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From: euectk@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Thomas Krichel)
Subject: submission
Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
Distribution: gnu
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:05:15 GMT

Here is a beginners's question.

I want to use ghostscript to input ps graphs into a document. 
The procedure is as follows. Uniras generates postscript. Ghostscript 
2.4.1 (DOS) makes a gif out of postscript file. Bm2font converts 
the gif into TeX fonts. TeX formats the document. emTeX's dvidrv
drives produces the hardcopy.

I agree that this procedure is a bit involved. Its main advantage
is that I can actually preview the graph. Note also that dvips
is not an alternative for me.

My problem is that I would like the picture to be exactly 6.25in
wide (European A4 - 2in margin). I have instructed Uniras
to do that, but for I do not know how to interpret its output,
I am not sure that it works.

The next step is to give the correct instructions to ghostscript.
Here I tried -r300x300 at first (my printer is 300dpi, and
bm2font will generate the corresponding fonts). The resulting TeX
box is overfull.

Then I tried -r300x300 -g1875x1875. The resulting box 
is only 200 and something printer points, and the upper
part of the graph is missing.

My questions are

** Should I add a preamble to the ps file to ensure that the 
   width is 6.25in, and how does this preamble look like?
 
** What dimensions should I give to ghostscript?

I would be most grateful for any answer to that problem. Please
reply directly. I will summarize if need there is.


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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: luciano@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Luciano Candiani)
Subject: Ghostscript for MS Windows
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Distribution: gnu
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 10:26:12 GMT

This may be an FAQ, sorry.

I've seen the Ghostscript for MS windows (3.x) of the Aladdin Enterprises
company.

I'm very interested in the source code of this program, can anybody help me?

P.S.
The address or fax number of the Aladdin Enterprises will be sufficient.

Thank in advance.
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: msean@mripc.cco.caltech.edu (Martin Sean Bennett)
Subject: Gif bug and fix for AIX
Keywords: 2.4.1 gif AIX IBM sg3
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Distribution: gnu
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:53:34 GMT

First things first:

	There apears to be a problem compiling the gif device driver. The PPM driver works so thats no big deal. Just curious about any and all patches.

	For the ibm AIX box I've fixed it so it compiles, this involves
modification to iinit.c and opdef.h.

	These are:

addition to iinit.c (start) : #define __IINIT

modification to opdef.h:

/*
 * There are actually two kinds of operators: the real ones (t_operator),
 * and ones defined by procedures (t_oparray).  The catalog for the former
 * is op_def_table, and their index is in the range [1..op_def_count).
 */
extern op_def_ptr *op_def_table

Becomes:

/*
 * There are actually two kinds of operators: the real ones (t_operator),
 * and ones defined by procedures (t_oparray).  The catalog for the former
 * is op_def_table, and their index is in the range [1..op_def_count).
 */
#ifndef __IINIT
extern op_def_ptr *op_def_table;
#endif

The code then compiles smoothly. As long as make.doc instructions are followed.

I've got GS 2.4.1 to compile on the following architectures:

	sun4		Sun Sparc 
	sg3		Sillicon Graphics
	dec3		Dec workstation
	r2400		Mips SYSV Release 3
	pow		IBM AIX

A few other drivers seemed to have problems - this may have just been my compiler(s).


I realise I'm probably trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs..


Sean Bennett
Center for Computing Services
Imperial College
University of London
England, UK

Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch)
Subject: Error: unknownerror in setdevice
Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
Distribution: gnu
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:20:41 GMT

Many people have reported an error message
	/unknownerror in setdevice
when using the 32-bit MS-DOS version of Ghostscript.

This message is the result of two different problems in Ghostscript.
First, the error name should be /VMerror or /limitcheck rather then
/unknownerror.  Fixing this properly requires minor changes in
several different places; the fix will be in release 2.5.  Second,
this error is being produced because Ghostscript is insisting on
allocating a full 1 Mb buffer for the printer band list; on systems
with less than about 3 Mb of RAM, this is unlikely to succeed.
Fortunately, there is a simple workaround.  Line 71 of gdevprn.c in
release 2.4.1 currently reads:

			if ( (space >>= 1) < PRN_BUFFER_SPACE )

Change this to:

			if ( (space >>= 1) < 10000 )

A fix equivalent to this will also be included in 2.5.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 voice ; no fax yet
	    "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."


Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: sysgaertner@cygnus.frm.maschinenbau.th-darmstadt.de (M. Gaertner, FRM, TH Darmstadt, Germany)
Subject: Re: Q: Why does my my-Vax won't boot ?
Reply-To: sysgaertner@cygnus.frm.maschinenbau.th-darmstadt.de
Organization: Fachbereichsrechner Maschinenbau, TH Darmstadt, Germany
Distribution: gnu
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 06:45:48 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.100139.28623@infoserver.th-darmstadt.de>, sysgaertner@cygnus.frm.maschinenbau.th-darmstadt.de (M. Gaertner, FRM, TH Darmstadt, Germany) writes:
>Hello netters,
[Stuff deleted]
Oh, Oh, I apologize for that.
This message was not ment to go here. 
This posting is due to a bug in our news-client.
Please!!! IGNORE!
Thanks, and I'll promise to not type <CR> too quickly again.

