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From: huober_j@oracle.rz.uni-ulm.de (Joachim Huober)
Subject: Re: Is there a postscript-art to ascii-art converter?
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Sender: huober_j@oracle (Joachim Huober)
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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1993 09:58:02 GMT
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In article <CG0zM9.IK8@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, ychung@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Young) writes:
|> I'm just getting into this ascii-art thingy and want to know if it is possible
|> to convert postscript pictures into ascii pictures.  Is it possible in
|> ghostscript?  any info would be appreciated.
|> 
|> 
|> ----------
|> 	 "Hey look, if I get a job I'd be putting someone else out of work.
|> 	  I can't live with that."
|> 
|> Young :> ychung@math.undergrad.uwaterloo.ca
|> -- 
|> ----------
|> 	 "Hey look, if I get a job I'd be putting someone else out of work.
|> 	  I can't live with that."
|>

Try something like: 

$ gs -sDEVICE=pbmraw -sOutputFile="| pnmscale -width 78 | pgmtopbm | pbmtoascii" 
	-dNOPAUSE tiger.ps quit.ps

							Joachim