ghenniga@nmsu.edu (Gary Hennigan) (07/27/90)
I just downloaded a copy of PSMAGIC from terminator and think that it is a great product! I can print out my .EPS files on almost any dot-matrix with exact precision, however, when I try to print out a full document, including the DEMO1.PS file that came with it I get an error that basically says it doesn't understand the PS command "get". This is very annoying since almost every PS file has this command in it. Am I the only one to receive this error? Does anyone know the cause? I would greatly appreciate any ideas and any comments from others who have used and/or registered the product. I just wish they had a version that would output to a Picture file like a .PCX. Oh Well, it's still a great idea and if I figure out the problem I will gladly register my demo copy. Please e-mail if possible and thanks for any assistance -- Gary Hennigan +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu, henninsf@maxwel.NMSU.Edu + + Department of Electrical Engineering, Grad Student + + Physical Science Laboratory (ASS)istant systems programmer + +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
phillips@tegra.COM (Steve Phillips) (07/28/90)
In article <GHENNIGA.90Jul26183904@tesla.nmsu.edu> ghenniga@nmsu.edu (Gary Hennigan) writes: > >I just downloaded a copy of PSMAGIC from terminator and think that it >is a great product! I can print out my .EPS files on almost any >dot-matrix with exact precision, however, when I try to print out a >full document, including the DEMO1.PS file that came with it I get an >error that basically says it doesn't understand the PS command "get". >This is very annoying since almost every PS file has this command in >it. > From your message, it sounds like you're getting the PostScript error "Error: UNDEFINED; OffendingCommand get." This error usually means that you're trying to get an unknown keyword from a dictionary, not that the PostScript interpreter doesn't understand the word "get." For example, if I say "userdict /hithere get" I'll get an UNDEFINED error unless someone has defined a keyword named "hithere" in userdict. In order to solve your problem, you need to figure out what keyword the program is trying to get from the dictionary. This will probably give you a clue to what's really going wrong. Try adding the following line to the start of your file: /get { (get: ) print dup == get } bind def and see what output you're getting from PostScript. This will print out the last argument passed to the get operator, which will be the keyword when you're doing a get from a dictionary. Hope this helps. Send me mail if I can help out any further... - Steve -- ============================================================================ Steve Phillips Tegra-Varityper, Inc. tegra!phillips@uunet.com Billerica, MA ============================================================================
bb@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) (07/30/90)
Actually, the correct description of the psmagic problem, is that whoever archived it forgot the files in the 4 subdirectories under the package's root. Therefore, when you try to use what is provided for ftp from terminator.cc.umich.edu, it is very broken. I have sent an appropriate mail message to root at that machine, and I am hoping that a complete version made be made available. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@beach.cis.ufl.edu -- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@beach.cis.ufl.edu