laser-lovers@uw-beaver (10/18/85)
From: ned%UPenn-Grasp%upenn.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.arpa We've just started using TranScript here, and we seem to have found an annoying bug in psdit. The last word in the file isn't output! Has anyone else seen this problem, or know of a fix? We can repeat it with the input (to ditroff): David is a nice person. The output (and the PostScript file generated by psdit) omits completely the word 'person.' We've looked at the ditroff output, and it seems up to spec. The PostScript file looks exactly like the file you'd want generated if you had input David is a nice It seems like a buffer flushing problem, and we could probably fix it, but we're pretty surprised to have found it. Any ideas? --Ned. CSnet: ned@UPenn
laser-lovers@cca.UUCP (10/18/85)
From: ned%UPenn-Grasp%upenn.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA We've just started using TranScript here, and we seem to have found an annoying bug in psdit. The last word in the file isn't output! Has anyone else seen this problem, or know of a fix? We can repeat it with the input (to ditroff): David is a nice person. The output (and the PostScript file generated by psdit) omits completely the word 'person.' We've looked at the ditroff output, and it seems up to spec. The PostScript file looks exactly like the file you'd want generated if you had input David is a nice It seems like a buffer flushing problem, and we could probably fix it, but we're pretty surprised to have found it. Any ideas? --Ned. CSnet: ned@UPenn
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (10/30/85)
From: Richard Furuta <Furuta@WASHINGTON.arpa> Editor's note: A few days back a message was posted about a buffer flushing problem in TranScript. Below are three messages proposing fixes to that problem. I have not been able to determine if any of these are "blessed" by Adobe. --Rick --------------- 1) 18-Oct "Francie J Newbery" Re: Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? 2) 18-Oct Terry West Fix to Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? 3) 29-Oct jjhnsn@ngp.UTEXAS.ED Re: Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? Message 1 -- ************************ Return-Path: <fjn@Purdue.EDU> Received: from mordred.Purdue.EDU by WASHINGTON.ARPA with TCP; Fri 18 Oct 85 12:07:19-PDT Message-Id: <8510181903.AA10258@mordred.Purdue.EDU> Received: by mordred.Purdue.EDU; Fri, 18 Oct 85 14:03:45 EST To: ned%UPenn-Grasp%upenn.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa Cc: laser-lovers@washington.arpa Subject: Re: Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 17 Oct 85 13:23:13 edt. <8510181752.AA04985@arthur.Purdue.EDU> Date: 18 Oct 85 14:03:39 EST (Fri) From: "Francie J Newbery" <fjn@Purdue.EDU> Your analysis of the problem is exactly right and the fix is very simple. In the function called devcntrl you need to alter the case for 't' by adding a call to FlushShow(). Like this: case 't': /* trailer */ FlushShow(); <-- add this line t_trailer (); break; Francie Newbery (fjn@Purdue.EDU) Message 2 -- ************************ Return-Path: <@rand-unix.ARPA:terry%owl@rand-unix.ARPA> Received: from rand-unix.ARPA by WASHINGTON.ARPA with TCP; Fri 18 Oct 85 12:44:17-PDT Return-Path: <terry@owl> Received: from owl.arpa (owl) by rand-unix.ARPA; Fri, 18 Oct 85 12:18:44 pdt Received: by owl.arpa; Fri, 18 Oct 85 12:16:26 pdt From: Terry West <terry%owl@rand-unix.ARPA> Message-Id: <8510181916.AA06937@owl.arpa> To: ned%UPenn-Grasp%upenn.