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      Phone: Germany, (0)6151/16 5145

Xref: sparky gnu.ghostscript.bug:814 comp.dcom.fax:1429
From: tom_limoncelli@warren.mentorg.com (Tom Limoncelli)
Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug,comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Good font for faxing?
Date: 29 Jul 92 18:27:11 GMT
Followup-To: gnu.ghostscript.bug,comp.dcom.fax
Organization: Mentor Graphics, Silicon Design Division
Apparently-To: gnu-ghostscript-bug@uunet.uu.net

I'm using the latest gnu/mit fax software (3.2) with the latest
ghostscript (v2.4.1 4/21/92) and the 2.4.1 fonts.  I use Sun's
enscript (v2.2 87/11/17) to convert ascii to PostScript.

Everything works fine, but the font is sort of ugly.  It certainly is
not a good font for that resolution.

Can anyone suggest a better font?  What qualities should I look for in
a good font for faxing?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

-- 
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      Maybe Bush will follow Perot's lead.
Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: grover@snooks.isri.unlv.edu (Kevin Grover)
Subject: div bug/difference?
Reply-To: grover@isri.unlv.edu
Organization: Information Science Research Institute (UNLV-ISRI)
Distribution: gnu
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:34:03 GMT

I'm not sure if this is a bug or just a SUE (Stupid User Error), but

	40 10 div	--->  4		in GhostScript 2.4.1 (SunOS 4.1.1)

while

	40 10 div	--->  4.0	on NeXT and on a SPARC under NeWS

I.e. GhostScript returns and Integer while other PS interps return a
real.  It is easy enough to fix but I thought I would point it out
anyway.  (On the off chance that anyone cares).


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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: R.S.M.Kirkwood@lut.ac.uk
Subject: Re: New Comer
Reply-To: R.S.M.Kirkwood@lut.ac.uk (Rob Kirkwood)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
Distribution: gnu
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 11:41:11 GMT

In article <1992Jul16.230228.14244@cco.caltech.edu> zmz@owl.cco.caltech.edu (Steven Zhou) writes:
>Could anyone explain a little about what Ghostscript( one can guess it's  
>GNU postscript interpreter) is , how it works, and the platform it was  
>implemented. Particularly, is there a PC version? If so, where to get it?

I apologise for using the group in this way but one of my users has cited a
problem using F(ollowup) within rn for this group so I need to test it.

Rob Kirkwood, Loughborough University Computer Centre, UK


Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch)
Subject: Re: ppm8run why doesn't it work
Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
Distribution: gnu
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 06:52:43 GMT

In <9207250634.AA04933@cookie-crisp>
<1992Jul24.122120.19579@daimi.aau.dk>, Lars Toeffner-Clausen
observes:

> I've tried using ppm8run in the pstoppm package for GhostScript 2.40
> but I get the error:
> 
> 	Error: /rangecheck in --makeimagedevice--
> 	Operand stack:
> 	    [1.04167 0 0 -1.04167 0 825]  638  825  (\000\000\000\377...
> and a whole lot more.
> 
> What is wrong here? Maybe the Palette8 is erroneous, where can I get a
> right one?

In all current versions of Ghostscript, pstoppm uses older logic that
insists that the output bitmap / pixmap fit in RAM.  If you are
running a 16-bit MS-DOS executable (gs.exe), you will not be able to
render a full-page color image at any reasonable resolution.

In Ghostscript version 2.5, you will be able to get full-page 24-bit
PPM output using the new ppm device, regardless of RAM size or
machine architecture; pstoppm will not be needed.  8-bit color with
an arbitrary palette will continue to be supported by pstoppm, and
will continue to be limited to very small or very coarse images on
PCs.  I will probably fix this properly in a release later this year.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 voice ; no fax yet
	    "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."


Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: richard@alaska.et.byu.edu (Richard Christensen)
Subject: Problem in GS 2.4.1 that didn't exist in GS 2.3
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
Distribution: gnu
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:50:25 GMT

I recently made a postscript file.  When I viewed it using gs241
the white rectangles, with white borders on top of a large black
rectangle, was missing.  Two small white lines were there, but the
rectangles weren't.  Zooming in or using mag. on ghostview 1.3 didn't
help.

When I used gs2.3, everything was where it was supposed to be.

