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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# file libreoffice2eps.py
+# This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
+# Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
+#
+# \author Tommaso Cucinotta
+#
+# Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
+
+
+# This script converts an OpenOffice drawing to EPS.
+
+# Usage:
+# python libreoffice2eps.py input.odg output.eps
+
+import os, sys, tempfile, shutil
+
+def runCommand(cmd):
+ ''' Utility function:
+ run a command, quit if fails
+ '''
+ if os.system(cmd) != 0:
+ print "Command '%s' failed." % cmd
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+# We expect two args, the names of the input and output files.
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+input, output = sys.argv[1:]
+
+# Fail silently if the file doesn't exist
+if not os.path.isfile(input):
+ sys.exit(0)
+
+tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+fname = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(input))[0]
+
+# Generate the EPS file
+runCommand('libreoffice -nologo -headless -convert-to eps -outdir "%s" "%s"' % (tmpdir, input))
+shutil.move('%s/%s.eps' % (tmpdir, fname), '%s/%s.ps' % (tmpdir, fname))
+runCommand('ps2eps "%s/%s.ps"' % (tmpdir, fname))
+shutil.move('%s/%s.eps' % (tmpdir, fname), output)
+os.remove('%s/%s.ps' % (tmpdir, fname))
+os.rmdir(tmpdir)