ * Grayscaling (sometimes)
+ * GUI- and command-line version
+ * GUI-configurable preferences
+ * Multiplatform: works unchanged on Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS X
+ * Support for TeX Live and MiKTeX
Epspdf has been created with TeX in mind. For TeX and its derivatives, eps
and pdf are the preferred graphics formats.
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ Prerequisites
These are the required and optional prerequisites, which will be checked
for when epspdf starts:
- * Ghostscript
- * pdftops from the xpdf suite, strongly recommended for better pdf to
+ * Ghostscript
+ * pdftops from the xpdf suite, strongly recommended for better pdf to
PostScript conversions
- * Ruby 1.8.x
- * Tcl/Tk is only required for the GUI interface. Only version 8.4 has
+ * Ruby 1.8.x
+ * Tcl/Tk is only required for the GUI interface. Only version 8.4 has
been tested.
- * Optional: viewers for PostScript and pdf
+ * Optional: viewers for PostScript and pdf
You may not have to install all of these yourself.
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ Prerequisites
Mac OS X (Tiger and later)
+ Warning! Epspdf has not yet been tested with Snow Leopard. There is a
+ report that epspdftk fails under Snow Leopard.
+
Ruby and Tcl/Tk are already part of the operating system. Ghostscript is
included in MacTeX, but is also available via e.g. MacPorts. You can get
pdftops from MacPorts as part of either Poppler or xpdf. Another source is
@@ -98,22 +101,22 @@ Prerequisites
TeX installation may fill some of the gaps, and there is a special Windows
installer which includes a partial Ruby installation. See the table below:
- TeX distribution Installer Zipfile
- (1) MikTeX and TeX Live 2008 include a hidden Ghostscript which is always
- installed, and which epspdf knows how to find. Caveat: although older
+ TeX distribution Installer Zipfile
+ (1) MikTeX and TeX Live 2008 include a hidden Ghostscript which is always
+ installed, and which epspdf knows how to find. Caveat: although older
versions of TeX Live include a Ghostscript installer, it is not impossible
- to install an older TeX Live without Ghostscript, in which case you have
- to provide a Ghostscript yourself.
- (2) With TeX Live >= 2008, you are better off installing the TeX Live
- package, which also gives you wrapper batchfiles epspdf.bat and
- epspdftk.bat. You still need to install Ruby and Tcl/Tk.
- TeX Live[10](1) No additional Ruby, Tcl/Tk[11](2)
- requirements
- MiKTeX Pdftops (optional) Pdftops (optional); Ruby,
- Tcl/Tk(optional)
- Ghostscript, pdftops Ghostscript;
- Other/None (optional) pdftops(optional), Ruby,
- Tcl/Tk (optional)
+ to install an older TeX Live without Ghostscript, in which case you have
+ to provide a Ghostscript yourself.
+ (2) With TeX Live ≥ 2008, you are better off installing the TeX Live
+ package, which also gives you wrapper batchfiles epspdf.bat and
+ epspdftk.bat. You still need to install Ruby and Tcl/Tk.
+ TeX Live[10](1) No additional Ruby, Tcl/Tk[11](2)
+ requirements
+ MiKTeX Pdftops (optional) Pdftops (optional); Ruby,
+ Tcl/Tk(optional)
+ Ghostscript, pdftops Ghostscript;
+ Other/None (optional) pdftops(optional), Ruby,
+ Tcl/Tk (optional)
URLs for the prerequisites
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ Installation
same directory.
There is also a compressed disk image epspdf.x.x.x.dmg.gz which wraps
- epspdftk into a Max OS X app. Double-click once to expand, a second time
+ epspdftk into a Max OS X "app". Double-click once to expand, a second time
to mount, then drag epspdftk.app to the Applications folder.
Epspdf mostly duplicates functionality of Preview. But having an alternate
@@ -222,7 +225,7 @@ Preview programs
Epspdftk will use the default Windows programs for PostScript and pdf. If
you have TeX Live 2008 or later then you can assign <TeX Live
root>\bin\win32\psv.bat as previewer for .ps- and .eps files. For Windows
- only, there is an additional View with... button to select a viewer
+ only, there is an additional "View with..." button to select a viewer
yourself.
