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Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

Title:	Online Bookbuilding
Notice:	This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3.
Moderator:	VAXUUM::UTT

Created:	Fri Aug 12 1988
Last Modified:	Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	440
Total number of notes:	2134

245.0. "Any artwork help available?" by ATSE::KNIGHT (Fred Knight) Tue Jan 02 1990 16:50

  Has any progress been made with art conversion tools?  I've been using
  PSART to convert line art drawings for the .PS output.  Is there anyway
  to get nice artwork into bookreader.  For now, I've started using RAGS to
  import the .ART files, and write them back out in .RAGS format.  Then I
  atleast get something into bookreader....but, it isn't very pretty.

  The only thing I've heard up till now, is reenter it all.  But, with
  120-150 line art pictures, and both .PS and .BOOKREADER files I'd prefer
  to have one source file.  The book is an "internal data structures" manual.
  And you know engineers, they are changing the layout of data structures all
  the time.

	Fred Knight

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
245.1	No easy way to convert from .PS to Bookreader	IOSG::GEE	What can be, will be	`Wed Jan 03 1990 05:07`	13
	Hi, When you say you would rather have one source file, do you mean for use by both PostScript and Bookreader? If so, I do not think that this is possible; you must create a file for each destination. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no way to convert from .PS to Bookreader; you must create the artwork from scratch using RAGS, or some other tool which supports output for the bookreader. Hope this helps. Phil
245.2	there are ways to convert...	VAXUUM::UTT		`Wed Jan 03 1990 07:37`	11
	The Bookreader does not currently display PS graphics, only RAGS metafiles and FSE bitmaps. The only way (currently) to maintain the same source file for both PS and Bookreader output is with RAGS. This doesn't do you any good since you are starting with line art. There are, however, some ways of converting PS graphics to FSE bitmaps. See notes 50.2 - .6 and note 94 for more information. Mary
245.3	have I got a solution for you	REORG::ROGOFF	Middle-aged mutant ninja techwriter	`Sat Jan 06 1990 19:15`	12
	> The book is an "internal data structures" manual. And you know > engineers, they are changing the layout of data structures all the > time. Yes, I know. Check out <DATA_STRUCTURE> tags. You may find them quite useful, particularly if your engineering group uses SDL. They are described in Chapter 3 of the "Notes for DEC Internal VAX DOCUMENT Users", which you can get from: CLOSET::KITS_:[DOCUMENT.V12.BOOKS]DOC_V12_INTERNAL_NOTES.PS also .LN03 and .TXT. -Barry