CTAN package upload: purifyeps
Date: September 19, 2006 8:30:03 AM CEST
A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon be at
the mirror that you like best.
Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: purifyeps
Author's name: Scott Pakin
Location on CTAN: /support/purifyeps
Summary description: Convert an ordinary Encapsulated PostScript file
into one that works with both LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format in the LaTeX world. purifyeps converts EPS files into a "purified" form that can be read by *both* LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick is that the standard LaTeX2e graphics packages can parse MetaPost-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that MetaPost outputs. This release updates the documentation according to some corrections sent to me by Heiko Oberdiek.
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/purifyeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=purifyeps (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format in the LaTeX world. purifyeps converts EPS files into a "purified" form that can be read by *both* LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick is that the standard LaTeX2e graphics packages can parse MetaPost-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that MetaPost outputs. This release updates the documentation according to some corrections sent to me by Heiko Oberdiek.
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/purifyeps . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=purifyeps (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
purifyeps – Make EPS work with both LaTeX/dvips and pdfLaTeX
While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format in the LaTeX world. Purifyeps converts EPS files into a ‘purified’ form that can be read by both LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick is that the standard LaTeX2ε graphics packages can parse METAPOST-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that METAPOST outputs.
Package | purifyeps |
Version | 1.1 |
Copyright | 2009 Scott Pakin |
Maintainer | Scott Pakin |