Darren Dale wrote: > On Thursday 12 July 2007 05:11:31 pm Carl Worth wrote: >> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:31:19 -1000, Eric Firing wrote: >>> if only cairo would make eps files >> Isn't EPS a trivially change compared to PS? Something like a modified >> header and the addition of bounding-box information? > > The following is listed in the Encapsulated Postscript File Format > Specification, > http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf: > > "There are some PostScript language operators plus statusdict and userdict > operators that are intended for system-level jobs or page descriptions that > are not appropriate in an EPS file. In addition to all operators in statusdict > and the operators in userdict for establishing an imageable area, the > following operators must not be used in an EPS file: > banddevice exitserver initmatrix setshared > clear framedevice quit startjob > cleardictstack grestoreall renderbands > copypage initclip setglobal > erasepage initgraphics setpagedevice
Aha! Cairo ps output is full of "initclip" commands, so it can't be converted to eps without substantial reworking. This is a big limitation. To put a figure in a LaTeX document, for example, eps usually is what you need. So until Cairo solves this problem and provides eps, it is locked out of a large domain of graphics use. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
