Re: [Groff] EPS from PIC?

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I'm using gpic(1) within LaTeX for figures; unfortunately the
> generated TeX code relies on DVI drivers to implement certain
> \specials.  Those are not supported by all drivers and in particular
> not by pdflatex(1).  As an alternative I'm looking for a way to
> generate an EPS file from a PIC diagram.  It seems that groff can
> generate PS, but not EPS.  I'm aware of ps2eps(1) and the like but
> would like to hear your suggestion.

I suggest the script below to convert a PIC image for LaTeX to an EPS
file which can be directly included into any PDF document.


    Werner

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#! /bin/sh
#
# piclatex2eps
#
#   convert a PIC image wrapped into a LaTeX document to an EPS file
#
# usage:
#
#   piclatex2eps <namestem>
#
# the input file must be called <namestem>.pic; the output file is
# called <namestem>.eps
#
# used tools: GNU pic, latex, dvips, gs, sed, cat, rm

pic -t $1.pic > $1.tex
latex $1.tex
dvips -E -o $1.ps $1.dvi
# get the correct bounding box; dvips is fooled by \special commands
gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=bbox -- $1.ps 2> $1.bbox
cat $1.ps \
| sed -e "
  /%%BoundingBox/ {
    r $1.bbox
    d
  }
" > $1.eps
rm $1.tex $1.aux $1.log $1.dvi $1.ps $1.bbox

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