--- /srv/rebuilderd/tmp/rebuilderd0MRvOT/inputs/pstoedit_4.3-2_i386.deb
+++ /srv/rebuilderd/tmp/rebuilderd0MRvOT/out/pstoedit_4.3-2_i386.deb
├── control.tar.xz
│ ├── control.tar
│ │ ├── ./md5sums
│ │ │ ├── ./md5sums
│ │ │ │┄ Files differ
├── data.tar.xz
│ ├── data.tar
│ │ ├── file list
│ │ │ @@ -26,20 +26,20 @@
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 434 2025-12-14 12:04:34.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/examples/pathtest.ps
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 1755 2025-12-14 12:04:34.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/examples/spiral.ps
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 860 2025-12-14 12:04:34.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/examples/textmat.ps
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 78519 2025-12-14 12:04:34.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/examples/tiger.ps
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 2449 2025-12-14 12:04:34.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/examples/twopages.ps
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 480 2025-12-14 12:04:34.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/examples/woglim.ps
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 76278 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/pstoedit.htm
│ │ │ --rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 297581 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/pstoedit.pdf
│ │ │ +-rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 297462 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/pstoedit.pdf
│ │ │ drwxr-xr-x 0 root (0) root (0) 0 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/doc-base/
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 331 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/doc-base/pstoedit.pstoedit-man
│ │ │ drwxr-xr-x 0 root (0) root (0) 0 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/man/
│ │ │ drwxr-xr-x 0 root (0) root (0) 0 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/man/man1/
│ │ │ --rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 19701 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/man/man1/pstoedit.1.gz
│ │ │ +-rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 19703 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/man/man1/pstoedit.1.gz
│ │ │ drwxr-xr-x 0 root (0) root (0) 0 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/pstoedit/
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 333 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/pstoedit/drvhpgl.pencolors
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 315 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/pstoedit/examplefigmap.fmp
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 211231 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/pstoedit/latex2e.fmp
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 296447 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/pstoedit/mpost.fmp
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 360 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/pstoedit/safer.ps
│ │ │ -rw-r--r-- 0 root (0) root (0) 1096 2026-04-19 08:59:07.000000 ./usr/share/pstoedit/svg.fmp
│ │ ├── ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/pstoedit.htm
│ │ │ @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │ -
│ │ │
│ │ │ PSTOEDIT
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │ PSTOEDIT
│ │ │ @@ -73,16 +73,16 @@
│ │ │
gnuplot - gnuplot format
│ │ │ tgif - Tgif .obj format
│ │ │ Format group: fig xfig tfig
│ │ │ idraw - Interviews draw format (EPS)
│ │ │ sample - sample driver
│ │ │ magick - MAGICK driver compatible with version 7.1.2 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ pptx - PresentationML (PowerPoint) format
│ │ │ -emf - Enhanced MS Windows Metafile
│ │ │ -Format group: gmfa gmfb plot plot-pnm plot-cgm plot-ai plot-svg plot-ps plot-fig plot-pcl plot-hpgl plot-tek
│ │ │ +Format group: gmfa gmfb plot plot-pnm plot-cgm plot-ai plot-svg plot-ps plot-fig plot-pcl plot-hpgl plot-tek
│ │ │ +emf - Enhanced MS Windows Metafile
│ │ │
│ │ │ NOTES ON SPECIFIC FORMATS AND DRIVERS
│ │ │
│ │ │ - autotrace
│ │ │ - Ps2ai
│ │ │ - MetaPost
│ │ │ - Context Free - CFDG
│ │ │ @@ -1641,15 +1641,66 @@
│ │ │
│ │ │ -
│ │ │
│ │ │ do not remove the temporary PNG image files.
