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Re> importing PS files into Mma

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  • Subject: Re> importing PS files into Mma
  • From: ross at macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au
  • Date: Mon, 4 May 1992 17:14:25 +1000

mrsma at uno asks...

>has anyone found a way to import PostScript files into Mma via 
>the Get command?.
>
>one can import a PostScript file by:
> 1) opening file.ps with Edit
> 2) select all      Cmd a
> 3) cut and paste into a Mma cell
> 4) formatting the cell as PostScript via the cell menu
> 5) Cmd t
>
>this method is too user-dependent...


It is not the Get command that you want for this; it is  !!  (see p178 of
the manual, version 2)
This combines steps 1)--3) into a single command.

e.g.

!!/usr1/math2/local/Notebooks/Graphics/graph1.mmaps


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