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authorRobby Workman <rw@rlworkman.net>2011-08-03 22:21:54 -0300
committerNiels Horn <niels.horn@slackbuilds.org>2011-08-03 22:21:54 -0300
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office/texlive: Updated for version 20110705.
Signed-off-by: Niels Horn <niels.horn@slackbuilds.org>
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@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-.TH EPSTOPDF 1 "30 November 2009"
-.\" $Id: epstopdf.1 16245 2009-11-30 01:37:26Z karl $
-.\" man page originally by Jim Van Zandt
+.TH EPSTOPDF 1 "18 March 2010"
+.\" $Id: epstopdf.1 18160 2010-05-09 00:02:00Z karl $
.SH NAME
epstopdf, repstopdf \- convert an EPS file to PDF
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -16,9 +15,10 @@ result is piped to Ghostscript and a PDF version written.
If the bounding box is not right, of course, there are problems.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB--outfile\fP=\fIfile\fP"
-write result to \fIfile\fP; the default is to construct the output file
-name by replacing any extension in the input file with \fI.pdf\fP. If
-\fB--nogs\fP or \fB--filter\fP is specified, write to standard output.
+write result to \fIfile\fP. If this option is not given, and
+\fB--nogs\fP or \fB--filter\fP is specified, write to standard output;
+otherwise, the default is to construct the output file name by replacing
+any extension in the input file with \fI.pdf\fP.
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBcompress\fP"
use compression (default: on).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBdebug\fP"
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ embed fonts (default: on).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBexact\fP"
scan ExactBoundingBox (default: off).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBfilter\fP"
-read standard input (default: off).
+read standard input and (unless \fB--outfile\fP is given) write standard
+output(default: off).
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBgs\fP"
-run ghostscript (default: on).
+run Ghostscript (default: on). With \fB--nogs\fP, output (to standard
+output by default) the PostScript that would normally be converted; that
+is, the input PostScript as modified by \fBepstopdf\fP.
.IP "\fB--\fP[\fBno\fP]\fBhires\fP"
scan HiresBoundingBox (default: off).
.IP "\fB--gscmd\fP=\fIval\fP"
@@ -41,42 +44,45 @@ set image resolution (default: [use gs default])
set AutoRotatePages (default: None); recognized \fIval\fP choices:
None, All, PageByPage. For EPS files, PageByPage is equivalent to All.
.IP "\fB--restricted\fP=\fIval\fP"
-turn on restricted mode (default: [on for resptopdf, else off]);
-this restricts the values accepted by \fB--gscmd\fP and impose restrictions
-on the output file name similar to web2c's openout_any=p.
+turn on restricted mode (default: [on for repstopdf, else off]);
+this forbids the use of \fB--gscmd\fP and imposes restrictions on the input and
+output file names according to the values of openin_any and openout_any (see
+the Web2c manual, http://tug.org/web2c).
.IP "\fB--help\fP
display help message and exit
.IP "\fB--version\fP
display version information and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
-Examples for producing "test.pdf":
+Examples which produce "test.pdf":
.nf
epstopdf test.eps
produce postscript | epstopdf --filter >test.pdf
produce postscript | epstopdf -f -d -o=test.pdf
-
.fi
Example: look for HiresBoundingBox and produce corrected PostScript:
.nf
epstopdf -d --nogs --hires test.ps >testcorr.ps
.fi
.SH BUGS
-The case of "%%BoundingBox: (atend)"
-when input is not seekable (e.g., from a pipe) is not supported.
+The case of "%%BoundingBox: (atend)" when input is not seekable (e.g.,
+from a pipe) is not supported.
.PP
-When reporting bugs, please include an input file and command line
-options so the problem can be reproduced. Report bugs in
-the program or this man page to tex-k@tug.org.
+Report bugs in the program or this man page to tex-k@tug.org. When
+reporting bugs, please include an input file and the command line
+options specified, so the problem can be reproduced.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBgs\fP(1),
\fBpdfcrop\fP(1).
+.PP
+The epstopdf LaTeX package, part of the oberdiek bundle, which automates
+running this script on the fly under TeX: http://ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf-pkg.
.SH AUTHOR
The script was originally written by Sebastian Rahtz, for Elsevier
-Science, with subsequent contributions from Gerben Wierda and many
-others. Currently maintained by Karl Berry.
+Science, with subsequent contributions from Thomas Esser, Gerben Wierda
+and many others. Currently maintained by Karl Berry.
.PP
Man page originally written by Jim Van Zandt.
.PP
-epstopdf home page: http://tug.org/epstopdf/
+epstopdf home page: http://tug.org/epstopdf.
.PP
You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file.