Re: %%BoundingBox and %%Orientation in *.ps and *.eps files

[Harald H. <h.h...@tu...>]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Ethan Merritt wrote:

> On Friday 28 January 2005 01:53 pm, Harald Harders wrote:
> >
> > How do you want to programme that? The BoundingBox has to be in the header
> > of the Postscript file. It is not allowed to use (atend) here.
>
> Yes it is.  This is explicitly stated in Appendix G of the PostScript
> Language Reference.  It's also pretty common, for obvious reasons.

Oh, sorry, I did not know that. But I am pretty sure that many programmes
will not be able to work with a Postscript file that does not have the
BoundingBox at the beginning of the file. I believe I remember that LaTeX,
for example, only reads the first few lines. I recommend not to use this
feature, although it is allowed.

Mmmh, I do not understand why you say that it's common to use it. Yes, of
course it is handy to write such files; but I cannot remember that I have
ever seen such a file.

Regards
Harald

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