使用 Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix 安装 ps2eps

项目链接

• 主页
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• bbox
• ps2eps

项目历史

Roland Bless developed ps2eps as a Perl utility for turning ordinary one-page PostScript documents into Encapsulated PostScript while calculating more reliable bounding boxes than several older approaches. The project later documented use alongside pdfcrop when PDF bounding boxes are inaccurate.

采用历史

The package is available through Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and Nix according to source_facts.package-manager, reflecting its utility in Unix-like publishing toolchains.

使用方式

Users run ps2eps on one-page PostScript input to create EPS suitable for inclusion in TeX, LaTeX, or other documents. The -l option can add a point of whitespace where PostScript's clipping resolution would otherwise trim artwork.

The included bbox helper is intended to provide more robust measurements than some Ghostscript bbox-device results.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

ps2eps addresses a characteristically old but persistent publishing problem: computing a tight, reliable bounding box for scalable artwork. Its continued relevance comes from legacy PostScript assets and TeX workflows where incorrect clipping remains visible.

时间线

• Original purpose: Developed to produce EPS files with dependable, tightly calculated bounding boxes.
• Later usage: Documented for use with pdfcrop because bounding-box errors can persist in PDF workflows.
• Current repository: Documentation is maintained in a man page and the official doc/ directory.

Related projects

• Ghostscript: Supplies PostScript processing facilities used in the workflow.
• pdfcrop: Can be combined with ps2eps for PDF bounding-box correction.
• ps2epsi: An older alternative discussed by the project.
• TeX and LaTeX: Common consumers of EPS graphics.

来源

• Input package coverage: source_facts.package-manager
• Official documentation directory: https://github.com/roland-bless/ps2eps/tree/main/doc
• Official ps2eps README: https://github.com/roland-bless/ps2eps#readme