[OS X TeX] epstopdf

[Ross Moore]

Hi Piet,

On 29/09/2005, at 8:12 AM, Piet van Oostrum wrote:

> A simple change in epstopdf can cure this:
>
> Replace the lines:
>
>   my $pipe = "$GS -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite $GSOPTS -dAutoRotatePages=/ 
> None" .
>           " -sOutputFile=$OutputFilename - -c quit";
> with:
>
>   $OutputFilename =~ s/'/'"'"'/g;
>   my $pipe = "$GS -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite $GSOPTS -dAutoRotatePages=/ 
> None" .
>           " -sOutputFile='$OutputFilename' - -c quit";

OK, that works ...

[GlenLivet:~/Documents/tests/test_pdfs] rossmoor% ./epstopdf -debug A 
\'B.eps
* Input filename: A'B.eps
* BoundingBox comment: %%BoundingBox:
* Output filename: A'B.pdf
* Ghostscript command: gs
* Compression: on
* Ghostscript pipe: gs -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite  - 
sOutputFile='A'"'"'B.pdf' - -c quit
* The first eol character was a CR (23) and not immediately followed  
by a LF (-1)
* Scanning header for BoundingBox
* Old BoundingBox: 0 0 205 188
* New BoundingBox: 0 0 205 188
* Offset: 0 0
* Ready.


  ... but the construction makes for a very clumsy  Ghostscript pipe .

Using instead:
                 $OutputFilename =~ s/'/'\\''/g;

also works, producing:

* Ghostscript pipe: gs -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite  - 
sOutputFile='A'\''B.pdf' - -c quit

which is a bit neater.

Is there any effective difference between these substitutions ?
That is, can you think of any situation where one fails
while the other works ?



Cheers,

     Ross


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