│ │ │ │ - autotrace
│ │ │ │ - Ps2ai
│ │ │ │ - MetaPost
│ │ │ │ @@ -852,15 +852,69 @@
│ │ │ │ - Adobe Illustrator via ps2ai.ps of Ghostscript.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ - gs:
│ │ │ │ - any device that Ghostscript provides - use gs:format, e.g. gs:pdfwrite.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +- [-m]
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +-
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +map to Arial
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +- [-nf]
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +-
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +- [-drawbb]
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +-
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +- [-p]
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +-
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +prune line ends
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +- [-nfw]
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +-
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, ...) will not accept WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will estimate interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This may result in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can still read EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the inter letter spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the generated WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use this option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be generated under *nix the only option is to use the -pta option of pstoedit. However that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the -nfw option provides a sort of compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking text. Again - this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +- [-winbb]
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +-
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +- [-OO]
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +-
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ - gmfa:
│ │ │ │ - ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ - gmfb:
│ │ │ │ @@ -903,19 +957,14 @@
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -This driver uses the C++ API of ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick to finally produce different output formats. The output format is determined automatically by Image-/GraphicsMagick based on the suffix of the output filename. So an output file test.png will force the creation of an image in PNG format. This binary of pstoedit was compiled against version 7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -No format specific options
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ See also: http://linuxcnc.org/
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ @@ -1572,68 +1621,19 @@
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ just an example
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -- [-m]
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ --
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -map to Arial
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -- [-nf]
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ --
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -- [-drawbb]
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ --
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -- [-p]
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ --
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -prune line ends
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -- [-nfw]
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ --
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, ...) will not accept WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will estimate interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This may result in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can still read EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the inter letter spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the generated WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use this option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be generated under *nix the only option is to use the -pta option of pstoedit. However that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the -nfw option provides a sort of compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking text. Again - this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -- [-winbb]
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ --
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -- [-OO]
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ --
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ +This driver uses the C++ API of ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick to finally produce different output formats. The output format is determined automatically by Image-/GraphicsMagick based on the suffix of the output filename. So an output file test.png will force the creation of an image in PNG format. This binary of pstoedit was compiled against version 7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ +No format specific options
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ This is the format used internally by Microsoft PowerPoint. LibreOffice can also read/write PowerPoint files albeit with some lack of functionality.
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ - [-colors string]
│ │ │ │ ├── html2text {}
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
│ │ │ │ │ ************ PPSSTTOOEEDDIITT ************
│ │ │ │ │ ****** DDrr.. WWoollffggaanngg GGlluunnzz ******
│ │ │ │ │ - ****** 0044 OOccttoobbeerr 22002266 ******
│ │ │ │ │ + ****** 0022 SSeepptteemmbbeerr 22002255 ******
│ │ │ │ │ ****** VVeerrssiioonn 44..0022 ******
│ │ │ │ │ pstoedit - a tool converting PostScript and PDF files into various vector
│ │ │ │ │ graphic formats
│ │ │ │ │ ******** TTaabbllee ooff CCoonntteennttss ********
│ │ │ │ │ * _S_y_n_o_p_s_i_s
│ │ │ │ │ o _F_r_o_m_ _a_ _c_o_m_m_a_n_d_ _s_h_e_l_l
│ │ │ │ │ o _F_r_o_m_ _P_s_t_o_e_d_i_t_Q_t_G_u_i
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -17,18 +17,17 @@
│ │ │ │ │ o _G_e_n_e_r_a_l_ _o_p_t_i_o_n_s
│ │ │ │ │ o _T_e_x_t_ _a_n_d_ _f_o_n_t_ _h_a_n_d_l_i_n_g_ _r_e_l_a_t_e_d_ _o_p_t_i_o_n_s
│ │ │ │ │ o _D_r_a_w_i_n_g_ _r_e_l_a_t_e_d_ _o_p_t_i_o_n_s
│ │ │ │ │ o _D_i_a_g_n_o_s_t_i_c_ _a_n_d_ _d_e_b_u_g_ _o_p_t_i_o_n_s
│ │ │ │ │ o _I_n_p_u_t_ _a_n_d_ _o_u_t_f_i_l_e_ _f_i_l_e_ _a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s
│ │ │ │ │ * _A_v_a_i_l_a_b_l_e_ _f_o_r_m_a_t_s_ _a_n_d_ _t_h_e_i_r_ _s_p_e_c_i_f_i_c_ _o_p_t_i_o_n_s
│ │ │ │ │ o _F_o_r_m_a_t_ _g_r_o_u_p_:_ _p_s_f_ _p_s_ _d_e_b_u_g_ _d_u_m_p_ _p_s_2_a_i_ _g_s
│ │ │ │ │ + o _e_m_f_ _-_ _E_n_h_a_n_c_e_d_ _M_S_ _W_i_n_d_o_w_s_ _M_e_t_a_f_i_l_e
│ │ │ │ │ o _F_o_r_m_a_t_ _g_r_o_u_p_:_ _g_m_f_a_ _g_m_f_b_ _p_l_o_t_ _p_l_o_t_-_p_n_m_ _p_l_o_t_-_c_g_m_ _p_l_o_t_-_a_i_ _p_l_o_t_-_s_v_g
│ │ │ │ │ _p_l_o_t_-_p_s_ _p_l_o_t_-_f_i_g_ _p_l_o_t_-_p_c_l_ _p_l_o_t_-_h_p_g_l_ _p_l_o_t_-_t_e_k
│ │ │ │ │ - o _m_a_g_i_c_k_ _-_ _M_A_G_I_C_K_ _d_r_i_v_e_r_ _c_o_m_p_a_t_i_b_l_e_ _w_i_t_h_ _v_e_r_s_i_o_n_ _7_._1_._1_ _o_f
│ │ │ │ │ - _I_m_a_g_e_M_a_g_i_c_k_.
│ │ │ │ │ o _g_c_o_d_e_ _-_ _e_m_c_2_ _g_c_o_d_e_ _f_o_r_m_a_t
│ │ │ │ │ o _c_a_i_r_o_ _-_ _c_a_i_r_o_ _d_r_i_v_e_r
│ │ │ │ │ o _l_w_o_ _-_ _L_i_g_h_t_W_a_v_e_ _3_D_ _o_b_j_e_c_t_ _f_o_r_m_a_t
│ │ │ │ │ o _r_i_b_ _-_ _R_e_n_d_e_r_M_a_n_ _I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e_ _B_y_t_e_s_t_r_e_a_m
│ │ │ │ │ o _r_p_l_ _-_ _R_e_a_l_3_D_ _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_m_i_n_g_ _L_a_n_g_u_a_g_e_ _f_o_r_m_a_t
│ │ │ │ │ o _F_o_r_m_a_t_ _g_r_o_u_p_:_ _d_x_f_ _d_x_f___1_4_ _d_x_f___s
│ │ │ │ │ o _j_a_v_a_1_ _-_ _j_a_v_a_ _1_ _a_p_p_l_e_t_ _s_o_u_r_c_e_ _c_o_d_e
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -54,15 +53,16 @@
│ │ │ │ │ o _v_t_k_ _-_ _V_T_K_ _d_r_i_v_e_r
│ │ │ │ │ o _s_v_m_ _-_ _S_t_a_r_V_i_e_w_/_O_p_e_n_O_f_f_i_c_e_._o_r_g_ _m_e_t_a_f_i_l_e
│ │ │ │ │ o _g_n_u_p_l_o_t_ _-_ _g_n_u_p_l_o_t_ _f_o_r_m_a_t
│ │ │ │ │ o _t_g_i_f_ _-_ _T_g_i_f_ _._o_b_j_ _f_o_r_m_a_t
│ │ │ │ │ o _F_o_r_m_a_t_ _g_r_o_u_p_:_ _f_i_g_ _x_f_i_g_ _t_f_i_g
│ │ │ │ │ o _i_d_r_a_w_ _-_ _I_n_t_e_r_v_i_e_w_s_ _d_r_a_w_ _f_o_r_m_a_t_ _(_E_P_S_)
│ │ │ │ │ o _s_a_m_p_l_e_ _-_ _s_a_m_p_l_e_ _d_r_i_v_e_r
│ │ │ │ │ - o _e_m_f_ _-_ _E_n_h_a_n_c_e_d_ _M_S_ _W_i_n_d_o_w_s_ _M_e_t_a_f_i_l_e
│ │ │ │ │ + o _m_a_g_i_c_k_ _-_ _M_A_G_I_C_K_ _d_r_i_v_e_r_ _c_o_m_p_a_t_i_b_l_e_ _w_i_t_h_ _v_e_r_s_i_o_n_ _7_._1_._1_ _o_f
│ │ │ │ │ + _I_m_a_g_e_M_a_g_i_c_k_.
│ │ │ │ │ o _p_p_t_x_ _-_ _P_r_e_s_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n_M_L_ _(_P_o_w_e_r_P_o_i_n_t_)_ _f_o_r_m_a_t
│ │ │ │ │ * _N_O_T_E_S_ _O_N_ _S_P_E_C_I_F_I_C_ _F_O_R_M_A_T_S_ _A_N_D_ _D_R_I_V_E_R_S
│ │ │ │ │ o _a_u_t_o_t_r_a_c_e
│ │ │ │ │ o _P_s_2_a_i
│ │ │ │ │ o _M_e_t_a_P_o_s_t
│ │ │ │ │ o _C_o_n_t_e_x_t_ _F_r_e_e_ _-_ _C_F_D_G
│ │ │ │ │ o _L_a_T_e_X_2_e
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -516,14 +516,45 @@
│ │ │ │ │ dump:
│ │ │ │ │ for test purposes (same as debug).
│ │ │ │ │ ps2ai:
│ │ │ │ │ Adobe Illustrator via ps2ai.ps of Ghostscript.
