From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 22 20:51:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28A2B16A420 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:51:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB11913C481 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:51:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l7MKTIP2036637; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:29:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l7MKTHcR036636; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:29:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:29:12 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Predrag Punosevac Message-ID: <20070822202912.GC36484@thought.org> References: <20070822073547.GA31201@thought.org> <46CBEFD6.9060102@math.arizona.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46CBEFD6.9060102@math.arizona.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ps2ascii. &c. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:51:18 -0000 On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 01:12:06AM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > > > If this is a re-post, sorry. I thought I mailed this to -questions. > > Anyway, where are the pdf and pd and other ghostscript converters? > > I thought these utilities were in the default distribution, but I > > can't find them. pdfps, pdftoascii, and so forth. > > > > thanks in advance for any help, > > > > gary > > > > > > > > > > > I use ghostscript-gpl-8.57 which is in print. > The commands are actually ps2pdf and pdf2ps. I am not using acscii > converter but I the command is > ps2ascii. Are you sure you are using right commands? On my Ubuntu server (which is starting to fail big time) there is pdf2ascii. It takes severa flags, so it may be a custom script from the Debian guys. Here (FBSD) the scripts are similar, but much simpler; fewer flaf.s. --Of course I haven't upgraded ghostscript-gnu for months. BTW, I was looking for the ps/pdf stuff in converters.... Live and learn! > > The other converters like dvips, dvipdfm are in print. thanks, gents; it helps to have all this expertise gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix