[comp.text.tex] looking for dvi-to-postscript converter

ozalp@dm.unibo.it (01/06/91)

is there a public domain dvi-to-ps converter that can handle gf/pk fonts AND
\special requests for inclusion of postscript source in latex documents (eg.
via psfig)?

i currently have something called dvi2ps that can handle
specials but not gf fonts and another thing called dvialw that can handle gf
fonts but not specials.

what is the preferered method for including postscript in latex these days?
i have psfig but have not been following the topic recently.  thanks in
advance.
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fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) (01/07/91)

>>>>> On 6 Jan 91 14:56:03 GMT, ozalp@dm.unibo.it said:

ozalp> is there a public domain dvi-to-ps converter that can handle
ozalp> gf/pk fonts AND \special requests for inclusion of postscript
ozalp> source in latex documents (eg.  via psfig)?

dvips by Tomas Rokicki (rokicki@neon.stanford.edu) is the one to use.
The fact that Knuth himself hacked it to support virtual fonts is
evidence enough for me. It's available in many places.
labrea.stanford.edu is one.

Works nicely with all kinds specials, PostScript fonts, etc, etc.

/Lars
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daves@curie.ces.CWRU.Edu (Dave Stoutamire) (01/08/91)

In article <FISCHER.91Jan6205721@thiele.iesd.auc.dk> fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) writes:

   >>>>> On 6 Jan 91 14:56:03 GMT, ozalp@dm.unibo.it said:

   ozalp> is there a public domain dvi-to-ps converter that can handle
   ozalp> gf/pk fonts AND \special requests for inclusion of postscript
   ozalp> source in latex documents (eg.  via psfig)?

   dvips by Tomas Rokicki (rokicki@neon.stanford.edu) is the one to use.
   The fact that Knuth himself hacked it to support virtual fonts is
   evidence enough for me. It's available in many places.
   labrea.stanford.edu is one.

   Works nicely with all kinds specials, PostScript fonts, etc, etc.

I have the same problem, and dvips does not seem to solve it.  psfig 1.2
generates the /special "pstext" which dvi2ps can handle but dvips
cannot.

This is a big problem, because for whatever reasons, dvi2ps does not 
always generate PS which our ALWs can print... comments like %%EOF
are part of the problem, but I cannot figure out what else is going
wrong.

dvialw does work better, but it cannot handle the "pstext" /special either.

Can anyone help?  "psfig" is very nice, but this printing business is
brain-death in action.
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stolcke@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Andreas Stolcke) (01/08/91)

In article <DAVES.91Jan7143114@curie.ces.CWRU.Edu>, daves@curie.ces.CWRU.Edu (Dave Stoutamire) writes:
|> I have the same problem, and dvips does not seem to solve it.  psfig 1.2
|> generates the /special "pstext" which dvi2ps can handle but dvips
|> cannot.

If you go to the true source of things (pub/psfig on linc.cis.upenn.edu)
you'll find that psfig comes with several psfig.tex macro files, one of them
specifically for dvips.

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stolcke@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Andreas Stolcke) (01/08/91)

In article <1991Jan7.195613.21160@agate.berkeley.edu>, stolcke@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Andreas Stolcke) writes:
|> If you go to the true source of things (pub/psfig on linc.cis.upenn.edu)
					   ^^^
|> you'll find that psfig comes with several psfig.tex macro files, one of them
|> specifically for dvips.

The directory is dist/psfig. Sorry for the waste of bandwidth.
		 ^^^^
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tuttle@crl.dec.com (Mark R. Tuttle) (01/08/91)

In article <DAVES.91Jan7143114@curie.ces.CWRU.Edu> daves@curie.ces.CWRU.Edu (Dave Stoutamire) writes about dvips and psfig not working well together:

   I have the same problem, and dvips does not seem to solve it.  psfig 1.2
   generates the /special "pstext" which dvi2ps can handle but dvips
   cannot.

Here at work, I've installed the psfig/tex 1.2 implementation I pulled
off linc.cis.upenn.edu on 10/5/90.  This distribution seems to contain
three implementations of the psfig macros: one for dvips, one for
dvi2ps by Stephan Bechtolsheim, and one for dvi2ps by Tony Li.  I have
no trouble using dvips and the dvips implementation of psfig.  If I
remember correctly, if I try to use dvips and one of the dvi2ps
implementations of psfig, then dvips complains about not understanding
the "pstext" appearing in the \special's generated by the \psfig
command.

Mark Tuttle
tuttle@crl.dec.com

Standard disclaimers apply.

pswanson@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu (Paul Swanson) (01/08/91)

In article <DAVES.91Jan7143114@curie.ces.CWRU.Edu> daves@curie.ces.CWRU.Edu (Dave Stoutamire) writes:
>
>Can anyone help?  "psfig" is very nice, but this printing business is
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Just to futher mix things up, why would anyone use psfig with dvips in
the first place?  What can psfig do that can't be done with the psfile
specials and/or the \epsffile macro?

rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (01/08/91)

dvips works fine with psfig if you use the proper psfig.tex files.  see
the psfig documentation.

-tom