│ │ │ │ │ gs:
│ │ │ │ │ any device that Ghostscript provides - use gs:format, e.g. gs:pdfwrite.
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ +****** eemmff -- EEnnhhaanncceedd MMSS WWiinnddoowwss MMeettaaffiillee ******
│ │ │ │ │ +The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ + [--mm]
│ │ │ │ │ + map to Arial
│ │ │ │ │ + [--nnff]
│ │ │ │ │ + emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ │ + [--ddrraawwbbbb]
│ │ │ │ │ + draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ │ + [--pp]
│ │ │ │ │ + prune line ends
│ │ │ │ │ + [--nnffww]
│ │ │ │ │ + Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, ...) will not accept
│ │ │ │ │ + WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains
│ │ │ │ │ + text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will
│ │ │ │ │ + estimate interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This
│ │ │ │ │ + may result in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can
│ │ │ │ │ + still read EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the
│ │ │ │ │ + inter letter spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the
│ │ │ │ │ + generated WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use
│ │ │ │ │ + this option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be
│ │ │ │ │ + generated under *nix the only option is to use the -pta option of
│ │ │ │ │ + pstoedit. However that causes every text to be split into single
│ │ │ │ │ + characters which makes the text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the -nfw
│ │ │ │ │ + option provides a sort of compromise between portability and nice to edit
│ │ │ │ │ + but still nice looking text. Again - this option has no meaning when
│ │ │ │ │ + pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is
│ │ │ │ │ + portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ │ + [--wwiinnbbbb]
│ │ │ │ │ + let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ │ + [--OOOO]
│ │ │ │ │ + generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ │ ****** FFoorrmmaatt ggrroouupp:: ggmmffaa ggmmffbb pplloott pplloott--ppnnmm pplloott--ccggmm pplloott--aaii pplloott--ssvvgg pplloott--ppss
│ │ │ │ │ pplloott--ffiigg pplloott--ppccll pplloott--hhppggll pplloott--tteekk ******
│ │ │ │ │ This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ │ gmfa:
│ │ │ │ │ ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ │ gmfb:
│ │ │ │ │ binary GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -546,21 +577,14 @@
│ │ │ │ │ plot-hpgl:
│ │ │ │ │ hpgl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-tek:
│ │ │ │ │ tek via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ │ [--pplloottffoorrmmaatt string]
│ │ │ │ │ plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │ │ -****** mmaaggiicckk -- MMAAGGIICCKK ddrriivveerr ccoommppaattiibbllee wwiitthh vveerrssiioonn 77..11..11 ooff IImmaaggeeMMaaggiicckk.. ******
│ │ │ │ │ -This driver uses the C++ API of ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick to finally
│ │ │ │ │ -produce different output formats. The output format is determined automatically
│ │ │ │ │ -by Image-/GraphicsMagick based on the suffix of the output filename. So an
│ │ │ │ │ -output file test.png will force the creation of an image in PNG format. This
│ │ │ │ │ -binary of pstoedit was compiled against version 7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ -No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ ****** ggccooddee -- eemmcc22 ggccooddee ffoorrmmaatt ******
│ │ │ │ │ See also: _h_t_t_p_:_/_/_l_i_n_u_x_c_n_c_._o_r_g_/
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ ****** ccaaiirroo -- ccaaiirroo ddrriivveerr ******
│ │ │ │ │ generates compilable c code for rendering with cairo
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [--ppaannggoo]
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -804,45 +828,21 @@
│ │ │ │ │ ****** iiddrraaww -- IInntteerrvviieewwss ddrraaww ffoorrmmaatt ((EEPPSS)) ******
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ ****** ssaammppllee -- ssaammppllee ddrriivveerr ******
│ │ │ │ │ This is a long description for the sample driver
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [--ssaammpplleeooppttiioonn integer]
│ │ │ │ │ just an example
│ │ │ │ │ -****** eemmff -- EEnnhhaanncceedd MMSS WWiinnddoowwss MMeettaaffiillee ******
│ │ │ │ │ -The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ - [--mm]
│ │ │ │ │ - map to Arial
│ │ │ │ │ - [--nnff]
│ │ │ │ │ - emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ │ - [--ddrraawwbbbb]
│ │ │ │ │ - draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ │ - [--pp]
│ │ │ │ │ - prune line ends
│ │ │ │ │ - [--nnffww]
│ │ │ │ │ - Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, ...) will not accept
│ │ │ │ │ - WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains
│ │ │ │ │ - text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will
│ │ │ │ │ - estimate interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This
│ │ │ │ │ - may result in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can
│ │ │ │ │ - still read EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the
│ │ │ │ │ - inter letter spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the
│ │ │ │ │ - generated WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use
│ │ │ │ │ - this option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be
│ │ │ │ │ - generated under *nix the only option is to use the -pta option of
│ │ │ │ │ - pstoedit. However that causes every text to be split into single
│ │ │ │ │ - characters which makes the text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the -nfw
│ │ │ │ │ - option provides a sort of compromise between portability and nice to edit
│ │ │ │ │ - but still nice looking text. Again - this option has no meaning when
│ │ │ │ │ - pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is
│ │ │ │ │ - portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ │ - [--wwiinnbbbb]
│ │ │ │ │ - let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ │ - [--OOOO]
│ │ │ │ │ - generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ │ +****** mmaaggiicckk -- MMAAGGIICCKK ddrriivveerr ccoommppaattiibbllee wwiitthh vveerrssiioonn 77..11..11 ooff IImmaaggeeMMaaggiicckk.. ******
│ │ │ │ │ +This driver uses the C++ API of ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick to finally
│ │ │ │ │ +produce different output formats. The output format is determined automatically
│ │ │ │ │ +by Image-/GraphicsMagick based on the suffix of the output filename. So an
│ │ │ │ │ +output file test.png will force the creation of an image in PNG format. This
│ │ │ │ │ +binary of pstoedit was compiled against version 7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ +No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ ****** ppppttxx -- PPrreesseennttaattiioonnMMLL ((PPoowweerrPPooiinntt)) ffoorrmmaatt ******
│ │ │ │ │ This is the format used internally by Microsoft PowerPoint. LibreOffice can
│ │ │ │ │ also read/write PowerPoint files albeit with some lack of functionality.
