jcgs@wundt.harlqn.uucp (John Sturdy) (07/25/89)
I am working on some utilities that produce EPSF output, and noticed a
little gap in the EPSF spec. You can specify per-document font lists
and BoundingBoxes, and per-page fonts, but not per-page BoundingBoxes
- which is a pity if you want to pick out one page (using psrev or
equivalent) and include it as an ``illustration'' in another document,
or if you want to paste the logical pages of a document together in a
fancy way onto the real pages.
Has anybody done something about this? If there is no de facto
standard (and nothing from Adobe about it) I'll use the ``obvious''
solution of inventing a new comment "%%PageBoundingBox n n n n" to go
at the start of each page. (One of tools I'm working on does some page
arrangement, a la psrev and psnup, and that will of course understand
this.)
--
__John When asked to attend a court case, Father Moses took with him
a leaking jug of water. Asked about it, he said: "You ask me to judge
the faults of another, while mine run out like water behind me."
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Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall, Barrington, Cambridge, UKgreid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid) (08/02/89)
In article <JCGS.89Jul25173249@wundt.harlqn.uucp> jcgs@wundt.harlqn.uucp (John Sturdy) writes: >I am working on some utilities that produce EPSF output, and noticed a >little gap in the EPSF spec. You can specify per-document font lists >and BoundingBoxes, and per-page fonts, but not per-page BoundingBoxes ... >Has anybody done something about this? If there is no de facto >standard (and nothing from Adobe about it) I'll use the ``obvious'' >solution of inventing a new comment "%%PageBoundingBox n n n n" to go The EPSF specification is a special case of the Document Structuring Conventions, which is stated in the spec. The Document Structuring Conventions (as of Version 2.1, at least) already contain the %%PageBoundingBox comment (it's on page 22 in my copy, under "Page Comments"). It is used in exactly the manner you suggest. Note that there is also a %%PageTrailer comment and a few others that may be relevant. There is also a %%PageFonts comment for providing the font list on a given page. All of the comments provided by Document Structuring Conventions are valid (and encouraged, where appropriate) within an EPSF file. Glenn Reid Adobe Systems
jcgs@wundt.harlqn.uucp (John Sturdy) (08/04/89)
In <1039@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid) writes > The Document Structuring Conventions (as of Version 2.1, at least) > already contain the Thanks - I'll pick up the latest version -- __John When asked to attend a court case, Father Moses took with him a leaking jug of water. Asked about it, he said: "You ask me to judge the faults of another, while mine run out like water behind me." jcgs@uk.co.harlqn (UK notation) jcgs@harlqn.co.uk (most places) ...!mcvax!ukc!harlqn!jcgs (uucp - really has more stages, but ukc knows us) John Sturdy Telephone +44-223-872522 Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall, Barrington, Cambridge, UK
jcgs@wundt.harlqn.uucp (John Sturdy) (08/04/89)
In <1039@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid) writes > The Document Structuring Conventions (as of Version 2.1, at least) > already contain the Thanks - I'll pick up the latest version. I have got the impression that EPSF keeps growing gradually. Is it expected to grow much more, or is that about it? (sorry if partial message got out!) __John -- __John When asked to attend a court case, Father Moses took with him a leaking jug of water. Asked about it, he said: "You ask me to judge the faults of another, while mine run out like water behind me." jcgs@uk.co.harlqn (UK notation) jcgs@harlqn.co.uk (most places) ...!mcvax!ukc!harlqn!jcgs (uucp - really has more stages, but ukc knows us) John Sturdy Telephone +44-223-872522 Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall, Barrington, Cambridge, UK