xml-dev - Re: Ps --> xml (or html)

["Eve L. Maler" <elm@arbortext.com>]

Ghostscript claims to be able to "extract text" (so that you could do a 
PostScript-to-text-to-XML process), but at a quick glance I can't see how 
you do it.

         Eve

At 04:53 PM 9/10/99 +1000, James Robertson wrote:
>At 16:27 10/09/1999 , David LeBlanc wrote:
>
>>Hi;
>>
>>Anyone know of a PS to xml (or html) converter?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Dave LeBlanc
>
>If "PS" means Postscript, then that's a big
>ask ...
>
>Postscript can contain absolutely anything
>that can be output to a printer: test, graphics,
>equations, line art, anything ...
>
>Even worse, a lot of the text is broken up
>and specified according to exact placement
>on the page, etc, so it's not trivial to
>try and reconstruct a text flow ...
>
>Also, if XML is your target, how would
>you determine what tags to use for the
>text?
>
>That being said, who know's what some
>brilliant mind has created out there, but
>I wouldn't hold your breath.
>
>J
>
>
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