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Re: [Groff] .PSPIC seems to be broken
From: |
Denis M. Wilson |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] .PSPIC seems to be broken |
Date: |
Sat, 9 Feb 2013 12:00:56 +0000 |
It all works for me, except for ps2eps. I used
ImageMagick to trim and convert (getting rid of
the "Engraved by Lilypond" banner at the foot of the
page). I'm using Lilypond 2.12.3.
Denis
On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 02:20:29 +0100 (CET)
"Bernd Warken" <address@hidden> wrote:
> .PSPIC is documented in groff_tmac(5). It is supposed to load an
> EPS-file. That should work in the troff modes. In tty-modes and in
> X-mode it is not possible to show the EPS-file, so only a box with
> the file name is generated.
>
> But that does not work.
>
> The only working troff mode is dvi. The EPS-image is drawn without
> errors. But before and aftger the image a page break is printed,
> which does not make sense, but at least it draws correctly.
> Unfortunately it accepts only direct filenames (e.g. starting with
> `/').
>
> The modes html, xhtml, ps, and pdf produce many error messages and
> don't draw the image.
>
> So .PSPIC seems to be broken for almost all modes.
>
> I tried to read the pspic.tmac file, but it is quite complicated.
>
> Bernd Warken
>
>
>
> PS: How did I get the EPS-file?
>
> With lilypond. I used a lilypond file test.ly with the content:
>
> ###### test.ly
> \version "2.14.2"
> {
> c' e' g' e'
> }
> ####### end test.ly
>
> Then I ran:
>
> $ lilypond --ps -o /tmp/test test.ly
>
> This generated a file /tmp/test.ps. Then I transformed this into EPS:
>
> $ ps2eps /tmp/test.ps
>
> That generated /tmp/test.eps that should be imported by .PSPIC:
>
> ##### test.troff
> asdf
> .PSPIC /tmp/test.eps
> qwer
> ##### end test.troff
>
> But groff did not work as described above.
>
> I also tried the EPS and other format files generated by
> $ lilypond -d backend=eps test.ly
>
> Bernd Warken
>
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