Unix/Linux
@@ -239,42 +242,46 @@ Preview programs
Files
- * [26]epspdf.0.4.1.tgz preferred for Unix and Mac OS X
- * [27]epspdf.0.4.1.zip preferred for Windows
- * [28]epspdf.0.4.1.exe Windows setup program, including Ruby/Tk subset
- * [29]epspdftk.0.4.1.dmg.gz compressed disk image with epspdftk wrapped
- into a Mac OS X app
+ * [26]epspdf.0.4.2.tgz preferred for Unix and Mac OS X
+ * [27]epspdf.0.4.2.zip preferred for Windows
+ * [28]epspdf.0.4.2.exe Windows setup program, including Ruby/Tk subset
+ * [29]epspdftk.0.4.2.dmg.gz compressed disk image with epspdftk wrapped
+ into a Mac OS X "app"
Older releases
- * [30]epspdf.0.3.0.tgz for Unix and Mac OS X
- * [31]epspdf.0.3.0.zip for Windows
- * [32]epspdf.0.3.0.exe Windows setup program
- * [33]epspdf.0.2.12.tgz for Unix and Mac OS X
- * [34]epspdf.0.2.12.zip for Windows
- * [35]epspdf.0.2.12.exe Windows setup program
- * [36]epspdf.0.2.11.tgz for Unix and Mac OS X
- * [37]epspdf.0.2.11.zip for Windows
- * [38]epspdf.0.2.11.exe Windows setup program
- * [39]epspdf.0.2.01.tgz for Unix and Mac OS X
- * [40]epspdf.0.2.01.zip for Windows
- * [41]epspdf.0.2.exe, Windows setup program
- * [42]epspdf_app.0.2.01.zip Mac OS X applet for starting epspdftk.rb
+ * [30]epspdf.0.3.0.tgz for Unix and Mac OS X
+ * [31]epspdf.0.3.0.zip for Windows
+ * [32]epspdf.0.3.0.exe Windows setup program
+ * [33]epspdf.0.2.12.tgz for Unix and Mac OS X
+ * [34]epspdf.0.2.12.zip for Windows
+ * [35]epspdf.0.2.12.exe Windows setup program
+ * [36]epspdf.0.2.11.tgz for Unix and Mac OS X
+ * [37]epspdf.0.2.11.zip for Windows
+ * [38]epspdf.0.2.11.exe Windows setup program
+ * [39]epspdf.0.2.01.tgz for Unix and Mac OS X
+ * [40]epspdf.0.2.01.zip for Windows
+ * [41]epspdf.0.2.exe, Windows setup program
+ * [42]epspdf_app.0.2.01.zip Mac OS X applet for starting epspdftk.rb
Releases
+ 0.4.2
+ Current version. More liberal documentation license. Slight
+ documentation updates.
+
0.4.1
- Current version. Documentation: added section on bitmaps. Windows
- setup program: added missing Tcl/Tk licenses. Mac:
- double-clickable epspdftk.app with included epspdftk replaces
- double-clickable epspdf.app add-on.
+ Documentation: added section on bitmaps. Windows setup program:
+ added missing Tcl/Tk licenses. Mac: double-clickable epspdftk.app
+ with included epspdftk replaces double-clickable epspdf.app
+ add-on.
0.4.0
Optionally uses hires boundingbox. Faster startup due to simpler
testing of prerequisites. Grayscaling: support for HSB color
model, although I yet have to encounter a PostScript file using
- this. Manual converted to texinfo format. Windows: new View
- with... button; support for MikTeX's built-in Ghostscript;
+ this. Manual converted to texinfo format. Windows: new "View
+ with..." button; support for MikTeX's built-in Ghostscript;
streamlined Ruby subset, with Tcl/Tk compiled from source.
0.3.0
@@ -316,7 +323,7 @@ Releases
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Last revised: March 12, 2009
+ Last revised: September 11, 2009
References
@@ -342,14 +349,14 @@ References
19. http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167
20. http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/
21. http://activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/
- 22. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.1.exe
- 23. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.1.zip
- 24. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.1.tgz
+ 22. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.2.exe
+ 23. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.2.zip
+ 24. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.2.tgz
25. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.pdf
- 26. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.1.tgz
- 27. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.1.zip
- 28. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.1.exe
- 29. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdftk.0.4.1.dmg.gz
+ 26. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.2.tgz
+ 27. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.2.zip
+ 28. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.4.2.exe
+ 29. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdftk.0.4.2.dmg.gz
30. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.3.0.tgz
31. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.3.0.zip
32. http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/epspdf.0.3.0.exe