shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter) (06/01/91)
For those who are interested in buying _Inside PostScript_, the title page lists the publishers as Systems of Merritt, Inc. 2551 Old Dobbin Dr. East Mobile, AL 36695 (205)660-1240 and Peachpit Press, Inc. 1085 Keith Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708 (415)527-8555 The price is $37.50. I got my copy at Cody's in Berkeley last summer. Here's the table of contents: Foreward by Stephen Roth Part I THE INTRODUCTORY GROUP Chapter 1 Introduction to Inside PostScript Chapter 2 PostScript Interpreter Structure Chapter 3 Efficient PostScript Part II THE ERROR HANDLING GROUP Chapter 4 Error Handling and errordict Part III THE INTERACTIVE MODE GROUP Chapter 5 The PostScript Interactive Mode Chapter 6 The ==dict Chapter 7 Miscellaneous Procedures Part IV THE PRINTER CONTROL GROUP Chapter 8 Idle Time Font Scan Conversion Chapter 9 Paper Sizes and $printerdict Chapter 10 Print Engine Status Chapter 11 Print Engine Error Reporting and mydict Chapter 12 The Thumbwheel Switch and PostScript Operating Modes Chapter 13 Printer Communications Chapter 14 Job Execution and execjob Chapter 15 The start Procedure and Server Loop Part V THE TEST PAGE GROUP Chapter 16 The Test Page APPENDICES Appendix I Dictionary Analysis Appendix II Dictionary Key/Value Analysis Appendix III Exhaustive Cross Reference Table of PostScript Names INDEX Ken (shiva@well.sf.ca.us)