>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Angus> So, I experimented. 'gs' can convert them to ppm or png format Angus> without any problems and it's far, far quicker. Some magic is Angus> needed, however, to ensure that the generated bitmap file has Angus> the same bounding box as the original eps file and isn't padded Angus> with arbitrary amounts of whitespace. Fortunately, gs itself Angus> provides us with the information we need. That seems good. Angus> I therefore modified convertDefault.sh and attach the patch. Angus> What do other's think? Shall we leave convertDefault.sh as a Angus> simple fall-back or make it a little more sophisticated? So you are hacking special converters into the default converter. Next time, are you going to reimplement the whole converter stuff in /bin/sh and put it in there? ;) Why not vreate two converter scripts eps->ppm and eps->png and have lib/configure.m4 use them? JMarc
