Name  pstoedit  -  a  converter  from  Postscript(TM) to editable
       Objects.
Syntax
       pstoedit [ -dt ] [ -dis ] [ ] [ -m number ] [ -f format  ]
       [ files ]

Description
       pstoedit  allows to convert Postscript(TM) files to a sim-
       ple vector graphic format, that can be  edited.  Currently
       tgif  (-f  tgif), xfig (-f fig), Framemaker(TM) MIF-format
       (-f mif) and flat PostScript (-f ps) are  supported.   Ask
       archie  on  where to find tgif or xfig.  Pstoedit works by
       redefining   the   two   basic   painting   operators   of
       (TM)Postscript, stroke and show. Others like image are not
       supported.   After   redefining   these   operators,   the
       Postscript file that needs to be converted is processed by
       GhostScript (gs). So you need to have Ghostscript in order
       to  use  this  program.   pstoedit uses a postprocessor to
       actually build the input file for the editor.  This  is  a
       small lex-program (makeedit). To build it, just type make.
       Edit the pstoedit script and change LIB according to  your
       local environment.

       The  output  of  gs  that  is  piped to makeedit is a flat
       PostScript which  only  contains  simple  operations  like
       moveto lineto, show, ....  You can look at this file using
       the -f debug option.

       To implement a new backend you  can  start  from  drvexam-
       ple.c.   See also drvbase.h for explanation of the methods
       that need to implemented for a new backend.

Options
       -dt   Text is drawn as  polygons.  This  might  produce  a
             large  output  file.   You  might  want  to use this
             options for example if the PostScript file  contains
             rotated text.

       -dis  Open  a  display  during  processing by GhostScript.
             Some files only work correctly this way.

       -m factor
             magnify by a factor (for tgif only).

       -f format
             target output format. Currently tgif, mif and ps are
             recognized.

       files input  files.  If  no  file  is  given  as argument,
             pstoedit works as filter reading from standard input
             and writing to standard output.

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Author
       Wolfgang Glunz, Wolfgang.Glunz@zfe.siemens.de

Acknowledgements
       * Klaus     Steinberger     <Klaus.Steinberger@physik.uni-
         muenchen.de> who wrote this man page.

       * David B. Rosen <rosen@murmur> for some  ideas  and  some
         PostScript code from his ps2aplot program.

       * Ian  MacPhedran  <Ian_MacPhedran@engr.USask.CA>  for the
         xfig backend.

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