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

Roland Bless <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:47:32 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.live
Organization Privat
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

Thanks for your report, however, this week I'm terribly busy and
I'm mainly a Linux user. So I have to check the issue in my Windows
VM and look for any other things that may break, before I submit a patch

Regards,
  Roland

On 29.07.26 at 05:33 Shyam Sundar wrote:
> 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 AM Reinhard Kotucha 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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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