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- gmfa:
│ │ │ +- ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- gmfb:
│ │ │ +- binary GNU metafile.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot:
│ │ │ +- GNU libplot output types, e.g. plot:-plotformat X.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-pnm:
│ │ │ +- pnm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-cgm:
│ │ │ +- cgm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-ai:
│ │ │ +- ai via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-svg:
│ │ │ +- svg via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-ps:
│ │ │ +- ps via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-fig:
│ │ │ +- fig via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-pcl:
│ │ │ +- pcl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-hpgl:
│ │ │ +- hpgl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- plot-tek:
│ │ │ +- tek via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +- [-plotformat string]
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +-
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +
│ │ │ +
│ │ │
│ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │
│ │ │ - [-m]
│ │ │
│ │ │ -
│ │ │
│ │ │ @@ -1695,65 +1746,14 @@
│ │ │
│ │ │
-
│ │ │
│ │ │ generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- gmfa:
│ │ │ -- ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- gmfb:
│ │ │ -- binary GNU metafile.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot:
│ │ │ -- GNU libplot output types, e.g. plot:-plotformat X.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-pnm:
│ │ │ -- pnm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-cgm:
│ │ │ -- cgm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-ai:
│ │ │ -- ai via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-svg:
│ │ │ -- svg via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-ps:
│ │ │ -- ps via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-fig:
│ │ │ -- fig via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-pcl:
│ │ │ -- pcl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-hpgl:
│ │ │ -- hpgl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- plot-tek:
│ │ │ -- tek via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -- [-plotformat string]
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ --
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -
│ │ │ -
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ │ │ pstoedit cooperates with autotrace. Autotrace can now produce a dump file
│ │ │ ├── html2text {}
│ │ │ │ @@ -54,17 +54,17 @@
│ │ │ │ o _t_g_i_f_ _-_ _T_g_i_f_ _._o_b_j_ _f_o_r_m_a_t
│ │ │ │ o _F_o_r_m_a_t_ _g_r_o_u_p_:_ _f_i_g_ _x_f_i_g_ _t_f_i_g
│ │ │ │ o _i_d_r_a_w_ _-_ _I_n_t_e_r_v_i_e_w_s_ _d_r_a_w_ _f_o_r_m_a_t_ _(_E_P_S_)
│ │ │ │ o _s_a_m_p_l_e_ _-_ _s_a_m_p_l_e_ _d_r_i_v_e_r
│ │ │ │ o _m_a_g_i_c_k_ _-_ _M_A_G_I_C_K_ _d_r_i_v_e_r_ _c_o_m_p_a_t_i_b_l_e_ _w_i_t_h_ _v_e_r_s_i_o_n_ _7_._1_._2_ _o_f
│ │ │ │ _I_m_a_g_e_M_a_g_i_c_k_.
│ │ │ │ o _p_p_t_x_ _-_ _P_r_e_s_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n_M_L_ _(_P_o_w_e_r_P_o_i_n_t_)_ _f_o_r_m_a_t
│ │ │ │ - o _e_m_f_ _-_ _E_n_h_a_n_c_e_d_ _M_S_ _W_i_n_d_o_w_s_ _M_e_t_a_f_i_l_e
│ │ │ │ o _F_o_r_m_a_t_ _g_r_o_u_p_:_ _g_m_f_a_ _g_m_f_b_ _p_l_o_t_ _p_l_o_t_-_p_n_m_ _p_l_o_t_-_c_g_m_ _p_l_o_t_-_a_i_ _p_l_o_t_-_s_v_g
│ │ │ │ _p_l_o_t_-_p_s_ _p_l_o_t_-_f_i_g_ _p_l_o_t_-_p_c_l_ _p_l_o_t_-_h_p_g_l_ _p_l_o_t_-_t_e_k
│ │ │ │ + o _e_m_f_ _-_ _E_n_h_a_n_c_e_d_ _M_S_ _W_i_n_d_o_w_s_ _M_e_t_a_f_i_l_e
│ │ │ │ * _N_O_T_E_S_ _O_N_ _S_P_E_C_I_F_I_C_ _F_O_R_M_A_T_S_ _A_N_D_ _D_R_I_V_E_R_S
│ │ │ │ o _a_u_t_o_t_r_a_c_e
│ │ │ │ o _P_s_2_a_i
│ │ │ │ o _M_e_t_a_P_o_s_t
│ │ │ │ o _C_o_n_t_e_x_t_ _F_r_e_e_ _-_ _C_F_D_G
│ │ │ │ o _L_a_T_e_X_2_e
│ │ │ │ o _C_r_e_a_t_i_n_g_ _a_ _n_e_w_ _o_u_t_p_u_t_ _f_o_r_m_a_t_ _d_r_i_v_e_r
│ │ │ │ @@ -811,14 +811,44 @@
│ │ │ │ [--ffoonnttss string]
│ │ │ │ use "windows" fonts (default), "native" fonts, or convert to the "theme"
│ │ │ │ font
│ │ │ │ [--eemmbbeedd string]
│ │ │ │ embed fonts, specified as a comma-separated list of EOT-format font files
│ │ │ │ [--kkeeeeppiimmaaggeeffiilleess]
│ │ │ │ do not remove the temporary PNG image files.
