%PDF2EPS Convert a pdf file to eps format using pdftops
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% Examples:
% pdf2eps source dest
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% This function converts a pdf file to eps format.
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% This function requires that you have pdftops, from the Xpdf suite of
% functions, installed on your system. This can be downloaded from:
% http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf
%
%IN:
% source - filename of the source pdf file to convert. The filename is
% assumed to already have the extension ".pdf".
% dest - filename of the destination eps file. The filename is assumed to
% already have the extension ".eps".
% Copyright (C) Oliver Woodford 2009-2010
% Thanks to Aldebaro Klautau for reporting a bug when saving to
% non-existant directories.
function pdf2eps(source, dest)
% Construct the options string for pdftops
options = ['-q -paper match -eps -level2 "' source '" "' dest '"'];
% Convert to eps using pdftops
[status, message] = pdftops(options);
% Check for error
if status
% Report error
if isempty(message)
error('Unable to generate eps. Check destination directory is writable.');
else
error(message);
end
end
% Fix the DSC error created by pdftops
fid = fopen(dest, 'r+');
if fid == -1
% Cannot open the file
return
end
fgetl(fid); % Get the first line
str = fgetl(fid); % Get the second line
if strcmp(str(1:min(13, end)), '% Produced by')
fseek(fid, -numel(str)-1, 'cof');
fwrite(fid, '%'); % Turn ' ' into '%'
end
fclose(fid);
end