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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
@raggedbottom
@end iftex
-@set version 0.4.2
+@set version 0.4.3
@set homepage http://tex.aanhet.net/epspdf/
@setchapternewpage off
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
@copying
This manual is for epspdf, version @value{version}.
-Copyright @copyright{} 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Siep Kroonenberg.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Siep Kroonenberg.
@quotation
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
@@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ previewer for the current file.
@anchor{gray}@i{Grayscaling:} Simple color figures can be converted to
grayscale. Bitmapped data won't be converted. If grayscaling doesn't
-work on non-bitmapped data, select the ``Try harder to
-grayscale'' option. This may cause an extra pdf-PostScript roundtrip.
+work even on non-bitmapped data, select the ``Try harder to
+grayscale'' option. This may cause an extra pdf-PostScript roundtrip,
+but grayscaling may still fail.
@i{Compute tight boundingbox:} This option is only available
if a single page is converted.
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ preserved between sessions.
@subsection Configuring viewers
-Under Linux, the preferred PostScript- and pdf viewers can be configured
+Under Unix, the preferred PostScript- and pdf viewers can be configured
in this screen. Epspdf looks for a number of PostScript- and pdf
viewers, from which you can select one, but you can also enter one
manually.
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ It is strongly recommended to invoke epspdf.rb via a wrapper script
epspdf or epspdf.bat on the search path, e.g.
@example
#!/bin/sh
-@var{path_to_epspdf}/epspdf.rb "@@"
+@var{path_to_epspdf}/epspdf.rb "$@@"
@end example
for Unix/Linux/OS X, or
@example
@@ -281,17 +282,17 @@ epspdf [@var{options}] @var{infile} @var{outfile}
@node Option summary
@section Option summary
-The summary below is the output of a command @kbd{epspdf --help}
-for help.
+Typing @kbd{epspdf --help} gives you the following summary:
@example
$ epspdf --help
-Epspdf version 0.4.2
-Copyright (C) 2006, 2008, 2009 Siep Kroonenberg
-Epspdf 0.4.2
+Epspdf version 0.4.3
+Copyright (C) 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Siep Kroonenberg
Convert between [e]ps and pdf formats
Usage: epspdf.rb [options] infile [outfile]
+
Default for outfile is file.pdf if infile is file.eps or file.ps
Default for outfile is file.eps if infile is file.pdf
+
-g, --gray, --grey Convert to grayscale;
success not guaranteed
-G, --GRAY, --GREY Try harder to convert to grayscale
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ Default for outfile is file.eps if infile is file.pdf
-i, --info Info: display detected filetype
-s Save (some) settings
-d Debug: don't remove temp files
+
-v Prints version info
-h, --help Show this message
@end example
@@ -343,8 +345,7 @@ screenshots, but less so for diagrams and spreadsheet-generated
graphics.
A file in PostScript- or pdf format can contain both types of graphic
-data, e.g. a text in vector format agains a photographic background in
-bitmapped format.
+data.
Vector graphics can be freely scaled without losing sharpness or
becoming pixellated. If bitmapped graphics are enlarged too much,
@@ -587,7 +588,7 @@ dmensions of the pdf file. Other conversions preserve or generate a
hires boundingbox.
Under Windows, the new version looks for an installed @TeX{} and will
-use its private Ghostscript if it cannot find separately installed
+use its private Ghostscript if it cannot find a separately installed
Ghostscript. @TeX{} Live's pdftops, being on the searchpath, will be
used unless epspdf finds another copy first.