│ │ │ │ +****** FFoorrmmaatt ggrroouupp:: ggmmffaa ggmmffbb pplloott pplloott--ppnnmm pplloott--ccggmm pplloott--aaii pplloott--ssvvgg pplloott--ppss
│ │ │ │ +pplloott--ffiigg pplloott--ppccll pplloott--hhppggll pplloott--tteekk ******
│ │ │ │ +This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ + gmfa:
│ │ │ │ + ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ + gmfb:
│ │ │ │ + binary GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ + plot:
│ │ │ │ + GNU libplot output types, e.g. plot:-plotformat X.
│ │ │ │ + plot-pnm:
│ │ │ │ + pnm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ + plot-cgm:
│ │ │ │ + cgm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ + plot-ai:
│ │ │ │ + ai via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ + plot-svg:
│ │ │ │ + svg via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ + plot-ps:
│ │ │ │ + ps via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ + plot-fig:
│ │ │ │ + fig via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ + plot-pcl:
│ │ │ │ + pcl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ + plot-hpgl:
│ │ │ │ + hpgl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ + plot-tek:
│ │ │ │ + tek via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ + [--pplloottffoorrmmaatt string]
│ │ │ │ + plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │ ****** eemmff -- EEnnhhaanncceedd MMSS WWiinnddoowwss MMeettaaffiillee ******
│ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ [--mm]
│ │ │ │ map to Arial
│ │ │ │ [--nnff]
│ │ │ │ emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ [--ddrraawwbbbb]
│ │ │ │ @@ -842,44 +872,14 @@
│ │ │ │ but still nice looking text. Again - this option has no meaning when
│ │ │ │ pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is
│ │ │ │ portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ [--wwiinnbbbb]
│ │ │ │ let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ [--OOOO]
│ │ │ │ generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ -****** FFoorrmmaatt ggrroouupp:: ggmmffaa ggmmffbb pplloott pplloott--ppnnmm pplloott--ccggmm pplloott--aaii pplloott--ssvvgg pplloott--ppss
│ │ │ │ -pplloott--ffiigg pplloott--ppccll pplloott--hhppggll pplloott--tteekk ******
│ │ │ │ -This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ - gmfa:
│ │ │ │ - ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ - gmfb:
│ │ │ │ - binary GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ - plot:
│ │ │ │ - GNU libplot output types, e.g. plot:-plotformat X.
│ │ │ │ - plot-pnm:
│ │ │ │ - pnm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ - plot-cgm:
│ │ │ │ - cgm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ - plot-ai:
│ │ │ │ - ai via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ - plot-svg:
│ │ │ │ - svg via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ - plot-ps:
│ │ │ │ - ps via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ - plot-fig:
│ │ │ │ - fig via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ - plot-pcl:
│ │ │ │ - pcl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ - plot-hpgl:
│ │ │ │ - hpgl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ - plot-tek:
│ │ │ │ - tek via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ - [--pplloottffoorrmmaatt string]
│ │ │ │ - plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │ ********** NNOOTTEESS OONN SSPPEECCIIFFIICC FFOORRMMAATTSS AANNDD DDRRIIVVEERRSS **********
│ │ │ │ ****** aauuttoottrraaccee ******
│ │ │ │ pstoedit cooperates with autotrace. Autotrace can now produce a dump file for
│ │ │ │ further processing by pstoedit using the --bboo (back-end only) option. Autotrace
│ │ │ │ is a program written by a group around Martin Weber and can be found at _h_t_t_p_s_:_/
│ │ │ │ _/_s_o_u_r_c_e_f_o_r_g_e_._n_e_t_/_p_r_o_j_e_c_t_s_/_a_u_t_o_t_r_a_c_e_/.
