PSTOEDIT 
Copyright (C) 1993,1994,1995,1996 Wolfgang Glunz, Wolfgang.Glunz@zfe.siemens.de

pstoedit converts Postscript(TM) files to other vector graphic
formats so that they can be edited graphically. See pstoedit.man 
for more details on which formats are supported by pstoedit.


If you just find this program useful, have made some improvements or 
implemented other backends please send a mail to Wolfgang.Glunz@zfe.siemens.de.
If you want to express your gratitude even more, you can send me
some inline-skates stuff (magazines, bearings, wheels, ...)

Installing pstoedit:
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You need a C++ compiler, e.g., g++ to compile pstoedit.

* cd to src
* edit Makefile 
	- change  BINDIR and MANDIR according to your local environment
	- Uncomment the platform specific flags corresponding to your 
	  platform.
	- if you want to include the CGM driver, you must get and compile
	  the cd-library first. The cd-library is available from
	  http://speckle.ncsl.nist.gov/~lorax/cgm/cd.html. 
	  After that, uncomment the lines following lines in the makefile
	#CDDIR=../cd
	#LOCALDEFINES=-I.. -I$(CDDIR) -DWITHCGM
	#LOCALDRIVERS=drvcgm.$(OBJEXT) $(CDDIR)/cd.$(OBJEXT)


* type: make clean; make; make install; 

There are several test cases included. To run them type `make test'

pstoedit works reasonable with PostScript files containing
	* line drawings
	* text with standard fonts and no special encodings

Try to run it on golfer.ps or tiger.ps that comes with ghostscript, e.g., 
pstoedit -f <your format> <local path where ghostscript is installed>/examples/tiger.ps tiger.<suffix>

In particular pstoedit does not support
	* bitmap images
	* general fill patterns
	* ... 


To implement a new backend you can start from drvsampl.cc.

Acknowledgements:
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see manual page in src/pstoedit.man for a list of contributors.

License: 
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    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.



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The cgm backend within pstoedit is based on the cd-library available from
http://speckle.ncsl.nist.gov/~lorax/cgm/cd.html . The source contains the
following copyright notice:
	cd software produced by NIST, an agency of the U.S. government,
	is by statute not subject to copyright in the United States.
	Recipients of this software assume all responsibilities associated
	with its operation, modification and maintenance.