[comp.graphics] X11 <-> Postscript ?

curry@hplchm.hp.com (Bo Curry) (08/11/89)

Does anyone have a PD X11 -> postscript convertor?  Ideally,
it would allow a region of the screen to be specified,
and make a snapshot in a Postscript file.

Also, does anyone know of a way to use Postscript and/or
X11 fonts in a TeX document?

Thanks,

Bo Curry
curry@hplabs.hp.com

jos@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Jos Vos) (08/16/89)

In article <9000001@hplchm.hp.com> curry@hplchm.hp.com (Bo Curry) writes:

>Does anyone have a PD X11 -> postscript convertor?  Ideally,
>it would allow a region of the screen to be specified,
>and make a snapshot in a Postscript file.

X11 *is* device-dependent and pixel-oriented, and PostScript
*is* device-independent and not pixel-oriented.

So, you can quite simple take a bitmap snapshot and make it 
a valid PostScript program with 'image' calls.
But a inverted digitalization from an X11 bitmap to PostScript
lines and arc and ... is *very* difficult and a current
research topic for some people in these days.

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