[UFO Chicago] gs -sDEVICE=gif*

[Jim Hoffman]

gs being ghostscript? 
ImageMagik can convert from ps to multiple output formats. 

On Mon, Nov 6, 2023, at 11:06, Jay F. Shachter wrote:
> Esteemed Colleagues:
>
> I remember when gs could convert PostScript to GIF (e.g.,
> gs -sDEVICE=gifmono, gs -sDEVICE=gif8).  Then it stopped
> being able to do so, presumably because someone thought
> that the GIF format was patented, and feared that the
> patent would be enforced.  Patents don't last forever,
> though, and in fact they are surprisingly short-lived.
> When is gs going to be able to produce GIF output again?
>
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