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [--ccoolloorrss string]
│ │ │ │ │ "original" to retain original colors (default), "theme" to convert
│ │ │ │ │ randomly to theme colors, or "theme-lum" also to vary luminance
│ │ │ ├── ./usr/share/doc/pstoedit/pstoedit.pdf
│ │ │ │ ├── pdftotext {} -
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
│ │ │ │ │ PSTOEDIT
│ │ │ │ │ Dr. Wolfgang Glunz
│ │ │ │ │ -October 4, 2026
│ │ │ │ │ +September 2, 2025
│ │ │ │ │ Version 4.02
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ Abstract
│ │ │ │ │ pstoedit - a tool converting PostScript and PDF files into various vector
│ │ │ │ │ graphic formats
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 1
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -502,68 +502,89 @@
│ │ │ │ │ dump: for test purposes (same as debug).
│ │ │ │ │ ps2ai: Adobe Illustrator via ps2ai.ps of Ghostscript.
│ │ │ │ │ gs: any device that Ghostscript provides - use gs:format, e.g. gs:pdfwrite.
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.2
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ +emf - Enhanced MS Windows Metafile
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ +The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ +[-m] map to Arial
│ │ │ │ │ +[-nf ] emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ │ +[-drawbb] draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ │ +[-p] prune line ends
│ │ │ │ │ +[-nfw] Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, ...) will not accept
│ │ │ │ │ +WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains
│ │ │ │ │ +text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will estimate
│ │ │ │ │ +interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This may result
│ │ │ │ │ +in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can still read
│ │ │ │ │ +EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the inter letter
│ │ │ │ │ +spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the generated
│ │ │ │ │ +WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use this
│ │ │ │ │ +option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be generated
│ │ │ │ │ +under *nix the only option is to use the -pta option of pstoedit. However
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ +10
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ + 4.3 Format group: gmfa gmfb plot plot-pnm plot-cgm plot-ai plot-svg plot-ps
│ │ │ │ │ +plot-fig plot-pcl
│ │ │ │ │ +4 plot-hpgl
│ │ │ │ │ +AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ +plot-tek
│ │ │ │ │ +FORMATS AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ +that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the
│ │ │ │ │ +text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the -nfw option provides a sort of
│ │ │ │ │ +compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking
│ │ │ │ │ +text. Again - this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under
│ │ │ │ │ +MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless
│ │ │ │ │ +not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ │ +[-winbb] let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows
│ │ │ │ │ +only)
│ │ │ │ │ +[-OO] generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ +4.3
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ Format group: gmfa gmfb plot plot-pnm plot-cgm
│ │ │ │ │ plot-ai plot-svg plot-ps plot-fig plot-pcl plot-hpgl plottek
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ │ gmfa: ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ │ gmfb: binary GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ │ plot: GNU libplot output types, e.g. plot:-plotformat X.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-pnm: pnm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-cgm: cgm via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-ai: ai via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-svg: svg via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-ps: ps via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-fig: fig via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -10
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ - 4.3
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -magick -4 MAGICK
│ │ │ │ │ -AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ -driverFORMATS
│ │ │ │ │ -compatibleAND
│ │ │ │ │ -with THEIR
│ │ │ │ │ -version 7.1.1
│ │ │ │ │ -SPECIFIC
│ │ │ │ │ -of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ -OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ plot-pcl: pcl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-hpgl: hpgl via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ plot-tek: tek via GNU libplot.
