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!!NAME
-pstopnm - convert a PostScript file into a portable anymap
+pstopnm - convert a !
PostScript file into a portable anymap
!!SYNOPSIS
__pstopnm__ [[__-stdout__] [[__-forceplain__]
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
''psfile''[[__.ps__]
!!DESCRIPTION
-Reads a PostScript file as input. Produces PBM, PGM, or PPM
-files as output. This program simply uses __GhostScript__
-to render a PostScript file with its PNM device drivers. If
-you don't have __GhostScript__ installed (invoked by a
+Reads a !
PostScript file as input. Produces PBM, PGM, or PPM
+files as output. This program simply uses __!
GhostScript__
+to render a !
PostScript file with its PNM device drivers. If
+you don't have __!
GhostScript__ installed (invoked by a
__gs__ command), or the version you have installed was
not built with the relevant PNM device drivers,
__pstopnm__ will fail. You can see if you have the proper
environment by issuing the command __gs --help__ . If it
@@ -78,23 +78,23 @@
Each output file contains the image of a rectangular part of
the page to which it pertains. The selected area will always
be centered in the output file, and may have borders around
-it. The image area to be extracted from the PostScript file
+it. The image area to be extracted from the !
PostScript file
and rendered into a portable anymap is defined by four
numbers, the lower left corner and the upper right corner x
and y coordinates. These coordinates are usually specified
-by the BoundingBox comment in the PostScript file header,
+by the !
BoundingBox comment in the !
PostScript file header,
but they can be overridden by the user by specifying one or
more of the following options: __-llx__, __-lly__,
__-urx__, and __-ury__. The presence and thickness of
a border to be left around the image area is controlled by
the use of the options __-xborder__ and __-yborder__.
-If __pstopnm__ does not find BoundingBox parameters in
+If __pstopnm__ does not find !
BoundingBox parameters in
the input, and you don't specify image area coordinates on
the command line, __pstopnm__ uses default values. If
your input is from Standard Input, __pstopnm__ does not
-use the BoundingBox parameters (due to the technical
+use the !
BoundingBox parameters (due to the technical
difficulty of extracting that information and still feeding
the file to Ghostscript), so you either have to specify the
image area coordinates or take the default.
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@
__-nocrop__
does not crop the output image dimensions to match the
-PostScript image area dimensions.
+!
PostScript image area dimensions.
__-pbm -pgm -ppm__
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specifies that the border width along the Y axis should be
''frac'' times the document width as specified by the
-bounding box comment in the PostScript file header. The
+bounding box comment in the !
PostScript file header. The
default value is 0.1.
__-xmax__ ''xs''
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@
specifies that the border width along the X axis should be
''frac'' times the document width as specified by the
-bounding box comment in the PostScript file header. The
+bounding box comment in the !
PostScript file header. The
default value is 0.1.
__-ymax__ ''ys''
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@
''ys'' pixels.
!!BUGS
-The program will produce incorrect results with PostScript
+The program will produce incorrect results with !
PostScript
files that initialize the current transformation matrix. In
these cases, page translation and rotation will not have any
effect. To render these files, probably the best bet is to
use the following options:
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!!COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1992 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
-PostScript is a Trademark of Adobe Systems
+!
PostScript is a Trademark of Adobe Systems
Incorporated.
!!AUTHOR
Alberto Accomazzi, WIPL, Center for
Astrophysics.
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