│ │ │ │ ****** PPss22aaii ******
│ │ ├── ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/pstoedit.pdf
│ │ │ ├── pdftotext {} -
│ │ │ │ @@ -925,14 +925,44 @@
│ │ │ │ [-fonts string ] use ”windows” fonts (default), ”native” fonts, or convert to the
│ │ │ │ ”theme” font
│ │ │ │ [-embed string ] embed fonts, specified as a comma-separated list of EOTformat font files
│ │ │ │ [-keepimagefiles] do not remove the temporary PNG image files.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 4.38
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ +Format group: gmfa gmfb plot plot-pnm plot-cgm
│ │ │ │ +plot-ai plot-svg plot-ps plot-fig plot-pcl plot-hpgl
│ │ │ │ +plot-tek
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ +gmfa: ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ +gmfb: binary GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ +plot: GNU libplot output types, e.g. plot:-plotformat X.
│ │ │ │ +plot-pnm: pnm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +plot-cgm: cgm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +plot-ai: ai via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +plot-svg: svg via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +plot-ps: ps via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +plot-fig: fig via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +plot-pcl: pcl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +plot-hpgl: hpgl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +plot-tek: tek via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ +The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ +[-plotformat string ] plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │ +17
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ + 4.39
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +4.39
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +emf - Enhanced 5MSNOTES
│ │ │ │ +Windows
│ │ │ │ +ONMetafile
│ │ │ │ +SPECIFIC FORMATS AND DRIVERS
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ emf - Enhanced MS Windows Metafile
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ [-m] map to Arial
│ │ │ │ [-nf ] emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ [-drawbb] draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ [-p] prune line ends
│ │ │ │ @@ -948,80 +978,52 @@
│ │ │ │ under *nix the only option is to use the -pta option of pstoedit. However
│ │ │ │ that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the
│ │ │ │ text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the -nfw option provides a sort of
│ │ │ │ compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking
│ │ │ │ text. Again - this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under
│ │ │ │ MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless
│ │ │ │ not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ -17
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ - 4.39 Format group: gmfa gmfb plot plot-pnm plot-cgm plot-ai plot-svg
│ │ │ │ -plot-ps plot-fig plot-pcl5 plot-hpgl
│ │ │ │ -NOTES plot-tek
│ │ │ │ -ON SPECIFIC FORMATS AND DRIVERS
│ │ │ │ [-winbb] let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows
│ │ │ │ only)
│ │ │ │ [-OO] generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -4.39
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -Format group: gmfa gmfb plot plot-pnm plot-cgm
│ │ │ │ -plot-ai plot-svg plot-ps plot-fig plot-pcl plot-hpgl
│ │ │ │ -plot-tek
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ -gmfa: ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ -gmfb: binary GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ -plot: GNU libplot output types, e.g. plot:-plotformat X.
│ │ │ │ -plot-pnm: pnm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -plot-cgm: cgm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -plot-ai: ai via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -plot-svg: svg via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -plot-ps: ps via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -plot-fig: fig via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -plot-pcl: pcl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -plot-hpgl: hpgl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -plot-tek: tek via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ -The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ -[-plotformat string ] plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ 5
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ NOTES ON SPECIFIC FORMATS AND
│ │ │ │ DRIVERS
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 5.1
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ autotrace
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ pstoedit cooperates with autotrace. Autotrace can now produce a dump file for
│ │ │ │ further processing by pstoedit using the -bo (back-end only) option. Autotrace
│ │ │ │ is a program written by a group around Martin Weber and can be found at
│ │ │ │ https://sourceforge.net/projects/autotrace/.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -18
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ - 5.2
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -Ps2ai
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ 5.2
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -5
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -NOTES ON SPECIFIC FORMATS AND DRIVERS
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ Ps2ai
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ The ps2ai output format driver is not a native pstoedit output format driver.
│ │ │ │ It does not use the pstoedit PostScript flattener, instead it uses the PostScript
│ │ │ │ program ps2ai.ps which is installed in the Ghostscript distribution directory.
│ │ │ │ It is included to provide the same ”look-and-feel” for the conversion to AI.
│ │ │ │ However, lot’s of files do not convert nicely or at all using ps2ai.ps. So a native
│ │ │ │ pstoedit driver would be much better. Anyone out there to take this? The AI
│ │ │ │ +18
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ + 5.3
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +MetaPost
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +5
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +NOTES ON SPECIFIC FORMATS AND DRIVERS
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ format is usable for example by Mayura Draw (http://www.mayura.com). Also
│ │ │ │ a driver to the Mayura native format would be nice.
│ │ │ │ An alternative to the ps2ai based driver is available via the -f plot:ai format
│ │ │ │ if the libplot(ter) is installed.
