.TH FIG2EPSF 1 "Time-stamp: <pdc 1995-03-27>" "PDCMAC 1.0" "CONTRIBUTED SOFTWARE"
.SH NAME
fig2epsf \- convert Fig picture files into Encapsulate PostScript format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B fig2epsf
[
.I fig2dev options
]
.I figfile
.B >
.I epsffile
.SH DESCRIPTION
.na
This is a shellscript that uses the 
.IR fig2dev (1)
program to convert files in Fig's format
(see
.IR fig (1)
or
.IR xfig (1))
into Encapsulated PostScript Format compliant with version 3.0 of the
.SM EPSF
guidelines.  The 
.SM EPSF 
file is printed on the standard output stream.
.PP
This shellscript cleans up some of the redundant PostScript code that
.I fig2dev 
2.1.4.1 produces, so that the resulting files may be printed on a
tiny-brained LaserWriter, and corrects the header comments so that it
may be previewed with
.IR ghostview (1).
.SH AUTHOR
P. Damian Cugley
.SH "SEE ALSO"
fig2dev(1)
.PP
.I
PostScript Language Reference Manual
Second Edition
(Addison\-Wesley, 1990),
Appendix E.
.SH BUGS
It is possible that later versions of TransFig will produce less buggy
PostScript files, and that these will break this shellscript.