[comp.windows.x] New CLX documentation available

stenger@ti-csl.csc.ti.COM (Dan Stenger) (10/25/89)

A new, complete, up-to-date, formatted version of the documentation for CLX
(the Common LISP X Interface) is now available to the public via anonymous
ftp from

	csc.ti.com (Internet address 128.247.159.141)

Anyone interested may find the documentation in the directory:

	pub/clxman/

It comes in two forms.  This first is Interleaf ASCII source format which is
contained in the *.doc files.  The second is postscript printer format which
is contained in the *.ps files.  Compressed versions of the collections of
these files may be found in the files:

	pub/clxman/doc.tar.Z		(Interleaf ASCII form)
	pub/clxman/ps.tar.Z		(postscript form)

Hopefully, this documentation will also soon be available as a part of the R4
distribution of the X Window System from the MIT X Consortium.

stenger@ti-csl.csc.ti.COM (Dan Stenger) (10/26/89)

I only tested the postscript output for the new CLX documentation on TI and
Apple printers so there may be some problems on others.  Not knowing much
about postscript I must rely on expert assistance.  Here is a suggestion from
one person.

	Dan Stenger

------- Forwarded Message

Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 89 17:53:40 EDT
From:   Christopher.Hoover@LISP-SUN.SLISP.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: Re: New CLX documentation available 
To:     Dan Stenger <stenger@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>

Thanks for the new documentation.  It looks really good so far.

Two problems:

  1) All of the postscript files are missing the "%!" magic
     header.  This will probably confuse a lot of people.

  2) Your postscript prolog needs the following:

	userdict /letter known not {/letter {} def} if

     so that the files will print on printers other than Apple
     LaserWriter's such as DEC LPS-40's.

Thanks again,
-- Chris.
(Christopher.Hoover@cs.cmu.edu)

------- End of Forwarded Message

Christopher.Hoover@LISP-SUN.SLISP.CS.CMU.EDU (10/27/89)

>>   1) All of the postscript files are missing the "%!" magic
>>      header.  This will probably confuse a lot of people.
>> 
>>   2) Your postscript prolog needs the following:
>> 
>> 	userdict /letter known not {/letter {} def} if

To be more specific:

Append the following lines to the beginning of each of the postscript
files:

------------------------------ CUT HERE ------------------------------
%!

userdict /letter known not {/letter {} def} if
------------------------------ CUT HERE ------------------------------


-- Chris.
(Christopher.Hoover@CS.CMU.EDU)