mahaun@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark A. Haun) (03/13/91)
I have a question concerning the postscript language, and the
feasibility of implementing a simple postscript printer output
routine to a program I'm writing.
Some background: I have recently built a homemade seismograph and
am presently coding the associated C software to record, display,
analyze, and print the seismograph traces. I'd like to have an
option to print to a postscript printer, which would use only a
very limited subset of the postscript language.
The only graphics commands I require (apart from the initialization
and formatting commands) are point and line drawing commands, which
accept xy coordinates as arguments. A "lineto" (line from last
position) command would be especially nice. Does postscript have a
simple line command which could handle this? Most importantly,
where can I find an accurate syntactic reference for the relevant
parts of the postscript language?
Since I know very little about postscript, any enlightenment would
be appreciated :-) !
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In article <1991Mar13.044414.4630@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>, mahaun@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark A. Haun) writes: |> I have a question concerning the postscript language, and the |> feasibility of implementing a simple postscript printer output |> routine to a program I'm writing. |> |> Some background: I have recently built a homemade seismograph and |> am presently coding the associated C software to record, display, |> analyze, and print the seismograph traces. I'd like to have an |> option to print to a postscript printer, which would use only a |> very limited subset of the postscript language. |> |> The only graphics commands I require (apart from the initialization |> and formatting commands) are point and line drawing commands, which |> accept xy coordinates as arguments. A "lineto" (line from last |> position) command would be especially nice. Does postscript have a |> simple line command which could handle this? Most importantly, |> where can I find an accurate syntactic reference for the relevant |> parts of the postscript language? |> |> Since I know very little about postscript, any enlightenment would |> be appreciated :-) ! Try reading the "PostScript Language Reference Manual", by Adobe, and published by Addison-Wesley (ISBN 0-201-10174-2). It's quite an easy book to read, and should tell you all you need to know. You'll be pleased to learn that there *is* a `lineto' command. It's called `lineto' :-) (Though it's not necessarily quite as simple as that...) [M][a][r][c] ################################################################################ # # marc@sequoia.cray.com # . . # # Marc CR Bouron # M.Bouron@cray.co.uk (ARPA) # _|\ /|_ # # Cray Research (UK) Ltd. # M.Bouron@crayuk.uucp (DOMAIN) # (_|_V_|_) # # +44 344 485971 x2208 # M.Bouron@uk.co.cray (JANET) # | | # # # ...!ukc!crayuk!M.Bouron (UUCP) # # ################################################################################
adrianho@barkley.watt.berkeley.edu (Adrian J Ho) (03/14/91)
In article <041335.7809@timbuk.cray.com> marc@sequoia.cray.com (Marc Bouron) writes: >Try reading the "PostScript Language Reference Manual", by Adobe, and >published by Addison-Wesley (ISBN 0-201-10174-2). That's the First Edition. The ISBN for the (greatly expanded and, IMHO, more informative) Second Edition is ISBN 0-201-18127-4. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Ho, EECS (pronounced "eeks!") Dept. Phone: (415) 642-5563 UC Berkeley adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu Domain: sesame-street (telly,bigbird,snuffy,oscar,kermit,bert,grover,barkley) Favorite expression: "There's no business like monkey business."