fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) (11/13/88)
I've just installed Stephen Frede's TPSCRIPT troff to postcript filter on my machine and I'm having a few problems. When I filter a simple troff file, tpscript complains about unknown fonts (S1 and GR) and the resulting postcript translation file contains non-ascii characters (and this I assume is bad). I edited out the non-ascii chars and just for fun sent it down to my laser printer. The results fall fall short of representing the correct output. However, in general the postcript file looks pretty good and I suspect that perhaps I'm missing some subtle setup or invocation parameter. I'd love too here from anyone who has the slightest idea of what might be wrong and perhaps we might be able to improve the startup documentation in a way so that the less than guru-capable users (like myself) can use this package. Thanks in advance, rich.
fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) (11/13/88)
In article <d1VYy634Qv1010mWmGk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) writes: >I've just installed Stephen Frede's TPSCRIPT troff to postcript >filter on my machine and I'm having a few problems.... For the most part I think I've answered my own questions, but the answers are not pleasing. I neglected to compile the font description files and was using the aps files instead. No wonder nothing worked. However, upon looking for makedev, I discovered my version of the dbw package (2.0) does not have it (but ironically enough, the release letter brags about including font description source to help you develop your own device support -- big deal). It really looks like I can you this package if only I could compile the fonts. Any suggestions? Any hope? Thanks in advance, rich.
jos@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Jos Vos) (11/15/88)
In article <d1iMU6fCE3101061nHI@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) writes: >... However, upon looking >for makedev, I discovered my version of the dbw package (2.0) does >not have it ... Do you mean makedev was not include in DWB 2.0? At our site it was in cmd/text/roff.d/troff.d/makedev.c and it even works! -- -- ###### Jos Vos ###### Internet jos@idca.tds.philips.nl ###### -- ###### ###### UUCP ...!mcvax!philapd!jos ######
stephenf@softway.oz (Stephen Frede) (11/16/88)
In comp/lang/postscript fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) writes: > fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) writes: (about needing makedev) Duane Hesser posted a makedev replacement called mkfont to comp.sources.misc (Vol 2, Issue 84) which should do what you want. Even so, I don't see how tpscript could produce non-ascii output. If you find that you can't get it to work at all, send me a small sample file of ditroff output and I'll try it here. Regards, - Stephen Frede Softway Pty Ltd, P.O. Box 305, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 2 698 2322; Fax: +61 2 699 9174; Telex: AA27987 ACSnet: stephenf@softway.oz UUCP: ...!uunet!softway.oz!stephenf
andy@coma.UUCP (Andreas Lampen) (11/17/88)
In article <d1VYy634Qv1010mWmGk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) writes: >When I filter a simple troff file, tpscript complains about unknown >fonts (S1 and GR) and the resulting postcript translation file contains >non-ascii characters (and this I assume is bad). Typically you get this error messages when running troff without the "-Txxx" option (for example "-Talw when working with an Apple LaserWriter). When omitting "-Txxx", ditroff assumes to produce output for an Autologic idonotknowwhatnumber typesetter (== "-Taps" which is default). You have to have the font descriptions for your PostScript printer (generated by makedev) installed in /usr/lib/font/devxxx to make ditroff rum properly with the -Txxx option. I hope this will help you solving your problems, Andy -- Andreas Lampen, TU Berlin UUCP: andy@coma (unido!coma!andy) BITNET: andy@db0tui62
fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) (11/25/88)
In article <381@coma.UUCP> andy@coma.UUCP (Andreas Lampen) writes: >In article <d1VYy634Qv1010mWmGk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fiasco@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Richard Gircy) writes: > >>When I filter a simple troff file, tpscript complains about unknown... >I hope this will help you solving your problems, > >Andy >-- Not only are my problems solved, but I'm routinely munging 1/2 meg of troff source thru tpscript. No so much as a burp. My congrats to Steve for a job wellllll done.
kazama@Aluminium.NTT.JP (11/26/88)
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