│ │ │ │ You should use a version of Ghostscript greater than or equal to 6.00 for
│ │ │ │ using the ps2ai output format driver.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ @@ -1060,29 +1062,29 @@
│ │ │ │ "\usepackage{xcolor}". And if a figure contains rotated text, the
│ │ │ │ top-level document will need to do a "\usepackage{rotating}".
│ │ │ │ All lengths, coordinates, and font sizes output by the output format driver
│ │ │ │ are in terms of \unitlength, so scaling a figure is simply a matter of doing
│ │ │ │ a "\setlength{\unitlength}{...}".
│ │ │ │ The output format driver currently supports one output format driver
│ │ │ │ specific option, ”integers”, which rounds all lengths, coordinates, and font
│ │ │ │ +sizes to the nearest integer. This makes hand-editing the picture a little
│ │ │ │ +nicer.
│ │ │ │ + Why is this output format driver useful? One answer is portability; any
│ │ │ │ +LATEX2e system can handle the picture environment, even if it cannot handle PostScript graphics. (pdfLATEX comes to mind here.) A second answer is that pictures can be edited easily to contain any arbitrary LATEX2e
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 19
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 5.6
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ Creating a new output format driver
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 7
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ TROUBLE SHOOTING
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -sizes to the nearest integer. This makes hand-editing the picture a little
│ │ │ │ -nicer.
│ │ │ │ - Why is this output format driver useful? One answer is portability; any
│ │ │ │ -LATEX2e system can handle the picture environment, even if it cannot handle PostScript graphics. (pdfLATEX comes to mind here.) A second answer is that pictures can be edited easily to contain any arbitrary LATEX2e
│ │ │ │ code. For instance, the text in a figure can be modified to contain complex
│ │ │ │ mathematics, non-Latin alphabets, bibliographic citations, or – the real
│ │ │ │ reason Scott wrote the LATEX2e output format driver – hyperlinks to the
│ │ │ │ surrounding document (with help from the hyperref package).
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 5.6
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ @@ -1121,25 +1123,26 @@
│ │ │ │ front-end. If this file looks good but the output for a specific format is wrong,
│ │ │ │ the problem is probably in the output format driver for the specific format. In
│ │ │ │ either case send bug fixes and reports to the author.
│ │ │ │ A common problem with PostScript files is that the PostScript file redefines
│ │ │ │ one of the standard PostScript operators inconsistently. There is no effect of
│ │ │ │ this if you just print the file since the original PostScript ”program” uses these
│ │ │ │ new operators in the new meaning and does not use the original ones anymore.
│ │ │ │ +However, when run under the control of pstoedit, these operators are expected
│ │ │ │ +to work with the original semantics.
│ │ │ │ +So far I’ve seen redefinitions for:
│ │ │ │ + lt - ”less-then” to mean ”draw a line to”
│ │ │ │ + string - ”create a string object” to mean ”draw a string”
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ 20
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 9
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ FAQS
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -However, when run under the control of pstoedit, these operators are expected
│ │ │ │ -to work with the original semantics.
│ │ │ │ -So far I’ve seen redefinitions for:
│ │ │ │ - lt - ”less-then” to mean ”draw a line to”
│ │ │ │ - string - ”create a string object” to mean ”draw a string”
│ │ │ │ length - ”get the length of e.g. a string” to a ”float constant”
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ I’ve included work-arounds for the ones mentioned above, but some others
│ │ │ │ could show up in addition to those.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 8
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ @@ -1172,26 +1175,26 @@
│ │ │ │ FAQs
│ │ │ │ 1. Why do letters like O or B get strange if converted to TGIF/XFIG using
│ │ │ │ the -dt option?
│ │ │ │ Most output format drivers do not support composite paths with intermediate gaps (moveto’s) and second do not support very well the (eo)fill
│ │ │ │ operators of PostScript (winding rule). For such objects pstoedit breaks
│ │ │ │ them into smaller objects whenever such a gap is found. This results in
│ │ │ │ the ”hole” being filled with black color instead of being transparent. Since
│ │ │ │ -21
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ - 12
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ version 3.11 you can try the -ssp option in combination with the XFIG
│ │ │ │ output format driver.
│ │ │ │ 2. Why does pstoedit produce ugly results from PostScript files generated by
│ │ │ │ dvips?