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa Cc: laser-lovers@washington.arpa Subject: Fix to Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? Date: 18 Oct 85 12:16:22 PDT (Fri) We've just started using TranScript here, and we seem to have found an annoying bug in psdit. The last word in the file isn't output! Has anyone else seen this problem, or know of a fix? We can repeat it with the input (to ditroff): In the function t_trailer(), add the FlushShow() call: private t_trailer() { FlushShow(); printf("\n%%%%Trailer\n"); printf("xt\n"); } Terry West <terry@rand-unix> Message 3 -- ************************ Return-Path: <jjhnsn@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU> Received: from ngp.UTEXAS.EDU by WASHINGTON.ARPA with TCP; Tue 29 Oct 85 09:20:10-PST Date: Mon, 28 Oct 85 16:00:34 cst From: jjhnsn@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU (J. Lee Johnson) Posted-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 85 16:00:34 cst Message-Id: <8510282200.AA15526@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU> Received: by ngp.UTEXAS.EDU (4.22/4.22) id AA15526; Mon, 28 Oct 85 16:00:34 cst Subject: Re: Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers To: LASER-LOVERS@WASHINGTON.ARPA References: <4587@cca.UUCP> In laser-lovers, ned%UPenn-Grasp%upenn.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.arpa says: > > We've just started using TranScript here, and we seem to have found an > annoying bug in psdit. The last word in the file isn't output! ... > It seems like a buffer flushing problem, and we could probably fix it, but > we're pretty surprised to have found it. He's correct, there is a buffer flushing problem in psdit. There are also some integer divisions where psdit truncates rather than rounds. The following is a diff file to correct these problems. Use "patch" to apply it to psdit.c. -- James Lee Johnson, U.T. Computation Center, Austin, Texas 78712 ARPA: jjhnsn@ut-ngp.UTEXAS.EDU UUCP: ihnp4!ut-ngp!jjhnsn allegra!ut-ngp!jjhnsn gatech!ut-ngp!jjhnsn seismo!ut-sally!jjhnsn harvard!ut-sally!jjhnsn # # This is a shell archive. # Remove everything above and including the cut line. # Then run the rest of the file through sh. -----cut here-----cut here-----cut here-----cut here----- #!/bin/sh # shar: Shell Archiver # Run the following text with /bin/sh to create: # psdit.patch # This archive created: Mon Oct 28 13:33:19 1985 echo shar: extracting psdit.patch '(2393 characters)' sed 's/^XX//' << \SHAR_EOF > psdit.patch XX*** psdit.c.dist Fri Jul 5 11:28:57 1985 XX--- psdit.c Mon Oct 28 12:35:24 1985 XX*************** XX*** 85,90 XX #define ErrorTolerance 100 XX #define PSWID 0x00000FFF XX #define ISPSPROC 0x000FF000 XX XX /* we maintain PS coords with 16 times the precision */ XX /* current PS state is: */ XX XX--- 85,91 ----- XX #define ErrorTolerance 100 XX #define PSWID 0x00000FFF XX #define ISPSPROC 0x000FF000 XX+ #define PSscale(x) ((x)+2250)/4500 /* equiv. to ( x*16 / 72000 ) +0.5 */ XX XX /* we maintain PS coords with 16 times the precision */ XX /* current PS state is: */ XX*************** XX*** 816,821 XX XX private t_trailer() XX { XX printf("\n%%%%Trailer\n"); XX printf("xt\n"); XX } XX XX--- 817,823 ----- XX XX private t_trailer() XX { XX+ FlushShow();FlushFont();MoveTo();DoMove(); XX printf("\n%%%%Trailer\n"); XX printf("xt\n"); XX } XX*************** XX*** 905,911 XX pswid = psinfo & PSWID; XX if ((psinfo & ISPSPROC) && (psinfo != -1)) { XX showspecial (s, code, pswid); XX! PSx += (pswid * fontsize * 16 * dres) / (72 * 1000); XX } XX else { XX showchar (code); XX XX--- 907,913 ----- XX pswid = psinfo & PSWID; XX if ((psinfo & ISPSPROC) && (psinfo != -1)) { XX showspecial (s, code, pswid); XX! PSx += PSscale(pswid * fontsize * dres); XX } XX else { XX showchar (code); XX*************** XX*** 910,916 XX else { XX showchar (code); XX if (pswid > 0) { XX! PSshowlen += (pswid * fontsize * 16 * dres) / (72 * 1000); XX } XX } XX } XX XX--- 912,918 ----- XX else { XX showchar (code); XX if (pswid > 0) { XX! PSshowlen += PSscale(pswid * fontsize * dres); XX } XX } XX } XX*************** XX*** 919,925 XX pswid = psinfo & PSWID; XX if ((psinfo & ISPSPROC) && (psinfo != -1)) { XX showspecial (s, code, pswid); XX! PSx += (pswid * fontsize * 16 * dres) / (72 * 1000); XX } XX else { XX showchar (code); XX XX--- 921,927 ----- XX pswid = psinfo & PSWID; XX if ((psinfo & ISPSPROC) && (psinfo != -1)) { XX showspecial (s, code, pswid); XX! PSx += PSscale(pswid * fontsize * dres); XX } XX else { XX showchar (code); XX*************** XX*** 924,930 XX else { XX showchar (code); XX if (pswid > 0) { XX! PSshowlen += (pswid * fontsize * 16 * dres) / (72 * 1000); XX } XX } XX } XX XX--- 926,932 ----- XX else { XX showchar (code); XX if (pswid > 0) { XX! PSshowlen += PSscale(pswid * fontsize * dres); XX } XX } XX } SHAR_EOF if test 2393 -ne "`wc -c psdit.patch`" then echo shar: error transmitting psdit.patch '(should have been 2393 characters)' fi # End of shell archive exit 0 -------
FURUTA@WASHINGTON.ARPA (10/30/85)
From: Richard Furuta <Furuta@WASHINGTON.ARPA> Editor's note: A few days back a message was posted about a buffer flushing problem in TranScript. Below are three messages proposing fixes to that problem. I have not been able to determine if any of these are "blessed" by Adobe. --Rick --------------- 1) 18-Oct "Francie J Newbery" Re: Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? 2) 18-Oct Terry West Fix to Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? 3) 29-Oct jjhnsn@ngp.UTEXAS.ED Re: Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? Message 1 -- ************************ Return-Path: <fjn@Purdue.EDU> Received: from mordred.Purdue.EDU by WASHINGTON.ARPA with TCP; Fri 18 Oct 85 12:07:19-PDT Message-Id: <8510181903.AA10258@mordred.Purdue.EDU> Received: by mordred.Purdue.EDU; Fri, 18 Oct 85 14:03:45 EST To: ned%UPenn-Grasp%upenn.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa Cc: laser-lovers@washington.arpa Subject: Re: Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 17 Oct 85 13:23:13 edt. <8510181752.AA04985@arthur.Purdue.EDU> Date: 18 Oct 85 14:03:39 EST (Fri) From: "Francie J Newbery" <fjn@Purdue.EDU> Your analysis of the problem is exactly right and the fix is very simple. In the function called devcntrl you need to alter the case for 't' by adding a call to FlushShow(). Like this: case 't': /* trailer */ FlushShow(); <-- add this line t_trailer (); break; Francie Newbery (fjn@Purdue.EDU) Message 2 -- ************************ Return-Path: <@rand-unix.ARPA:terry%owl@rand-unix.ARPA> Received: from rand-unix.ARPA by WASHINGTON.ARPA with TCP; Fri 18 Oct 85 12:44:17-PDT Return-Path: <terry@owl> Received: from owl.arpa (owl) by rand-unix.ARPA; Fri, 18 Oct 85 12:18:44 pdt Received: by owl.arpa; Fri, 18 Oct 85 12:16:26 pdt From: Terry West <terry%owl@rand-unix.ARPA> Message-Id: <8510181916.AA06937@owl.arpa> To: ned%UPenn-Grasp%upenn.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa Cc: laser-lovers@washington.arpa Subject: Fix to Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? Date: 18 Oct 85 12:16:22 PDT (Fri) We've just started using TranScript here, and we seem to have found an annoying bug in psdit. The last word in the file isn't output! Has anyone else seen this problem, or know of a fix? We can repeat it with the input (to ditroff): In the function t_trailer(), add the FlushShow() call: private t_trailer() { FlushShow(); printf("\n%%%%Trailer\n"); printf("xt\n"); } Terry West <terry@rand-unix> Message 3 -- ************************ Return-Path: <jjhnsn@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU> Received: from ngp.UTEXAS.EDU by WASHINGTON.ARPA with TCP; Tue 29 Oct 85 09:20:10-PST Date: Mon, 28 Oct 85 16:00:34 cst From: jjhnsn@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU (J. Lee Johnson) Posted-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 85 16:00:34 cst Message-Id: <8510282200.AA15526@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU> Received: by ngp.UTEXAS.EDU (4.22/4.22) id AA15526; Mon, 28 Oct 85 16:00:34 cst Subject: Re: Problem with Ditroff and TranScript? Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers To: LASER-LOVERS@WASHINGTON.ARPA References: <4587@cca.UUCP> In laser-lovers, ned%UPenn-Grasp%upenn.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.arpa says: > > We've just started using TranScript here, and we seem to have found an > annoying bug in psdit. The last word in the file isn't output! ... > It seems like a buffer flushing problem, and we could probably fix it, but > we're pretty surprised to have found it. He's correct, there is a buffer flushing problem in psdit. There are also some integer divisions where psdit truncates rather than rounds. The following is a diff file to correct these problems. Use "patch" to apply it to psdit.c. -- James Lee Johnson, U.T. Computation Center, Austin, Texas 78712 ARPA: jjhnsn@ut-ngp.UTEXAS.EDU UUCP: ihnp4!ut-ngp!jjhnsn allegra!ut-ngp!jjhnsn gatech!ut-ngp!jjhnsn seismo!ut-sally!jjhnsn harvard!ut-sally!jjhnsn # # This is a shell archive. # Remove everything above and including the cut line. # Then run the rest of the file through sh. -----cut here-----cut here-----cut here-----cut here----- #!/bin/sh # shar: Shell Archiver # Run the following text with /bin/sh to create: # psdit.patch # This archive created: Mon Oct 28 13:33:19 1985 echo shar: extracting psdit.patch '(2393 characters)' sed 's/^XX//' << \SHAR_EOF > psdit.patch XX*** psdit.c.dist Fri Jul 5 11:28:57 1985 XX--- psdit.c Mon Oct 28 12:35:24 1985 XX*************** XX*** 85,90 XX #define ErrorTolerance 100 XX #define PSWID 0x00000FFF XX #define ISPSPROC 0x000FF000 XX XX /* we maintain PS coords with 16 times the precision */ XX /* current PS state is: */ XX XX--- 85,91 ----- XX #define ErrorTolerance 100 XX #define PSWID 0x00000FFF XX #define ISPSPROC 0x000FF000 XX+ #define PSscale(x) ((x)+2250)/4500 /* equiv. to ( x*16 / 72000 ) +0.5 */ XX XX /* we maintain PS coords with 16 times the precision */ XX /* current PS state is: */ XX*************** XX*** 816,821 XX XX private t_trailer() XX { XX printf("\n%%%%Trailer\n"); XX printf("xt\n"); XX } XX XX--- 817,823 ----- XX XX private t_trailer() XX { XX+ FlushShow();FlushFont();MoveTo();DoMove(); XX printf("\n%%%%Trailer\n"); XX printf("xt\n"); XX } XX*************** XX*** 905,911 XX pswid = psinfo & PSWID; XX if ((psinfo & ISPSPROC) && (psinfo != -1)) { XX showspecial (s, code, pswid); XX! PSx += (pswid * fontsize * 16 * dres) / (72 * 1000); XX } XX else { XX showchar (code); XX XX--- 907,913 ----- XX pswid = psinfo & PSWID; XX if ((psinfo & ISPSPROC) && (psinfo != -1)) { XX showspecial (s, code, pswid); XX! PSx += PSscale(pswid * fontsize * dres); XX } XX else { XX showchar (code); XX*************** XX*** 910,916 XX else { XX showchar (code); XX if (pswid > 0) { XX! PSshowlen += (pswid * fontsize * 16 * dres) / (72 * 1000); XX } XX } XX } XX XX--- 912,918 ----- XX else { XX showchar (code); XX if (pswid > 0) { XX! PSshowlen += PSscale(pswid * fontsize * dres); XX } XX } XX } XX*************** XX*** 919,925 XX pswid = psinfo & PSWID; XX if ((psinfo & ISPSPROC) && (psinfo != -1)) { XX showspecial (s, code, pswid); XX! PSx += (pswid * fontsize * 16 * dres) / (72 * 1000); XX } XX else { XX showchar (code); XX XX--- 921,927 ----- XX pswid = psinfo & PSWID; XX if ((psinfo & ISPSPROC) && (psinfo != -1)) { XX showspecial (s, code, pswid); XX! PSx += PSscale(pswid * fontsize * dres); XX } XX else { XX showchar (code); XX*************** XX*** 924,930 XX else { XX showchar (code); XX if (pswid > 0) { XX! PSshowlen += (pswid * fontsize * 16 * dres) / (72 * 1000); XX } XX } XX } XX XX--- 926,932 ----- XX else { XX showchar (code); XX if (pswid > 0) { XX! PSshowlen += PSscale(pswid * fontsize * dres); XX } XX } XX } SHAR_EOF if test 2393 -ne "`wc -c psdit.patch`" then echo shar: error transmitting psdit.patch '(should have been 2393 characters)' fi # End of shell archive exit 0 -------