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I don't understand the term "AGAIN" in this context.
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[1;1H[2J84130 17-DEC 23:58 General Information
RE: ghostscript (Re: Msg 84123)
From: JOHNREED To: TEDJAEGER (NR)
> Back again with another (dummie) ghostscript question. Got ghostscript
> set up and have printed a number of the sample files including the
> golfer and tiger. Now what do I do when I want to print some of my
> own files? Say a simply ASCII text file? I guess I need the exact
> ghostscript command because I sure cant find anything in all those docs.
> Also, is there a way using the MM1 to create a postscript file (.ps)
> such as those supplied with the ghostscript download?
> --Thanks,
> --TedJaeger
>
1. The Bad News: Ghostscript doesn't do simple ASCII text files.
Anything fed to Ghostscript must be in the PostScript language.
2. The Good News: There are a couple of excellent programs available
to convert text into PostScript. LOUT will produce just about any
document style you want - it is a large program, with lots of features.
PSF is a simpler program to take simple ASCII text and output PostScript.
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Both should be available in the databases.
*****BLATANT OPPORTUNISTIC SELF-SERVING SALES BLURB**********
3. I wrote a program called CirCad that draws diagrams on the MM1 and
outputs PostScript code to a file that can be fed to Ghostscript
or a PostScript printer. There is a demo in the databases, (but the
PostScript output is not in it) -- MARKGRIFFITH (Dirt Cheap Computer
Stuff) distributes the complete program.
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John R. Wainwright
<<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
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[1;1H[2J84123 17-DEC 21:16 General Information
ghostscript
From: TEDJAEGER To: ALL
Back again with another (dummie) ghostscript question. Got ghostscript
set up and have printed a number of the sample files including the
golfer and tiger. Now what do I do when I want to print some of my
own files? Say a simply ASCII text file? I guess I need the exact
ghostscript command because I sure cant find anything in all those docs.
Also, is there a way using the MM1 to create a postscript file (.ps)
such as those supplied with the ghostscript download?
--Thanks,
--TedJaeger
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[1;1H[2J84156 18-DEC 17:12 New Uploads
RE: GWINDOWS available for the MM1 (Re: Msg 84145)
From: JOELHEGBERG To: EDELMAR (NR)
To all,
> 3. It was stated that this would be an unsupported package. DELMAR
> supports all products we sell whether hardware or software. Support for
> the G-WINDOWS ports to the SYSTEM IV and SYSTEM V computers continues
> for 1 year after purchase at no cost to the customer. ... ...
> but all new sales (including the proposed port to the MM/1) will be with
> the latest edition. To emphasize, a port to the MM/1 will receive the
> same support provided our other customers.
This is really the offer MM/1 owners should be seeking. Why go with an
unsupported, outdated version of G-Windows?? It goes against the very
reasons most of us want to get the port... so we can develop mainstream
graphical applications. I continue to support the Delmar port.
> 5. I believe that releasing the source code to the driver can be a
> disaster. Without full knowledge of what is expected of the driver by
> G-WINDOWS, different flavors of G-WINDOWS can appear w<>j<EFBFBD>5R<35>zY<7A>ious problem the CoCo community has and is facing are all the
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> unsup- ported patches, 'improvements', etc. to the OS and software. Thus
> far, OSK has not suffered from this problem nor do I think we need to
> start now.
I agree 100% with your statements, Ed.
-- Joel Mathew Hegberg.
Delphi : JOELHEGBERG
GEnie : j.hegberg
Internet : JoelHegberg@delphi.com
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[1;1H[2J84157 18-DEC 17:30 General Information
RE: ghostscript (Re: Msg 84137)
From: NIMITZ To: JOELHEGBERG (NR)
Not to mention that Write-Right! is also available from BlackHawk Enterprises,
Inc!
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[1;1H[2J84158 18-DEC 17:34 OSK Applications
RE: GWindows on MM/1 (Re: Msg 84144)
From: NIMITZ To: EDELMAR (NR)
Thanks, Ed. By the way, while I appreciate Frank Hoggs effort to bring
G-Windows to the MM/1 - I beleive that the MM/1 community will benefit more
from a fully supported port , not a semi-supported version. I stand firmly
with Ed Gresick on this one.
Keep up the good fight guys!
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[1;1H[2J84159 18-DEC 17:34 OSK Applications
RE: GWindows on MM/1 (Re: Msg 84152)
From: NIMITZ To: HAWKSOFT (NR)
Chris, why would you wait to buy a second MM/1? Buy now, and support your
local loco!! ;)
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RE: GWindows on MM/1 (Re: Msg 84152)
From: NIMITZ To: HAWKSOFT (NR)
Chris, why would you wait to buy a second MM/1? Buy now, and support your
local loco!! ;)
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[1;1H[2J84150 18-DEC 14:44 General Information
OSK Systems
From: MROWEN01 To: DSRTFOX (NR)
I followed some of the threads here about your putting together a cheap
OSK system. I'm interested in a system I can slowly assemble such as
described in your last issue of TWO68M. Are you proposing a complete system
in the near future?
