laser-lovers@uw-beaver (08/05/85)
From: rna!dan@nyu-cmcl2 (Dan Ts'o) x Has anyone ported Adobe's Transcript package to a non-4.2BSD UNIX ? e.g. System V, V7 ? Thanks. Cheers, Dan Ts'o Dept. Neurobiology Rockefeller Univ. 1230 York Ave. NY, NY 10021 212-570-7671 ...cmcl2!rna!dan rna!dan@cmcl2.arpa
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (08/05/85)
From: Scott Burris <burris@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU>
I have ported it to a 4.1/System 5 environment. 2 months ago
I promised to send a message to this list about TranScript/LaserWriters
at UCLA, but I've been so far behind that I haven't had the chance.
Off the top of my head, there are 2 things to watch out for:
1) 4.2bsd spooling
TranScript makes use of the 4.2 printer software. We
use heavily modified MDQS software so we needed to
convince it to talk to an MDQS queuer. You will need to
change all programs which set up arguments for the
printer queueing program on your system. As I recall,
at least one is a shell script. All in all, it wasn't
a difficult task. You also may have to write/modify
the programs which actually print on the LaserWriter.
2) Long filenames
The Transcript software makes use of long filenames in
the .afm (Adobe Font Metric) files. You need to make
a few minor changes in enscript.c and psdit.c so that they
use shorter filenames. I also remember that there was
something in the etc directory of the Transcript source
which was too long (something to do with setting the
printer name).
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Center For Experimental Computer Science
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