│ │ │ │ This is because TEX documents usually use bitmap fonts. Such fonts
│ │ │ │ cannot be used as native font in other format. So pstoedit replaces the
│ │ │ │ +21
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ + 12
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ TEX font with another native font. Of course, the replacement font will
│ │ │ │ in most cases produce another look, especially if mathematical symbols
│ │ │ │ are used. Try to use PostScript fonts instead of the bitmap fonts when
│ │ │ │ generating a PostScript file from TEX or LATEX.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 10
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ @@ -1227,27 +1230,27 @@
│ │ │ │ Christoph Jaeschke provided the OS/2 metafile (MET) output format
│ │ │ │ driver. Thomas Hoffmann thoffman AT zappa.sax.de did some further
│ │ │ │ updates on the OS/2 part.
│ │ │ │ Jens Weber rz47b7 AT PostAG.DE provided the MS Windows metafile
│ │ │ │ (WMF) output format driver, and a graphical user interface (GUI).
│ │ │ │ G. Edward Johnson lorax AT nist.gov provided the CGM Draw library
│ │ │ │ used in the CGM output format driver.
│ │ │ │ + Gerhard Kircher kircher AT edvz.tuwien.ac.at provided some bug
│ │ │ │ +fixes.
│ │ │ │ + Bill Cheng bill.cheng AT acm.org provided help with the TGIF format
│ │ │ │ +and some changes to TGIF to make the output format driver easier to
│ │ │ │ +implement.
│ │ │ │ + Reini Urban rurban AT sbox.tu-graz.ac.at provided input for the extended DXF output format driver.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 22
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 12
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ - Gerhard Kircher kircher AT edvz.tuwien.ac.at provided some bug
│ │ │ │ -fixes.
│ │ │ │ - Bill Cheng bill.cheng AT acm.org provided help with the TGIF format
│ │ │ │ -and some changes to TGIF to make the output format driver easier to
│ │ │ │ -implement.
│ │ │ │ - Reini Urban rurban AT sbox.tu-graz.ac.at provided input for the extended DXF output format driver.
│ │ │ │ Glenn M. Lewis glenn AT gmlewis.com provided RenderMan (RIB),
│ │ │ │ Real3D (RPL), and LightWave 3D (LWO) output format drivers.
│ │ │ │ Piet van Oostrum piet AT cs.ruu.nl made several bug fixes.
│ │ │ │ Lutz Vieweg lkv AT mania.robin.de provided several bug fixes and suggestions for improvements.
│ │ │ │ Derek B. Noonburg derekn AT vw.ece.cmu.edu and Rainer Dorsch
│ │ │ │ rd AT berlepsch.wohnheim.uni-ulm.de isolated and resolved a Linuxspecific core dump problem.
│ │ │ │ Rob Warner rcw2 AT ukc.ac.uk made pstoedit compile under RiscOS.
│ │ │ │ @@ -1271,29 +1274,29 @@
│ │ │ │ Under MS Windows, libzip and libz are linked statically into the driver
│ │ │ │ DLL. Thanks to the whole libzip team. The libzip license is explained
│ │ │ │ here https://libzip.org/license.
│ │ │ │ Burkhard Plaum plaum AT IPF.Uni-Stuttgart.de added support for
│ │ │ │ complex filled paths for the XFIG output format driver.
│ │ │ │ Bernhard Herzog herzog AT online.de contributed the output format
│ │ │ │ driver for sketch ( http://www.skencil.org/ )
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -23
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ - 13
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -LEGAL NOTICES
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ Rolf Niepraschk (niepraschk AT ptb.de) converted the HTML man page
│ │ │ │ to LATEX format. This allows generating the UNIX style and the HTML
│ │ │ │ manual from this base format.
│ │ │ │ Several others sent smaller bug fixed and bug reports. Sorry if I do not
│ │ │ │ mention them all here.
│ │ │ │ Gisbert W. Selke (gisbert AT tapirsoft.de) for the Java 2 output format driver.
│ │ │ │ Robert S. Maier (rsm AT math.arizona.edu) for many improvements on
│ │ │ │ the libplot output format driver and for libplot itself.
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +23
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ + 13
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +LEGAL NOTICES
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ The authors of pstotext (mcjones AT pa.dec.com and birrell AT pa.dec.com)
│ │ │ │ for giving me the permission to use their simple PostScript code for performing rotation.
│ │ │ │ Daniel Gehriger gehriger AT linkcad.com for his help concerning the
│ │ │ │ handling of Splines in the DXF format.
