Re: Bug: ps2eps 1.70 generates incorrectly quoted Ghostscript -c argument on Windows

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When I run ps2eps --help, I get the help message from Roland's script.
Well, that's how I figured out the author and marked him in my mail.

Let me know how else I can help you fix this issue.

Regds,
Shyam

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 5:57=E2=80=AFAM Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha@=
gmx.de>
wrote:

> On 2026-07-28 at 20:38:51 +0530, Shyam Sundar wrote:
>
>  > *Environment:*
>  >
>  >    - Windows 11
>  >    - TeX Live 2026
>  >    - ps2eps 1.70
>  >    - Ghostscript 10.07.1
>  >
>  > *Problem:*
>  > When processing an EPS/PostScript file whose existing BoundingBox
>  > has negative coordinates, ps2eps generates a Ghostscript command
>  > containing:
>
> If you run
>
>    ps2eps -help
>
> do you get a help message from Ghostscript or a help message from
> Roland's Perl script?
>
> Regards,
>   Reinhard
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">When I run ps2eps --help, I get the help message from Rola=
nd&#39;s script. Well, that&#39;s how I figured out the author and marked h=
im in my mail.<div><br></div><div>Let me know how else I can help you fix t=
his issue.<br><div><br></div><div>Regds,</div><div>Shyam</div></div></div><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed,=
 Jul 29, 2026 at 5:57=E2=80=AFAM Reinhard Kotucha &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rei=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 2026-07-2=
8 at 20:38:51 +0530, Shyam Sundar wrote:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0&gt; *Environment:*<br>
=C2=A0&gt; <br>
=C2=A0&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 - Windows 11<br>
=C2=A0&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 - TeX Live 2026<br>
=C2=A0&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 - ps2eps 1.70<br>
=C2=A0&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 - Ghostscript 10.07.1<br>
=C2=A0&gt; <br>
=C2=A0&gt; *Problem:*<br>
=C2=A0&gt; When processing an EPS/PostScript file whose existing BoundingBo=
x<br>
=C2=A0&gt; has negative coordinates, ps2eps generates a Ghostscript command=
<br>
=C2=A0&gt; containing:<br>
<br>
If you run<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0ps2eps -help<br>
<br>
do you get a help message from Ghostscript or a help message from<br>
Roland&#39;s Perl script?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
=C2=A0 Reinhard<br>
<br>
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