Subject: Re: postscript output from command line
From: Joaquin Cuenca Abela (cuenca@pacaterie.u-psud.fr)
Date: Mon Sep 03 2001 - 13:56:20 CDT
Yes, you're right in your assumption.
Short answer:
You can do it right now.
Long answer:
There is a short cut if you're under unix that you may try:
(if you're using the gnome version of abiword, you should use --to,
elsewhere use -to)
abiword file.doc --to latex && latex file.ltx && dvips file.dvi -o file.ps
The disavantage is that you are limited to the capatibilities of the latex
exporter (mainly that means that you lost the font information, WYSIWYG,
lists, headers, footers, you will have numbers added to your headings, etc.)
That looks pretty bad, but usually you the output it's ok.
Another option will be using the perl bindings, but I think that I've not
yet written a wrapper around the print functions. If you're interesed in
this way, just let me know, and I will add print capatibilities to the perl
bindings.
The disavantage is that you need to compile yourself the source code, as we
don't yet provide binaries with the perl bindings, and that if you get all
working, you will see a "AbiWord flicker" (as the perl bindings needs to
open the document, and write the .ps file, and close the main window).
I've just searched with google for "rtf2ps" and I've seen a conversor at
http://oss.ezic.com/
So maybe you can just install it (it's *very* little) and do:
abiword file.doc --to rtf && rtf2ps file.rtf file.ps
I've never tested it, but it may do the work.
Cheers,
----- Original Message -----
From: John Hammen
To: abiword-dev@abisource.com
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:32 PM
Subject: postscript output from command line
Hi All,
I've used the command line functionality to convert files away from MSWord
format in the past with great success, and now I'm interested in adding the
ability to go from MSWord -> PostScript. This is a bit different, because it
looks to me like the .ps support isn't an 'output filter', but rather the
printing subsystem.
As I'm new to the codebase, could anyone comment on the feasibility/sanity
of such a hack? Any and all tips would be appreciated....
Thanks,
John
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