│ │ │ │ Allen Barnett libemf AT lignumcomputing.com for his work on the
│ │ │ │ libEMF which allows creating WMF/EMF files under *nix systems.
│ │ │ │ Dave dave AT opaque.net for providing the libming which is a multiplatform library for generating SWF files.
│ │ ├── ./usr/share/man/man1/pstoedit.1.gz
│ │ │ ├── pstoedit.1
│ │ │ │ @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
│ │ │ │ .\" *********************************** start of \input{version.tex}
│ │ │ │ .\" *********************************** end of \input{version.tex}
│ │ │ │ '\" t
│ │ │ │ -.\" Manual page created with latex2man.local on Sun Apr 19 11:36:04 2026
│ │ │ │ +.\" Manual page created with latex2man.local on Sun Apr 19 19:18:42 2026
│ │ │ │ .\" NOTE: This file is generated, DO NOT EDIT.
│ │ │ │ .de Vb
│ │ │ │ .ft CW
│ │ │ │ .nf
│ │ │ │ ..
│ │ │ │ .de Ve
│ │ │ │ .ft R
│ │ │ │ @@ -1185,51 +1185,14 @@
│ │ │ │ embed fonts, specified as a comma\-separated list of EOT\-format font files
│ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ [\fB\-keepimagefiles\fP]
│ │ │ │ \"option\-pptx\-keepimagefiles
│ │ │ │ do not remove the temporary PNG image files.
│ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ -.SS EMF \- ENHANCED MS WINDOWS METAFILE
│ │ │ │ -The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ -[\fB\-m\fP]
│ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-m
│ │ │ │ -map to Arial
│ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ -[\fB\-nf\fP]
│ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-nf
│ │ │ │ -emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ -[\fB\-drawbb\fP]
│ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-drawbb
│ │ │ │ -draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ -[\fB\-p\fP]
│ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-p
│ │ │ │ -prune line ends
│ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ -[\fB\-nfw\fP]
│ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-nfw
│ │ │ │ -Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, \&.\&.\&.) will not accept WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will estimate interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This may result in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can still read EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the inter letter spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the generated WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use this option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be generated under *nix the only option is to use the \-pta option of pstoedit. However that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the \-nfw option provides a sort of compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking text. Again \- this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ -[\fB\-winbb\fP]
│ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-winbb
│ │ │ │ -let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ -[\fB\-OO\fP]
│ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-OO
│ │ │ │ -generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ .SS FORMAT GROUP: GMFA GMFB PLOT PLOT\-PNM PLOT\-CGM PLOT\-AI PLOT\-SVG PLOT\-PS PLOT\-FIG PLOT\-PCL PLOT\-HPGL PLOT\-TEK
│ │ │ │ This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ gmfa:
│ │ │ │ ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ gmfb:
│ │ │ │ @@ -1267,14 +1230,51 @@
│ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ [\fB\-plotformat\fP\fI string\fP]
│ │ │ │ \"option\-gmfa\-plotformat
│ │ │ │ plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ +.SS EMF \- ENHANCED MS WINDOWS METAFILE
│ │ │ │ +The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ +[\fB\-m\fP]
│ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-m
│ │ │ │ +map to Arial
│ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ +[\fB\-nf\fP]
│ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-nf
│ │ │ │ +emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ +[\fB\-drawbb\fP]
│ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-drawbb
│ │ │ │ +draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ +[\fB\-p\fP]
│ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-p
│ │ │ │ +prune line ends
│ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ +[\fB\-nfw\fP]
│ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-nfw
│ │ │ │ +Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, \&.\&.\&.) will not accept WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will estimate interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This may result in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can still read EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the inter letter spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the generated WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use this option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be generated under *nix the only option is to use the \-pta option of pstoedit. However that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the \-nfw option provides a sort of compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking text. Again \- this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ +[\fB\-winbb\fP]
│ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-winbb
│ │ │ │ +let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ +[\fB\-OO\fP]
│ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-OO
│ │ │ │ +generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ .\" *********************************** end of \input{driverhelp.tex}
│ │ │ │ .SH NOTES ON SPECIFIC FORMATS AND DRIVERS
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ .SS AUTOTRACE
│ │ │ │ pstoedit cooperates with autotrace. Autotrace can now produce a dump file
│ │ │ │ for further processing by pstoedit using the \fB\-bo\fP
│ │ │ │ (back\-end only) option.