Any ideas on what happened.

richard@remus.ee.byu.edu



Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: Re: New Ghostscript "support" policy
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: gnu
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 23:19:19 GMT

>Thanks to everyone for helping Ghostscript become successful.

Thank *YOU* for providing it.


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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: sibley@math.psu.EDU (David Sibley)
Subject: color change fails?
Reply-To: sibley@math.psu.edu
Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University
Distribution: gnu
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:26:24 GMT

The following simple TeX file (using pstricks) creates a document that
doesn't come out right in gs or ghostview.  I convert it from dvi to ps
using dvips.  The color of the text should change from black to red in
the middle of the line.  But gs and ghostview show the whole line as
black.

Pageview shows the expected color change, so I expect the ps file is
correct and gs/ghostview are doing something wrong.  Of course, the ps
file has quite a complicated prologue.

Yes, I do have the default colormap correctly installed.  This color
shows up correctly in other situations.  It just won't show up in the
middle of a line.  (Whole lines of text this color do work correctly,
for instance.)

I need this sort of thing for class display on an X terminal, where I
can't use pageview.  I need to be able to highlight words with color.


David Sibley
sibley@math.psu.edu
-----------------------------------------
% illustrate gs problem

\input pstricks  % needs user variable TEXINPUTS set correctly
\newrgbcolor{darkred}{ .75 .25 .25 }
Now is the time for all good men to
{\darkred come to the aid of the party.}

\end


Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch)
Subject: Retraction re 'div'
Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
Distribution: gnu
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 19:41:06 GMT

A recent poster claimed that Ghostscript's 'div' operator incorrectly
produced an integer result when dividing two integers with no
remainder, e.g.
	40 10 div ==
prints
	4

The poster was wrong.  The result of 'div' is always a real.
However, Ghostscript, unlike some other PostScript language
interpreters, may print a real number with no fractional part without
the decimal point.

I suppose it would be better if Ghostscript always printed reals with
a decimal point, since that would guarantee that printing out a real
and reading it back in again would produce a real rather than an
integer, but since all operators in the PostScript language that
accept reals also accept integers, printing reals without a decimal
point cannot cause trouble in this respect.

Bottom line: I'm not going to bother changing the print routine (I
just use sprintf with a %g format) unless someone can show me a real
file on which this difference causes the wrong thing to happen.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 voice ; no fax yet
	    "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."


Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
From: pollack@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Steven Pollack)
Subject: COlor output to a HP Deskjet 500C
Organization: University of Cincinnati Hi:
Distribution: gnu
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 12:45:14 GMT

I have finally resolved my problems with dumping GL graphics on an IBM
RS/6000 with the 24bit graphics.  Now.... This may not be a ghostscript
question, but is there anyone aware of a program to dump raw rbg data out
to the above mentioned printer.  The color resolution of ghostscript causes
some degradation of the image (at least as viewed by ghostview).  This
may be a limitation of the printer, so I'll accept that.  ANy help is
appreciated.


_______________________________________________________________________
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University of Cincinnati        |
Department of Materials Science |   I notice that you are still
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Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012       |       U.S.S. Enterprise
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Newsgroups: stl.general
From: grc@stl.stc.co.uk (Gary Cook)
Subject: Test -- please ignore
Organization: STC Technology Ltd., London Road, Harlow, UK.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:25:45 GMT


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Newsgroups: stl.general
From: N.W.Tester@bnr.co.uk
Subject: Looking for WordStar 5.0
Organization: BNR Europe Limited
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 09:04:46 GMT

I have a couple of documents in WordStar 5 format that I want to convert to
text. I have tried to convert them to Word but the conversion program
produces a fatal error. Has anyone got a copy of WordStar so that I can
check if the files are corrupt or there is a problem with the conversion
program?

Norman Tester
From: wolf@prosun.first.gmd.de (Wolfgang Koehler)
Newsgroups: rec.running
Subject: Re: Former Olympian Ron Daws dies at 55
Date: 30 Jul 92 10:01:35 GMT
Organization: GMD-FIRST, D-1000 Berlin 10

In article <1992Jul29.074942.26930@walter.cray.com>, cpk@sequoia.cray.com (Chris Kruell) writes:
|> 1968 US Olympic marathoner Ron Daws died yesterday of a heart
|> attack at age 55.  Daws has been active in the local (Minneapolis/
|> St. Paul/Minnesota) running community for years.  According to 
|> the newspaper, two weeks ago he ran a 37-mile trail run in Montana 
|> in about 7 hours, and on Sunday, ran a 3-hour training run.  He was
|> enthusiastic about the upcoming cross country ski season, according 
|> to his wife.
|> 
|> 
|> Chris Kruell
|> cpk@sequoia.cray.com

I must admit this posting makes me wondering. 

I always thought that a good endurance ability suggests the cardio-vascular
system is in a good shape.

