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Getting an eps into a file
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:47 pm
by dochawk
I'm trying to get an eps into a card.
I used File->import control. I then have to set to "all file types" as neither all images nor unix files causes eps to show.
I get the error
An error occurred when trying to import the image file:
/home/hawk/petition.1.eps
263,2165,1/home/hawk/petition.1.eps
253,3161,1
253,3106,1
490,3102,1
This is on a a freshly installed ubuntu 12.04 under parallels 7 on a mac.
Is there something else I need to install?
Re: Getting an eps into a file
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:00 pm
by Klaus
I never touched *NIX, but EPS is NOT an image file format, so that won't work!
Try to import the EPS file:
...
import EPS from file "/home/hawk/petition.1.eps"
...
And see what happens
Best
Klaus
Re: Getting an eps into a file
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:48 pm
by dochawk
Livecode bombs instantly with signal 11 when I do that from either the message box, or a button triggering a card script!
Re: Getting an eps into a file
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:03 pm
by Klaus
Oops?
Hm, that is the official syntax, sounds like a bug.
Write to "
bugs@runrev.com"
Best
Klaus
Re: Getting an eps into a file
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:37 pm
by mwieder
I never tried dealing with eps files before, but I can replicate the crash here.
Re: Getting an eps into a file
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:45 am
by dochawk
It appears that the eps really hasn't been touched by runrev since metacard, which was unix (not linux) only. It's just never been removed . . .
It requires Display Postscript, something which I really had't heard since the NeXT days . . .
hawk