[comp.lang.postscript] Reducing operators to lineto/rlineto

rs@ukc.ac.uk (R.Shafiee) (11/10/90)

Hiya,
	I hope this is a sensible question... :-)

	I/We have just purchaced a desktop publishing package to
	write short papers etc. Now it can import postscript files
	(i.e. graphs) from the mainframe but does not implement some
	of the PS operators. I was wondering if I could hand edit the
	files to make it acceptable to the DTP package. That is to
	implement the following operators by using only "rlineto" and
	"lineto" operators:-

1)	arc,arcn
2)	setdash
3)	fonts (so as to generate stroke and fill information only)

	Does anyone possess algorithms to do such a thing, or is it infact
	possible at all?

	I guess I would have to pass it through the interpreter to get the
	font stroking info??

	Any help would be greatly appreciated.