Getting an eps into a file

[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?

[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

[dochawk]

Livecode bombs instantly with signal 11 when I do that from either the message box, or a button triggering a card script!

[Klaus]

Oops?

Hm, that is the official syntax, sounds like a bug.
Write to "bugs@runrev.com"


Best

Klaus

[mwieder]

I never tried dealing with eps files before, but I can replicate the crash here.

[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