Re: Drawing several plots in one file, EPS files

[Paul Kienzle]

On Feb 27, 2004, at 11:07 PM, Henry F. Mollet wrote:

> Thanks. I think it worked but I'll have to be able to view an eps file.
> Henry
> N.B. Easier said than done, apparently:
> 1. I can insert the eps file into a ppt file and print to a laser 
> printer
> but I don't have one at home.
> 2. I have Illustrator 7.0 in Classic OS 9.2 but the parser cannot read 
> the
> eps file.
> 3. I've downloaded and "installed?' ghostsript with finkcomander but I 
> don't
> know how to use it. I have a 2.3 MB file
> ghostscript-8.00-3_darwin-powerpc.deb file in
> /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/.

I did:

        sudo apt-get install ghostscript
        ps2pdf file.eps

Then looked at the file in Preview.
The file wasn't with gnuplot or epstk output though, so YMMV.

As it turns out, I didn't need to download anything since OS X 10.3
Preview supports conversion of ps to pdf automatically.

Paul Kienzle
address@hidden



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