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ │ [-plotformat string ] plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -4.3
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -magick - MAGICK driver compatible with version
│ │ │ │ │ -7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -This driver uses the C++ API of ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick to finally
│ │ │ │ │ -produce different output formats. The output format is determined automatically by Image-/GraphicsMagick based on the suffix of the output filename. So
│ │ │ │ │ -an output file test.png will force the creation of an image in PNG format. This
│ │ │ │ │ -binary of pstoedit was compiled against version 7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ -No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ 4.4
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ gcode - emc2 gcode format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ See also: http://linuxcnc.org/
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ +11
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ + 4.5
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ 4.5
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ +cairo - cairo
│ │ │ │ │ +4 AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ +driver
│ │ │ │ │ +FORMATS AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ cairo - cairo driver
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ generates compilable c code for rendering with cairo
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-pango] use pango for font rendering
│ │ │ │ │ [-funcname string ] sets the base name for the generated functions and variables. e.g. myfig
│ │ │ │ │ [-header string ] sets the output file name for the generated C header file. e.g.
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -583,24 +604,14 @@
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.8
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ rpl - Real3D Programming Language format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -11
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ - 4.9
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -Format 4group:
│ │ │ │ │ -AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ -dxf dxf 14FORMATS
│ │ │ │ │ -dxf s
│ │ │ │ │ -AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ 4.9
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ Format group: dxf dxf 14 dxf s
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ │ dxf: CAD exchange format version 9 - only limited features. Consider using
│ │ │ │ │ dxf 14 instead..
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -613,14 +624,25 @@
│ │ │ │ │ [-filltohatch] generate hatch objects from fill operations (still experimental)
│ │ │ │ │ [-splineaspolyline] approximate splines with PolyLines (only for -f dxf s)
│ │ │ │ │ [-splineasnurb] experimental (only for -f dxf s)
│ │ │ │ │ [-splineasbspline] experimental (only for -f dxf s)
│ │ │ │ │ [-splineassinglespline] experimental (only for -f dxf s)
│ │ │ │ │ [-splineasmultispline] experimental (only for -f dxf s)
│ │ │ │ │ [-splineasbezier] use Bezier splines in DXF format (only for -f dxf s)
│ │ │ │ │ +12
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ + 4.10
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ +java1 -4java
│ │ │ │ │ +AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ +1 applet source
│ │ │ │ │ +FORMATS
│ │ │ │ │ +code
│ │ │ │ │ +AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ [-splineprecision number ] number of samples to take from spline curve
│ │ │ │ │ when doing approximation with -splineaspolyline or -splineasmultispline
│ │ │ │ │ - should be =2 (default 5)
│ │ │ │ │ [-dumplayernames] dump all layer names found to standard output
│ │ │ │ │ [-layers string ] layers to be shown (comma separated list of layer names, no
│ │ │ │ │ space)
│ │ │ │ │ [-layerfilter string ] layers to be hidden (comma separated list of layer names,
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -636,26 +658,16 @@
│ │ │ │ │ 4.11
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ java2 - java 2 source code
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [java class name string ] name of java class to generate
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -12
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ - 4.12
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ 4.12
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -pdf - Adobe’s
│ │ │ │ │ -4 AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ -Portable Document
│ │ │ │ │ -FORMATSFormat
│ │ │ │ │ -AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ pdf - Adobe’s Portable Document Format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.13
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ kil - .kil format for Kontour
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -685,16 +697,25 @@
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.17
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ asy - Asymptote Format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ +13
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ + 4.18
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ 4.18
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ +mma - 4Mathematica
│ │ │ │ │ +AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ +graphics
│ │ │ │ │ +FORMATS AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ mma - Mathematica graphics
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-eofillfills] Filling is used for eofill (default is not to fill)
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.19
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -708,28 +729,16 @@
│ │ │ │ │ noixml - Nemetschek NOI XML format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ Nemetschek Object Interface XML format
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-r string ] Allplan resource file
│ │ │ │ │ [-bsl number ] Bezier Split Level (default 3)
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -13
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ - 4.21
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ 4.21
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -pic - PIC
│ │ │ │ │ -4 format
│ │ │ │ │ -AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ -for troff
│ │ │ │ │ -FORMATS
│ │ │ │ │ -et.al.
│ │ │ │ │ -AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ pic - PIC format for troff et.al.
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-troff ] troff mode (default is groff)
│ │ │ │ │ [-landscape] landscape output
│ │ │ │ │ [-portrait] portrait output
│ │ │ │ │ [-keepfont] print unrecognized literally
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -745,14 +754,25 @@
│ │ │ │ │ pcl: PCL code.
