Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:22:27 +0100 From: dgmm <freebsd01@dgmm.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where oh where has my converter stuff gone? Message-ID: <200708212322.27700.freebsd01@dgmm.net> In-Reply-To: <20070821212215.GA27790@thought.org> References: <20070821212215.GA27790@thought.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tuesday 21 August 2007, Gary Kline wrote: > Guys, > > Where does the ps2ascii and related converter files live in > ports? I thought they were part of the distribution, but nope. > pdftopdf was one. > > thanks for any clues! > > > gary Starting with: cd /usr/ports && make search name=ps2ascii leads me to Port: dvips2ascii-1.3 Path: /usr/ports/print/dvips2ascii Info: PostScript (created by dvips) to ascii conve sounds close, but maybe no cigar so lets have a look at the pkg-descr cat /usr/ports/print/dvips2ascii/pkg-descr dvips2ascii ----------- This is a PostScript-to-ascii converter which works for PostScript files created by dvips. Results are usually better than using ps2ascii which comes with ghostscript. Bingo! It's part of ghostscript, unless, of course you find dvips2ascii works for you :-) -- Dave
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200708212322.27700.freebsd01>