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- From: bcr@cernapo.cern.ch (Bill Riemers)
- Subject: Re: Any graphic program to edit Post script files?
- In-Reply-To: anandamu@girtab.usc.edu's message of 16 Dec 1992 10:42:35 -0800
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- Organization: CERN, European Research Center for High Energy Physics
- References: <ANANDAMU.92Dec16104234@girtab.usc.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:20:18 GMT
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- >>>>> On 16 Dec 1992 10:42:35 -0800, anandamu@girtab.usc.edu (Anand) said:
- Anand> I am looking for any program to edit (scale, flip, position, and cut
- Anand> and paste) postscript files. I know that such editing could be done
- Anand> directly in the post scipt file, but, I don't find it convenient. I
- Anand> would greatly appreciate any info about the program and the ftp site
- Anand> where it may be available.
-
- Me too!! Better yet, how about posting a reply.
-
- Anyways, if no-one knows of such a beast the following does work:
-
- 1) View view the file with "ghostview"
- 2) Grab the ghostview window with "xv"
- 3) "xv" will allow you to manipulate the immage about any way
- you want.
- 4) To paste, simply move the xv window on top of the window you
- with the immage you want to paste in and then grab the root
- window. (To work properly you should install xv to work without
- window borders...)
- 5) When you are all done, store the finail xv window in whatever
- format you prefere.
-
- The main disadvantage to the approach are:
- 1) You can only cut and paste boxes.
- 2) The resolution of an immage grabbed by xv from a none xv
- window is limited by the resolution of your screen.
- 3) This procedure is overly complicated and quite time-consumming
- 4) I doubt this will work without xwindows.
-
- Bill
-
-
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