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ │ [-penplotter] plotter is pen plotter (i.e. no support for specific line widths)
│ │ │ │ │ [-pencolorsfromfile] read pen colors from file drvhpgl.pencolors in pstoedit’s
│ │ │ │ │ data directory
│ │ │ │ │ [-pencolors number ] maximum number of pen colors to be used by pstoedit
│ │ │ │ │ (default 0) [-filltype string ] select fill type e.g. FT 1
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ +14
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ + 4.23
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ +pcbi - engrave
│ │ │ │ │ +4 AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ +data - insulate/PCB
│ │ │ │ │ +FORMATS format
│ │ │ │ │ +AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ [-hpgl2] Use HPGL/2 instead of HPGL/1
│ │ │ │ │ [-rot90] rotate hpgl by 90 degrees
│ │ │ │ │ [-rot180] rotate hpgl by 180 degrees
│ │ │ │ │ [-rot270] rotate hpgl by 270 degrees
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.23
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -765,24 +785,14 @@
│ │ │ │ │ pcb - pcb format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ See also: http://pcb.sourceforge.net and http://www.penguin.cz/∼utx/pstoedit-pcb/
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-grid double number ] attempt to snap relevant output to grid (mils) and
│ │ │ │ │ put failed objects to a different layer
│ │ │ │ │ [-snapdist double number ] grid snap distance ratio (0 ¡ snapdist ¡= 0.5, default 0.1)
│ │ │ │ │ -14
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ - 4.25
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -pcbfill 4- pcb
│ │ │ │ │ -AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ -format withFORMATS
│ │ │ │ │ -fills
│ │ │ │ │ -AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ [-tshiftx double number ] additional x shift measured in target units (mils)
│ │ │ │ │ [-tshifty double number ] additional y shift measured in target units (mils)
│ │ │ │ │ [-mm] switch to metric units (mm)
│ │ │ │ │ [-stdnames] use standard layer names instead of descriptive names
│ │ │ │ │ [-forcepoly] force all objects to be interpreted as polygons
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.25
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -801,17 +811,24 @@
│ │ │ │ │ [-grid double number ] attempt to snap relevant output to grid (mils) and
│ │ │ │ │ put failed objects to a different layer
│ │ │ │ │ [-snapdist double number ] grid snap distance ratio (0 ¡ snapdist ¡= 0.5, default 0.1)
│ │ │ │ │ [-tshiftx double number ] additional x shift measured in target units (mils)
│ │ │ │ │ [-tshifty double number ] additional y shift measured in target units (mils)
│ │ │ │ │ [-mm] switch to metric units (mm)
│ │ │ │ │ [-forcepoly] force all objects to be interpreted as polygons
│ │ │ │ │ +15
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ + 4.27
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.27
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ +gschem4 - gschem
│ │ │ │ │ +AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ +formatFORMATS AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ gschem - gschem format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ See also: http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:gaf
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.28
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -825,25 +842,16 @@
│ │ │ │ │ tk - tk and/or tk applet source code
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-R] swap HW
│ │ │ │ │ [-I] no impress
│ │ │ │ │ [-n string ] tagnames
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -15
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ - 4.30
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ 4.30
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -vtk - VTK
│ │ │ │ │ -4 AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ -driver
│ │ │ │ │ -FORMATS AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ vtk - VTK driver
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ this is a long description for the VTKe driver
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-VTKeoption integer ] just an example
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.31
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -865,16 +873,25 @@
│ │ │ │ │ 4.33
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ tgif - Tgif .obj format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-ta] text as attribute
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ +16
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ + 4.34
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ 4.34
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ +Format4 group:
│ │ │ │ │ +AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ +fig xfig tfig
│ │ │ │ │ +FORMATS AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ Format group: fig xfig tfig
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ │ fig: .fig format for xfig.
│ │ │ │ │ xfig: .fig format for xfig.
│ │ │ │ │ tfig: .fig format for xfig - test only version.
│ │ │ │ │ The xfig format driver supports special fontnames, which may be produced by
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -883,25 +900,14 @@
│ │ │ │ │ "PostScript Font Name" ((LaTeX|PostScript|empty)(::special)::)XFigFontName
│ │ │ │ │ Examples:
│ │ │ │ │ Helvetica LaTeX::SansSerif
│ │ │ │ │ Courier LaTeX::special::Typewriter
│ │ │ │ │ GillSans "AvantGarde Demi"
│ │ │ │ │ Albertus PostScript::special::"New Century Schoolbook Italic"
│ │ │ │ │ Symbol ::special::Symbol (same as PostScript::special::Symbol)
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -16
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ - 4.35
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -idraw -4Interviews
│ │ │ │ │ -AVAILABLE
│ │ │ │ │ -draw FORMATS
│ │ │ │ │ -format (EPS)
│ │ │ │ │ -AND THEIR SPECIFIC OPTIONS
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ See also the file examplefigmap.fmp in the misc directory of the pstoedit source
│ │ │ │ │ distribution for an example font map file for xfig. Please note that the fontname
│ │ │ │ │ has to be among those supported by xfig. See - https://mcj.sourceforge.net/fig-format.html
