gat@gator.cacs.usl.edu (Gary Thompson) (02/17/90)
I noticed something fairly peculiar when I was using RSG 4.5. When I tried to outline or shadow a title that was close to the width of the page, it came out *real* distorted when printed. It didn't happen in version 4.0 or in PageMaker which makes me think it is a bug in 4.5. Has anyone else had this happen? Although I like PageMaker, it seems to lack one of the features of RSG that I *really* like -- being able to include your own PostScript code as part of a document. I have used it to create specialized backgrounds that would have been too unwieldy to draw. Is there a way to do this with PageMaker that I'm not aware of? Gary Thompson gat@gator.cacs.usl.edu
nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us (Avi Rappoport) (02/21/90)
Yet one more RSG bug: if you find your pictures not printing, turn off Background Printing option in Chooser. LetraSet's tech support actually told me that, and it works. However, the last time I started and it crashed, the first thing they told me to do was to re-install the System! I do tech support all day, and that's the _last_ thing I tell people to do. I also find RSG ungodly slow, even on a II. We may go with PageMaker for the next manual, or even FullWrite. I hate RSG. -- -- Help me justify my online bills: ask me EndNote questions, please! -- Avi Rappoport 2000 Hearst, Berkeley, CA 94709 nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us, 415-655-6666 Niles.Assoc on AppleLink fax: 415-649-8179
gdavis@primate.wisc.edu (Gary Davis) (02/23/90)
From article <16302@well.sf.ca.us>, by nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us (Avi Rappoport): > Yet one more RSG bug: if you find your pictures not printing, turn off > > I also find RSG ungodly slow, even on a II. We may go with PageMaker for > the next manual, or even FullWrite. I hate RSG. I'm not sure you'll find PageMaker faster. When I became editor of our user group newsletter a year and a half ago, I used PageMaker for it for a few months. It was unbearable, both speed and the way it works, jiggling things around by hand. I switched to RSG and have been much happier in both regards. It may partially be a matter of personal preferences. If I'd had the kinds of problems with bugs and impertinent technical support that others have related here, I might be much less happy with it. I've only seen one serious bug: graphs pasted in from KaleidaGraph weren't cropped properly. I called Letraset, they explained they were aware there was sometimes such a problem with old LaserWriters (which I was using), they apologized and said they were working on a fix. I don't know if they've fixed it, since we upgraded to a LaserWriter Plus and the problem went away. The newsletter has never exceeded 32 pages. Maybe RSG's buggier with larger files. Gary Davis