How could this happen ?


wolf

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Sekretariat FR 2/1
From: rush@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu
Newsgroups: rec.running
Subject: southern Cal fall/winter marathons
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:57:38 GMT
Organization: UCLA Dept of Astronomy
Originator: rush@eggneb.astro.ucla.edu


There are several marathons usually held in the Southern
California area between now and the time of the L.A. Marathon.
If anyone could tell me the dates of these, and perhaps where 
to get information I would greatly appreciate it.

In particular, I would like to know about:
1. Santa Monica Marathon
2. Orange County Marathon
3. San Diego Marathon
4. Long Beach Marathon
5. Western Hemisphere Marathon
6. any others in Southern California 
Xref: sparky rec.running:1974 sci.med:14649
From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: rec.running,sci.med
Subject: Re: Di-Methyl Glycine ?
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:20:23 GMT
Followup-To: rec.running
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <1992Jul27.174423.1288@igor.tamri.com> margaret@igor.tamri.com (Margaret Kritzer) writes:
>Yesterday I went to a fairly well-stocked vitamin counter,
>wanting advice about supplements for my running program,
>as well as my life in general!  I got a pretty comprehensive
>package of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and anti-oxidants.
>Then the vitamin guru recommended doing some DMG, sublingually,
>10 minutes before a hard run.  He claimed it converts lactic
>acid into oxygen.  Sort of like recycling.  Is this true?  Sounds
>too good to be true, to me.

Bogus.  All of these supplements for runners or bodybuilders
or whatever are bogus.  They are just a way to get you to waste
your money.  Any effect on performance is placebo.  Recent studies
on athletes taking supplement show that they all come out in the
urine shortly after they are consumed.  If you want
to supplement your diet (which should be a healthy one anyhow)
stick to a simple, cheap, generic multivitamin.  Get it at a
discount drugstore rather than a "nutrition" store.  Some people think
additional vit C, E, and beta carotene may help ameliorate certain
changes that occur with aging, but they wouldn't likely affect
your running.  The last person you want to listen to for advice
is the salesman who's peddling this stuff.
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Newsgroups: rec.running
From: lari@khayam.berkeley.edu (Francesco Lari)
Subject: Re: Running Down Hills
Reply-To: lari@robotics.berkeley.edu 	
Organization: UC Berkeley Signal Processing VLSI Group
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 01:45:36 GMT


In article <711952153.13160.0@glycol.ucc.andrew.cmu.edu>, Pomona Anupol
Valero <pv0b+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
|> Hi there,
|> 
|> I was wondering if anyone would be so kind to give me some tips on running
|> down very steep hills.  I don't intentionally run _down_ hills, my initial
|> goal was to run UP them.  Then I realized that I have to go back down them
|> at some point.  :/
|> 
|> Anyway, what I see as my biggest problem is fear of tripping and
falling, take
|> a step in the wrong place and kill and ankle.  So when I run down, I tend to
|> take it very easy...then I feel like I'm exerting more energy than I should
|> in slowing myself down.  I also feel the pressure that's being placed on my
|> knees by slowing down.  Before the summer, I had an experienced
running partner
|> who seemed to take pleasure in running down hills and made it look so easy.
|> So he would fly down the hills and then wait for me at the bottom.
|> 
|> So how do I convince myself that I won't wind up hurting myself by letting
|> gravity help me in running?
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> Pomona Valero
|> 
|> PS  BTW, I have this same problem with skiing...I'm afraid to go too fast so
|> I tend to use a lot of energy to slow myself down a bit.

In running down "very steep" hills there is no way of let the legs go. 
The faster you go the stronger you have to "brake". 
My opinion is that running fast downhill can only lead you to back problems 
and all other kind of problems. Don't do it. 
If the downhill is not "very steep", that is, you can let the legs go 
without your speed going to infinite, you can run as fast as you want. 

PS For skiing is really different. Take some good lessons, with the correct 
technique you should be able to come down effortlessy from anything but 
double diamond. I do, and I'm not an exceptional skier. 

		     FRANCESCO
From: davisr@cs.ucdavis.edu
Newsgroups: rec.running
Subject: Olympic Trials Qualification Times
Date: 23 Jul 92 22:40:32 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: University of California, Davis
Originator: davis@landru

Just for curiosities sake, I was wondering if someone could post the times
required to compete in the olympic trials.

-- Robert Davis
From: mstrauss@math.rutgers.edu (Martin Strauss)
Newsgroups: rec.running
Subject: Re: To wear a shirt or not?
Date: 29 Jul 92 01:51:46 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


You can't perspire (well) through sunburnt skin.  Even a singlet gives
some protection, as evidenced by tan lines (disclaimer: use sunscreen
for more protection).

A singlet will keep the moisture on your skin, so it will evaporate
taking some heat with it, rather than drip off or get blown off in the
wind.

Martin