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- perl (an interpreter for the perl language, see http://www.perl.com)
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- ghostscript (an interpreter/raster image processor
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for the PostScript language,
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see http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/)
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- maybe an ANSI-C compiler if you don't use Linux, Solaris, Digital Unix,
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HP-UX or Windows 9x/NT/2000. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I tried
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to write a bbox equivalent in perl and it was terribly slow. Therefore
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I stick to C, because of much better performance.
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Please check that you have working
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perl and ghostscript packages.
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Linux/UNIX-based platform
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If a bbox binary is included for your platform you simply move it
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into any directory of the system search path. Otherwise, you have
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to compile bbox.c first by invoking
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Please make sure that bbox is executable (chmod a+x bbox).
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If you already have a working perl and a working ghostscript, you're
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finished here, else you have to install them first.
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On Unix platforms you simply move the perl script ps2eps into
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a directory which is included in the system or personal search
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path (e.g., /usr/local/bin, $home/bin). Please make sure that
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ps2eps is executable (chmod a+x ps2eps).
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Windows-based platform
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Use the command line interpreter:
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Copy bbox.exe from bin/win32/ directory into a directory that is
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in your's or the system's search path for executables. Please try
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to invoke bbox -h afterwards.
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The best possibility is to use associated file types under
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1.) rename ps2eps to ps2eps.pl and
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2.) SET PATHEXT=.pl;%PATHEXT% or use the
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settings -> control panel -> system -> "advanced" tab -> environment variables
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and edit the PATHEXT entry accordingly.
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3.) then simply typing ps2eps should invoke ps2eps correctly
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Another option is to call perl directly:
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The script assumes that you have "gswin32c" as
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postscript interpreter in your path. Under Windows ps2eps
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can perform wildcard expansion now on its own.
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Possibly you can find the newest version at the
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http://www.tm.uka.de/~bless/ps2eps