Creating PDFs with Ghostscript
Creating PDFs with Ghostscript
- Subject: Creating PDFs with Ghostscript
- From: Simon Topliss <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:13:05 +0000
Hi,
I'm trying to create PDFs using AppleScript and Ghostscript. I have
Ghostscript all installed correctly and I'm now able to create a PDF in the
Terminal with the following (all 1 line):
% ps2pdf13 '/Users/simontop/Desktop/test.ps'
'/Users/simontop/Desktop/test.pdf'
In order to get that working though, I had to edit the setenv PATH in
csh.login (as described at:
<
http://www.macwrite.com/criticalmass/mac-os-x-jag-tweaks-part-1.php>) to:
setenv PATH
"/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
:"
if (! $?DISPLAY) then # added for sake of X11 displays in Terminal by DMG
setenv DISPLAY :0.0
endif
#EOF
However, if I run the ps2pdf13 command above with a 'do shell script' I get
an error (similar to what I was getting before I edited the PATH):
--> sh: ps2pdf13: command not found
If I try to specify the full path to it:
do shell script "/usr/local/bin/ps2pdf13 '/Users/simontop/Desktop/test.ps'
'/Users/simontop/Desktop/test.pdf'" -- all 1 line
I get a different error:
--> /usr/local/bin/ps2pdf13: exec: ps2pdfwr: not found
So now I'm stuck. I guess it's something to do with the shell AppleScript is
using, but I don't know enough unix to fix it.
Does anyone have Ghostscript working with AppleScript? If so how?
Thanks to anyone who can help,
simon
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