│ │ │ │ │ for a list of legal font names
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ │ [-startdepth number ] set the initial depth (default 999)
│ │ │ │ │ [-metric] switch to centimeter display (default inches)
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -919,52 +925,38 @@
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ sample - sample driver
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ This is a long description for the sample driver
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ [-sampleoption integer ] just an example
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -4.37
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -emf - Enhanced MS Windows Metafile
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ -The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ -[-m] map to Arial
│ │ │ │ │ -[-nf ] emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ │ -[-drawbb] draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ │ -[-p] prune line ends
│ │ │ │ │ -[-nfw] Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, ...) will not accept
│ │ │ │ │ -WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains
│ │ │ │ │ -text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will estimate
│ │ │ │ │ -interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This may result
│ │ │ │ │ -in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can still read
│ │ │ │ │ -EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the inter letter
│ │ │ │ │ -spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the generated
│ │ │ │ │ -WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use this
│ │ │ │ │ -option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be generated
│ │ │ │ │ -under *nix the only option is to use the -pta option of pstoedit. However
│ │ │ │ │ -that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the
│ │ │ │ │ -text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the -nfw option provides a sort of
│ │ │ │ │ -compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking
│ │ │ │ │ -text. Again - this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under
│ │ │ │ │ -MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless
│ │ │ │ │ -not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ │ 17
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ - 4.38
│ │ │ │ │ + 4.37
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -pptx - PresentationML
│ │ │ │ │ +magick - MAGICK
│ │ │ │ │ 5 NOTES
│ │ │ │ │ -(PowerPoint)
│ │ │ │ │ +driver compatible
│ │ │ │ │ ON SPECIFIC
│ │ │ │ │ -formatFORMATS AND DRIVERS
│ │ │ │ │ +with version
│ │ │ │ │ +FORMATS
│ │ │ │ │ +7.1.1 AND
│ │ │ │ │ +of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ +DRIVERS
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ -[-winbb] let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows
│ │ │ │ │ -only)
│ │ │ │ │ -[-OO] generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ │ +4.37
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ +magick - MAGICK driver compatible with version
│ │ │ │ │ +7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ +
│ │ │ │ │ +This driver uses the C++ API of ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick to finally
│ │ │ │ │ +produce different output formats. The output format is determined automatically by Image-/GraphicsMagick based on the suffix of the output filename. So
│ │ │ │ │ +an output file test.png will force the creation of an image in PNG format. This
│ │ │ │ │ +binary of pstoedit was compiled against version 7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ +No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 4.38
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ pptx - PresentationML (PowerPoint) format
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ This is the format used internally by Microsoft PowerPoint. LibreOffice can
│ │ │ │ │ also read/write PowerPoint files albeit with some lack of functionality.
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -1001,15 +993,14 @@
│ │ │ │ │ pstoedit driver would be much better. Anyone out there to take this? The AI
│ │ │ │ │ format is usable for example by Mayura Draw (http://www.mayura.com). Also
│ │ │ │ │ a driver to the Mayura native format would be nice.
│ │ │ │ │ An alternative to the ps2ai based driver is available via the -f plot:ai format
│ │ │ │ │ if the libplot(ter) is installed.
│ │ │ │ │ You should use a version of Ghostscript greater than or equal to 6.00 for
│ │ │ │ │ using the ps2ai output format driver.
│ │ │ │ │ -
│ │ │ │ │ 18
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 5.3
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ MetaPost
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ 5.3
│ │ │ ├── ./usr/share/man/man1/pstoedit.1.gz
│ │ │ │ ├── pstoedit.1
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
│ │ │ │ │ .\" *********************************** start of \input{version.tex}
│ │ │ │ │ .\" *********************************** end of \input{version.tex}
│ │ │ │ │ '\" t
│ │ │ │ │ -.\" Manual page created with latex2man.local on Sun Oct 4 16:31:57 2026
│ │ │ │ │ +.\" Manual page created with latex2man.local on Tue Sep 2 12:29:57 2025
│ │ │ │ │ .\" NOTE: This file is generated, DO NOT EDIT.
│ │ │ │ │ .de Vb
│ │ │ │ │ .ft CW
│ │ │ │ │ .nf
│ │ │ │ │ ..
│ │ │ │ │ .de Ve
│ │ │ │ │ .ft R
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ .fi
│ │ │ │ │ ..
│ │ │ │ │ -.TH "PSTOEDIT" "1" "04 October 2026" "Conversion Tools " "Conversion Tools "
│ │ │ │ │ +.TH "PSTOEDIT" "1" "02 September 2025" "Conversion Tools " "Conversion Tools "
│ │ │ │ │ .SH NAME
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ pstoedit
│ │ │ │ │ \- a tool converting PostScript and PDF files into various
│ │ │ │ │ vector graphic formats
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ .SH SYNOPSIS
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -637,14 +637,51 @@
│ │ │ │ │ ps2ai:
│ │ │ │ │ Adobe Illustrator via ps2ai.ps of Ghostscript.
│ │ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ │ gs:
│ │ │ │ │ any device that Ghostscript provides \- use gs:format, e.g. gs:pdfwrite.
