Hmm....
Turns out that the whole _R thing is an enscript defined procedure.
Other types of eps files, say from Kword, don't have this problem.
So, it seems that there is something funny about enscript files when
they are turned into eps files.
Now, if only Kword would not have bounding box problems or if only enscript
wouldn't have this _R problem but.....
I wouldn't have learned very much.
Joel
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 01:49:53PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
> Well, I messed around and found the solution.
> At the end of the EPS file, there is a command _R
> like this:
>
> _R
> S
> %%Trailer
> cleartomark
> countdictstack exch sub { end } repeat
> restore
> %%EOF
>
> S stands for showpage
> _R is defined as below:
> /_R { % restore from saved state
> _s restore
> } def
>
> Removing _R makes things works just as expected. When I figure out what
> _s is, I may have more of a clue as to what is going on.
>
> What really bugs me is that ps2epsi has this apparent bug, at least when
> working with enscript. Oh well, it works when you take you the _R out.
>
> Joel
>
>
> On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 01:21:59PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > Any postscript guru's here?
> >
> > I created a postscript document with enscript, then ran ps2epsi against
> > it. When I try to open the eps file with gv, the bounding box is right
> > but the text in the file just flashes on the screen for a fraction of
> > a second.
> >
> > The end of the eps file has the following:
> > %%Trailer
> > cleartomark
> > countdictstack exch sub { end } repeat
> > restore
> > %%EOF
> >
> > When I remove the cleartomark command, the text remains on the screen, but I
> > get a stack error.
> >
> > I know enuf to understand that this is supposed to leave the stack in
> > its original state, but, why does it erase the text it has already drawn?
> >
> > Any insight appreciated,
> > Joel
> >
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