On Tuesday 11 July 2006 11:03, Andrew Straw wrote:
> Darren Dale wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 01:22, Andrew Straw wrote:
> >> Darren Dale wrote:
> >>> Hi Andrew,
> >>>
> >>> On Monday 10 July 2006 8:19 pm, Andrew Straw wrote:
> >>>> Where should I start trying to debug an issue where Adobe Illustrator
> >>>> CS for Windows is unable to open my EPS file generated by matplotlib?
> >>>> When attempting to open the file, a a dialog pops up that says, "The
> >>>> operation cannot complete because of an unknown error." So much for
> >>>> informative error messages. Ghostview 3.6.1 can read the file just
> >>>> fine, and Acrobat Distiller 7.0 for windows can also convert it to a
> >>>> PDF just fine. FWIW, I'm using matplotlib.rc('ps',usedistiller=None),
> >>>> but I get similar problems setting usedistiller='xpdf'.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm basically an EPS file newbie, so don't be afraid to give me the
> >>>> equivalent of "did you make sure the power switch is turned on".
> >>>
> >>> I have a feeling its a problem with the font handling. I cant open a
> >>> file in inkscape either, the image looks fine but the fonts are
> >>> missing. Try setting ps.usedistiller = ghostscript. That converts the
> >>> file to low-level postscript, which CS should definitely be able to
> >>> open. It worked for inkscape, at least.
> >>
> >> Hi Darren,
> >>
> >> Hmm, that didn't do it.
> >
> > That is really surprising to me. How is it that Inkscape can open a
> > postscript file and Adobe's own software can not?
>
> Well, I didn't try Inkscape on it. My version of Inkscape doesn't seem
> to import EPS files. How are you doing it. I've tried pstoedit to
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