Re: Can EPS be drawn?

FROM : Marcel Weiher
DATE : Thu Nov 21 20:04:44 2002

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 07:25  Uhr, Dave Mattson wrote:

> However, when a EPS comes in from the pasteBoard.  It is doesn't show
> up, I just get a box with and X across it and a text note stating the
> size "EPS (555x666)" .

Yes, there is no support on OS X for rendering Postscript (this
includes EPSes).  OS X supposedly is capable of rendering the preview,
if there is one, but I don't think I've actually seen this in action.

> Can anyone give me a clue about what to study to get the eps image in
> my document, on the screen, and printing???

You need to convert the EPS to PDF or include software within your
application to render EPS to screen.

The conversion can be done using a distiller, such as Acrobat,
Ghostscript, Jaws or PStill.  (My own WhiteLightning distiller isn't
available yet).

If you don't want the EPS to be converted, then you will need internal
rendering code.

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I happen to have Objective-C frameworks that will render Postscript
(including EPS) using Quartz.  AFAIK, it is the only Postscript
interpreter that is fully integrated with Quartz.
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Marcel

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