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Newer page: version 2 Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:51:01 pm by perry
Older page: version 1 Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:51:01 pm by perry Revert
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 !!NAME 
  
  
-pstoimg - Convert a PostScript file to a bitmap image using Ghostscript and the Netpbm utilities 
+pstoimg - Convert a ! PostScript file to a bitmap image using Ghostscript and the Netpbm utilities 
 !!SYNOPSIS 
  
  
 __pstoimg -help -version__ 
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 __-geometry__ ''X''x''Y'' 
  
  
-Render only this ``window'' of the PostScript file. If 
+Render only this ``window'' of the ! PostScript file. If 
 given, this option can dramatically reduce memory 
 requirements and speed up conversion. The geometry is 
 automatically detected in case of EPS files 
-(Encapsulated PostScript). 
+(Encapsulated ! PostScript). 
  
  
 __-interlaced__ 
  
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 __-multipage__ 
  
  
-Process a multi-page PostScript file, i.e. create an 
+Process a multi-page ! PostScript file, i.e. create an 
 individual bitmap for every page. The resulting files are 
 numbered: The decimal number (starting with 1) is appended 
-to the basename of the PostScript input file (or the 
+to the basename of the ! PostScript input file (or the 
 basename of the filename specified with __-out__), while 
 keeping the extension. 
  
  
 __-out__ ''file'' 
  
  
-The file where to write the bitmap. If multiple PostScript 
+The file where to write the bitmap. If multiple ! PostScript 
 files are supplied on the command line, this option is 
 ignored. The bitmap type extension is appended automatically 
 if ''file'' does not contain a dot. In connection with 
 __-multipage__ ''file'' is extended by the page number 
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 __-white__ 
  
  
-Remove TeX's page color information from the PostScript file 
+Remove TeX's page color information from the ! PostScript file 
 before converting so that a white background is 
 used. 
 !!DESCRIPTION 
  
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 format. The bitmaps can now be included e.g. in 
 WWW pages. 
  
  
-The PostScript file is converted as is. If a valid bounding 
+The ! PostScript file is converted as is. If a valid bounding 
 box is found ( EPS format), then only this 
 area is converted. The image is ''not'' cropped by 
 default. 
 !!RETURN VALUE 
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 pstoimg -multi -out bar -type gif -crop a 
 foo.ps 
  
  
-Consider foo.ps a multiple page PostScript file and create 
+Consider foo.ps a multiple page ! PostScript file and create 
 output files bar1.gif, bar2.gif, etc. 
 !!ENVIRONMENT 
  
  
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 ppmtogif, pnmtopng, giftool, giftrans. 
 !!NOTES 
  
  
-Several people have suggested to use ImageMagick's convert 
+Several people have suggested to use ! ImageMagick's convert 
 instead of pstoimg. A few comments on this: convert uses (of 
-course) Ghostscript for conversion of PostScript to bitmap, 
+course) Ghostscript for conversion of ! PostScript to bitmap, 
 so one still needs gs. And for the special requirements of 
 LaTeX2HTML convert's features are not sufficient. The 
-ImageMagick toolset has everything in place, but it has some 
+! ImageMagick toolset has everything in place, but it has some 
 overhead that can prove killing when processing some 100 
 images. pstoimg only does what it really has to, so it 
 should be quite efficient. Don't get me wrong - I like 
-ImageMagick, but not in the context of 
+! ImageMagick, but not in the context of 
 LaTeX2HTML. 
 !!CAVEATS 
  
  
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