+---------------------------------------------+ | PURIFYEPS | | | | Convert an ordinary Encapsulated PostScript | | file (.eps) into one that works with both | | LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. | | | | By Scott Pakin, scott+peps@pakin.org | +---------------------------------------------+ Description ----------- While pdfLaTeX has a number of nice features, its primary shortcoming relative to standard LaTeX+dvips is that it is unable to read ordinary Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files, the most common graphics format in the LaTeX world. purifyeps converts EPS files into a "purified" form that can be read by *both* LaTeX+dvips and pdfLaTeX. The trick is that the standard LaTeX2e graphics packages can parse MetaPost-produced EPS directly. Hence, purifyeps need only convert an arbitrary EPS file into the same stylized format that MetaPost outputs. Documentation is provided in Unix man-page format and in PDF (U.S. letter-sized). In addition, executing "purifyeps --help" gives basic command-line usage. Requirements ------------ To run purifyeps, you will need the following: * Perl (http://www.cpan.org) * pstoedit (http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit) * a LaTeX distribution that includes MetaPost (mpost) purifyeps itself is a Perl script. On certain operating systems, you may need to rename purifyeps (e.g., to purifyeps.pl) to notify the system that purifyeps is, in fact, a Perl script. Copyright and license --------------------- Copyright (C) 2010 by Scott Pakin This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in: http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2006/05/20 or later.