-Mike Rowen
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[1;1H[2J84151 18-DEC 15:41 General Information
RE: WAV to IFF converter? (Re: Msg 84051)
From: HAWKSOFT To: COLORSYSTEMS
Hi Zack!!
I use Mplay to convert WAV to IFF. I beleive (sp) that you need to lie and
tell it that the data is RAW. Let me know if you need more.
:-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> Chris <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-:
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[1;1H[2J84152 18-DEC 15:52 OSK Applications
RE: GWindows on MM/1 (Re: Msg 84144)
From: HAWKSOFT To: EDELMAR (NR)
Hi Ed!
Keep my order for G-Windows on the MM/1 open. My only problem is that I might
not be able to wait that long. Maybe I'll order a second copy so I can bye a
second MM/1!!! :->
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[1;1H[2J84153 18-DEC 16:44 General Information
RE: WAV file format (Re: Msg 84136)
From: JOELHEGBERG To: MREGC (NR)
> Shoot me a copy of that WAV file format too!
Ok, sure thing.
-- Joel Mathew Hegberg.
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GEnie : j.hegberg
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[1;1H[2J84155 18-DEC 17:07 General Information
RE: ghostscript (Re: Msg 84130)
From: COLORSYSTEMS To: JOHNREED (NR)
> 2. The Good News: There are a couple of excellent programs available
> to convert text into PostScript. LOUT will produce just about any
> document style you want - it is a large program, with lots of features.
> PSF is a simpler program to take simple ASCII text and output PostScript.
Lout is overkill to dump a simple, purely ASCII text file to a printer using
Postscript. Here is a program I wrote to do this. To create a Postscript
program to print an ASCII text file named foo.bar, you need to merge this
Postscript program with the data file and tack on a CNTL/D at the end.
Like this:
$ merge pstext.ps foo.bar >foo.bar.ps
$ display 4 >+foo.bar.ps
You can then print the Postscript file foo.bar.ps with Ghostscript. This
is also overkill, IMHO, since surely the printer you are using can accept
the pure ASCII text file on its own, right?
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Anyway, you can also print this file to a Postcript printer by doing a:
$ merge foo.bar.ps >/p
This Postcript program shades the paper with a technique that makes the
paper look like "green bar" paper. This shading may not look so good
on a dot matrix printer. In which case, search`tarough the program for
the comment on how to disable the green bar printing and follow the
directions.
BEGIN POSTSCRIPT PROGRAM:
%!
% pstext.ps
%
% Postscript program to process pure ASCII text data
% Released to the Public Domain on December 18, 1993
% by Zack C Sessions
%
/maxline 66 def
/maxchar 80 def
/interline -10.5 def
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/Courier-Bold findfont 10 <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>њ<EFBFBD>љ<EFBFBD><D199><EFBFBD>5RH<52><48>.KV,C {gsave
0 setlinewidth
58 45 translate
31.5 63 598.5
{newpath 0 exch moveto
508 0 rlineto
0 31.5 rlineto
-508 0 rlineto
closepath
gsave .99 setgray fill grestore
.5 setgray stroke
}
for
0 setgray
0 0 moveto
508 0 rlineto
0 693 rlineto
-508 0 $`<60>lineto
closepath stroke
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grestore} bind def
/setlocation {
72 730 moveto
/line 0 def /char 0 def
% PLACE A PERCENT SIGN (%) IN POSITION 1 OF NEXT LINE TO DISABLE GREEN BAR!!
grnbar
} bind def
/bkspace
{char 0 gt
{-6 0 rmoveto
/char char 1 sub def}
if} bind def
/tab
{/thischar 32 def
4 char 4 mod sub -1 1 {showchar pop} for} bind def
/formfeed
{line 0 gt
{showpage setlocation}
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if} bind def
/linefeed
{/char 0 def
/line line 1 add def
line maxline eq
{formfeed}
{currentpoint pop 72 sub neg interline rmoveto}
ifelse} bind def
/showchar
{currentchar 0 thischar put
/char char 1 add def
char maxchar le
{currentchar show}
if} bind def
/eachchar
{infile read not {exit} if
/thischar exch def
thischar 32 ge
{showchar}
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{thischar 10 eq thischar 13 eq or
{linefeed}
{thischar 12 eq
{formfeed}
{thischar 9 eq
{tab}
{thischar 8 eq
{bkspace}
{thischar 14 eq
{/Courier-Bold findfont 10 scalefont setfont}
{thischar 15 eq
{/Courier findfont 10 scalefont setfont}
{}
ifelse}
ifelse}
ifelse}
ifelse}
ifelse}
ifelse}
ifelse} bind def
(%stdin) (r) file
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/infile exch def
/currentchar 1 string def
setlocation
/charloop
{{eachchar} loop
line 0 gt
{showpage}
if} def
charloop
END POSTSCRIPT PROGRAM
One thing to remember. When you extract pstext.ps from this message, make
sure that there are NO blank lines after the last line, charloop, as
EVERYTHING which comes after that line will be taken as input and a blank
line will make everything you print start on line two on the first page.
------------------------------------
Zack C Sessions
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