[comp.lang.postscript] breaking up polygons with holes, Arc/Info, Maps,

raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva) (03/12/91)

From article <1991Mar7.203027.21926@watserv1.waterloo.edu>, by knewton@watnow.waterloo.edu (K. Glen Newton):
> comes with a Postscript-to-Scitex interpreter. Herein lies the problem:
> the interpreter cannot handle pathlengths larger that 1500. It dies when
> we try to push through our large polygons.

The problem may not be the interpreter. If I remember correctly PostScript
will not handle pathlengths greater than 1500. I couldn't say about PostScript
level 2 though...




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