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ +.SS EMF \- ENHANCED MS WINDOWS METAFILE
│ │ │ │ │ +The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ │ +[\fB\-m\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-m
│ │ │ │ │ +map to Arial
│ │ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ │ +[\fB\-nf\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-nf
│ │ │ │ │ +emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ │ +[\fB\-drawbb\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-drawbb
│ │ │ │ │ +draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ │ +[\fB\-p\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-p
│ │ │ │ │ +prune line ends
│ │ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ │ +[\fB\-nfw\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-nfw
│ │ │ │ │ +Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, \&.\&.\&.) will not accept WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will estimate interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This may result in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can still read EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the inter letter spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the generated WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use this option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be generated under *nix the only option is to use the \-pta option of pstoedit. However that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the \-nfw option provides a sort of compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking text. Again \- this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ │ +[\fB\-winbb\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-winbb
│ │ │ │ │ +let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ │ +.TP
│ │ │ │ │ +[\fB\-OO\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ + \"option\-emf\-OO
│ │ │ │ │ +generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ │ +.PP
│ │ │ │ │ .SS FORMAT GROUP: GMFA GMFB PLOT PLOT\-PNM PLOT\-CGM PLOT\-AI PLOT\-SVG PLOT\-PS PLOT\-FIG PLOT\-PCL PLOT\-HPGL PLOT\-TEK
│ │ │ │ │ This group consists of the following variants:
│ │ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ │ gmfa:
│ │ │ │ │ ASCII GNU metafile.
│ │ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ │ gmfb:
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -682,18 +719,14 @@
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available in this group:
│ │ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ │ [\fB\-plotformat\fP\fI string\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ \"option\-gmfa\-plotformat
│ │ │ │ │ plotutil format to generate
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ -.SS MAGICK \- MAGICK DRIVER COMPATIBLE WITH VERSION 7.1.1 OF IMAGEMAGICK.
│ │ │ │ │ -This driver uses the C++ API of ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick to finally produce different output formats. The output format is determined automatically by Image\-/GraphicsMagick based on the suffix of the output filename. So an output file test.png will force the creation of an image in PNG format. This binary of pstoedit was compiled against version 7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ │ -No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ .SS GCODE \- EMC2 GCODE FORMAT
│ │ │ │ │ See also: \fBhttp://linuxcnc.org/\fP
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ .SS CAIRO \- CAIRO DRIVER
│ │ │ │ │ generates compilable c code for rendering with cairo
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ @@ -1148,51 +1181,18 @@
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ │ [\fB\-sampleoption\fP\fI integer\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ \"option\-sample\-sampleoption
│ │ │ │ │ just an example
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ -.SS EMF \- ENHANCED MS WINDOWS METAFILE
│ │ │ │ │ -The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ │ -[\fB\-m\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-m
│ │ │ │ │ -map to Arial
│ │ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ │ -[\fB\-nf\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-nf
│ │ │ │ │ -emulate narrow fonts
│ │ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ │ -[\fB\-drawbb\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-drawbb
│ │ │ │ │ -draw bounding box
│ │ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ │ -[\fB\-p\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-p
│ │ │ │ │ -prune line ends
│ │ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ │ -[\fB\-nfw\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-nfw
│ │ │ │ │ -Newer versions of MS Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, \&.\&.\&.) will not accept WMF/EMF files generated when this option is set and the input contains text. But if this option is not set, then the WMF/EMF driver will estimate interletter spacing of text using a very coarse heuristic. This may result in ugly looking output. On the other hand, OpenOffice can still read EMF/WMF files where pstoedit delegates the calculation of the inter letter spacing to the program reading the WMF/EMF file. So if the generated WMF/EMF file shall never be processed under MS Windows, use this option. If WMF/EMF files with high precision text need to be generated under *nix the only option is to use the \-pta option of pstoedit. However that causes every text to be split into single characters which makes the text hard to edit afterwards. Hence the \-nfw option provides a sort of compromise between portability and nice to edit but still nice looking text. Again \- this option has no meaning when pstoedit is executed under MS Windows anyway. In that case the output is portable but nevertheless not split and still looks fine.
│ │ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ │ -[\fB\-winbb\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-winbb
│ │ │ │ │ -let the MS Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (MS Windows only)
│ │ │ │ │ -.PP
│ │ │ │ │ -.TP
│ │ │ │ │ -[\fB\-OO\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ - \"option\-emf\-OO
│ │ │ │ │ -generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file
│ │ │ │ │ +.SS MAGICK \- MAGICK DRIVER COMPATIBLE WITH VERSION 7.1.1 OF IMAGEMAGICK.
│ │ │ │ │ +This driver uses the C++ API of ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick to finally produce different output formats. The output format is determined automatically by Image\-/GraphicsMagick based on the suffix of the output filename. So an output file test.png will force the creation of an image in PNG format. This binary of pstoedit was compiled against version 7.1.1 of ImageMagick.
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ +No format specific options
│ │ │ │ │ .SS PPTX \- PRESENTATIONML (POWERPOINT) FORMAT
│ │ │ │ │ This is the format used internally by Microsoft PowerPoint. LibreOffice can also read/write PowerPoint files albeit with some lack of functionality.
│ │ │ │ │ .PP
│ │ │ │ │ The following driver specific options are available:
│ │ │ │ │ .TP
│ │ │ │ │ [\fB\-colors\fP\fI string\fP]
│ │ │ │ │ \"option\-pptx\-colors