Where should I start trying to debug an issue where Adobe Illustrator CS
for Windows is unable to open my EPS file generated by matplotlib? When
attempting to open the file, a a dialog pops up that says, "The
operation cannot complete because of an unknown error." So much for
informative error messages. Ghostview 3.6.1 can read the file just fine,
and Acrobat Distiller 7.0 for windows can also convert it to a PDF just
fine. FWIW, I'm using matplotlib.rc('ps',usedistiller=None), but I get
similar problems setting usedistiller='xpdf'.
I'm basically an EPS file newbie, so don't be afraid to give me the
equivalent of "did you make sure the power switch is turned on".
Cheers!
Andrew
Darren Dale wrote:
Hi Andrew,
Where should I start trying to debug an issue where Adobe Illustrator CS
for Windows is unable to open my EPS file generated by matplotlib? When
attempting to open the file, a a dialog pops up that says, "The
operation cannot complete because of an unknown error." So much for
informative error messages. Ghostview 3.6.1 can read the file just fine,
and Acrobat Distiller 7.0 for windows can also convert it to a PDF just
fine. FWIW, I'm using matplotlib.rc('ps',usedistiller=None), but I get
similar problems setting usedistiller='xpdf'.
I'm basically an EPS file newbie, so don't be afraid to give me the
equivalent of "did you make sure the power switch is turned on".
I have a feeling its a problem with the font handling. I cant open a file in
inkscape either, the image looks fine but the fonts are missing. Try setting
ps.usedistiller = ghostscript. That converts the file to low-level
postscript, which CS should definitely be able to open. It worked for
inkscape, at least.
Hi Darren,
Hmm, that didn't do it. Simple plots (like simple_plot.py) work with no
distiller step, so it must be something about my more complex plot.
Unfortunately, it's a rather complex menagerie of code that produces the
plot so I'm afraid that if I want to narrow this down, it'll be rather
painful and slow going. I might just stick with the
MPL->EPS->Distiller->PDF->Illustrator toolchain, which seems to work for
the moment.
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On Monday 10 July 2006 8:19 pm, Andrew Straw wrote:
Darren Dale wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
>> Where should I start trying to debug an issue where Adobe Illustrator CS
>> for Windows is unable to open my EPS file generated by matplotlib? When
>> attempting to open the file, a a dialog pops up that says, "The
>> operation cannot complete because of an unknown error." So much for
>> informative error messages. Ghostview 3.6.1 can read the file just fine,
>> and Acrobat Distiller 7.0 for windows can also convert it to a PDF just
>> fine. FWIW, I'm using matplotlib.rc('ps',usedistiller=None), but I get
>> similar problems setting usedistiller='xpdf'.
>>
>> I'm basically an EPS file newbie, so don't be afraid to give me the
>> equivalent of "did you make sure the power switch is turned on".
>
> I have a feeling its a problem with the font handling. I cant open a file
> in inkscape either, the image looks fine but the fonts are missing. Try
> setting ps.usedistiller = ghostscript. That converts the file to
> low-level postscript, which CS should definitely be able to open. It
> worked for inkscape, at least.
Hi Darren,
Hmm, that didn't do it.
That is really surprising to me. How is it that Inkscape can open a postscript
file and Adobe's own software can not?
Simple plots (like simple_plot.py) work with no
distiller step, so it must be something about my more complex plot.
Unfortunately, it's a rather complex menagerie of code that produces the
plot so I'm afraid that if I want to narrow this down, it'll be rather
painful and slow going. I might just stick with the
MPL->EPS->Distiller->PDF->Illustrator toolchain, which seems to work for
the moment.
If you get time, you might edit the postscript file by hand and comment out
large sections of the code, and try importing those modified files.
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On Tuesday 11 July 2006 01:22, Andrew Straw wrote:
> On Monday 10 July 2006 8:19 pm, Andrew Straw wrote:
Darren Dale wrote:
Darren Dale wrote:
Hi Andrew,
Where should I start trying to debug an issue where Adobe Illustrator CS
for Windows is unable to open my EPS file generated by matplotlib? When
attempting to open the file, a a dialog pops up that says, "The
operation cannot complete because of an unknown error." So much for
informative error messages. Ghostview 3.6.1 can read the file just fine,
and Acrobat Distiller 7.0 for windows can also convert it to a PDF just
fine. FWIW, I'm using matplotlib.rc('ps',usedistiller=None), but I get
similar problems setting usedistiller='xpdf'.
I'm basically an EPS file newbie, so don't be afraid to give me the
equivalent of "did you make sure the power switch is turned on".
I have a feeling its a problem with the font handling. I cant open a file
in inkscape either, the image looks fine but the fonts are missing. Try
setting ps.usedistiller = ghostscript. That converts the file to
low-level postscript, which CS should definitely be able to open. It
worked for inkscape, at least.
Hi Darren,
Hmm, that didn't do it.
That is really surprising to me. How is it that Inkscape can open a postscript
file and Adobe's own software can not?
Well, I didn't try Inkscape on it. My version of Inkscape doesn't seem
to import EPS files. How are you doing it. I've tried pstoedit to
convert it to SVG, but there were visible artifacts.
Simple plots (like simple_plot.py) work with no
distiller step, so it must be something about my more complex plot.
Unfortunately, it's a rather complex menagerie of code that produces the
plot so I'm afraid that if I want to narrow this down, it'll be rather
painful and slow going. I might just stick with the
MPL->EPS->Distiller->PDF->Illustrator toolchain, which seems to work for
the moment.
If you get time, you might edit the postscript file by hand and comment out
large sections of the code, and try importing those modified files.
That's a good idea. I think I'll try it.
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On Tuesday 11 July 2006 01:22, Andrew Straw wrote:
On Monday 10 July 2006 8:19 pm, Andrew Straw wrote: