cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Christopher Young) (05/31/89)
In our documentation for psview(1), it is claimed that there is only one arguement to this function, and that this argument is either a postscript file or '-' to indicate that input is coming from standard input. However, when I type in: psview - I get the following: psview: Illegal swithch `-' usage: psview [-F[scale]] [-xmin,ymin-xmax,ymax] [-B] [-b bgcolor] [-f fgcolor] [-c] [-v] [file] Can somebody get me the real documentation? Thanks, -- Chris. -- -- Chris. (cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu) "People make me pro-nuclear." -- Margarette Smith --
doelz@urz.unibas.ch (Reinhard Doelz) (03/22/90)
> Iwould say give up on trying to use psview, at least unitil someone > makes one that works. ... I totally agree. psview(1) is *not* a 4Dgifts. So if it is not supported by SGI, why doesn't SGI move it to 4Dgifts, in order to join non-supported programs ... :-) BTW: It's amazing that one of the benefits of NeWS is that POSTSCRIPT can be used but isn't supported. psh(1) is useless to view multi-page documents. Reinhard
msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow) (03/23/90)
> BTW: It's amazing that one of the benefits of NeWS is that POSTSCRIPT > can be used but isn't supported. psh(1) is useless to view multi-page > documents. > psh provides a very simply way to connect to the server and run PostScript programs. Usually these are NeWS programs that make windows for themselves. As I said in my earlier message, if you send ordinary PostScript programs, they draw on the background. psview is also a front end for NeWS. The difference is that it runs your PostScript in a window and it handles showpage. NeWS is still being used to execute the PostScript and draw the output. -- From the TARDIS of Mark Callow msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc "There is much virtue in a window. It is to a human being as a frame is to a painting, as a proscenium to a play. It strongly defines its content." In article <242*doelz@urz.unibas.ch>, doelz@urz.unibas.ch (Reinhard Doelz) writes:
ahlstrom@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (07/17/90)
Greetings, Here's a quick question for anyone who can help. We're running FIGARO+ (TGS's version of PHIGS) on a 4D/25. One of the options with this package is to get a peripheral support option which will allow you to make hardcopies of the graphics screen. Essentially, this option takes what's on the screen and dumps it to a file based on the type of output desired. For example, it is capable of writing files for an HP LaserJet, Tektronix, and last, but not least, PostScript. It is here that the problem occurs. Double clicking on the PostScript file, the image is recreated on the terminal screen in black and white. Looks beautiful and makes me very happy. However, when any buttons on the mouse are pressed, the image disappears and the terminal freezes almost completely. While it is still possible to move the mouse, nothing it moves onto registers. It is impossible to click on any files, move windows, type text in a window, absolutely nothing. People logged in remotely are not effected. The only way to correct this seems to be by bringing the system down. Has anyone out the experienced a problem of this nature. The bug seems to be in the 'psview' command. Is there a problem with our machine or perhaps the OS (3.2.1) [that has been fixed in later releases (I hope!)]? The PostScript files, when sent to the LaserWriter, are rendered correctly. Any comments and/or suggestions would be most helpful. Thanks in advance, Lee ****************************************************************************** Lee M. Ahlstrom Center for Composite Materials University of Delaware ahlstrom@oscar.ccm.udel.edu "It is always darkest before it goes STANDARD DISCLAIMER completely black." ******************************************************************************