Package: ipe
Version: 6.0pre28-4
Severity: important

Ipe 6.0pre28-4 fails to export to eps file correctly, both from the
program menu and by using ipetoipe tool.

I created a test abc.xml file, containing a dot and "A" letter. The
contents are as follows:

---- abc.xml file start ---

<ipe version="60028" creator="Ipe 6.0 preview 28">
<info created="D:20040905192511" modified="D:20071117132229"
bbox="cropbox"/>
<ipestyle>
</ipestyle>
<ipestyle>
</ipestyle>
<ipestyle>
</ipestyle>
<ipestyle>
</ipestyle>
<ipestyle>
</ipestyle>
<ipestyle>
</ipestyle>
<page gridsize="4">
<layer name="alpha"/>
<view layers="alpha" active="alpha"/>
<mark layer="alpha" stroke="black" matrix="1 0 0 1 124.5 -33.4014"
pos="91.3128 305.388" shape="2" size="normal"/>
<text stroke="black" pos="229.524 273.728" type="label"
valign="baseline" size="normal">A</text>
</page>
</ipe>

---- abc.xml file end --- 

Output from the execution of ipetoipe is as follows:

----------

[tuptus 13:22:42] ~/temp> ipetoipe -eps abc.xml abc.eps
Document abc.xml has 1 pages (views)
This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
%&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
(./text.tex
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, german, ngerman, polish, ukenglish, loaded.

(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
(/etc/texmf/tex/latex/config/color.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def))
No file text.aux.

Overfull \hbox (170.0pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 37--38
[][] 
[1

pdfTeX warning: pdflatex: pop empty color page stack 0
{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./text.aux) )
(see the transcript file for additional
information)</usr/share/texmf-texlive/f
onts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on text.pdf (1 page, 3777 bytes).
Transcript written on text.log.
Pdflatex was run sucessfully.

---------

The generated abc.eps file is a just white field. The bounding box size is
correct, but there is no dot or "A" letter displayed. Export to pdf works
both from ipe and using ipetoipe tool.

What is interesting the information displayed during export to pdf and
to eps is exactly the same:

[tuptus 13:27:05] ~/temp> ipetoipe -pdf abc.xml abc.pdf > aaa
Document abc.xml has 1 pages (views)
Pdflatex was run sucessfully.
[tuptus 13:27:21] ~/temp> ipetoipe -eps abc.xml abc.eps > bbb
Document abc.xml has 1 pages (views)
Pdflatex was run sucessfully.
[tuptus 13:27:35] ~/temp> diff aaa bbb
[tuptus 13:27:38] ~/temp>

I do not know whether this is expected behavior, but it seems that
ipetoipe calls pdflatex no matter if it is exporting to pdf or to eps. 

I tried to make an *.eps out of *.pdf using 
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -sDEVICE=epswrite -sOutputFile=abc.eps abc.pdf
It yields an eps file containing a dot and "A" letter, but the bounding
box is incorrect (it takes the whole A4 paper).

With best regards,

-- Marcin Bienkowski



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Versions of packages ipe depends on:
ii  gsfonts       1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-3 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpre
ii  libc6         2.6.1-6                    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1       1:4.2.2-3                  GCC support library
ii  libipe1c2a    6.0pre28-4                 Ipe library used by ipelets
ii  libqt4-core   4.3.2-1                    Qt 4 core non-GUI functionality ru
ii  libqt4-gui    4.3.2-1                    Qt 4 core GUI functionality runtim
ii  libstdc++6    4.2.2-3                    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  tetex-bin     2007-13                    TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii  texlive-latex 2007-13                    TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages

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