fullmer@dover.uucp (Glen Fullmer) (12/23/88)
Where can one get specification documentation sufficient to implement
a Display Postscript graphics library? Is there such an animal? Is
there a proposed standard? How portable would the beast be? Would
I be required to sub-license it from Adobe?
Any facts on the matter would be appreciated. Thanks.
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{____/ </_</_/ / <_ {sun!sunburn | cadillac} !dover!fullmer new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) (12/15/90)
Could somebody recommend a book on Display Postscript
as used by the NeXT? I already understand Postscript
to some extent, as I have read the Adobe book on the
subject. However, I'm interested in learning the
differences between Postscript and DPS.
Thanks in advance! I'll summarize. -- Darren
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=+=+=+ Let GROPE be an N-tuple where ... +=+=+=eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (12/15/90)
In article <39120@nigel.ee.udel.edu> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes: >Could somebody recommend a book on Display Postscript >as used by the NeXT? I already understand Postscript >to some extent, as I have read the Adobe book on the >subject. I assume you mean bookS. :-) ------- |(c) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Adobe Systems Incorporated. |All rights reserved. | | | |POSTSCRIPT LANGUAGE BOOKS | |Here is the ordering information for the Adobe PostScript Language |books. All are published by Addison-Wesley and are listed as authored |by Adobe Systems Incorporated. | | Red Book: Postscript Language Reference Manual | ISBN 0-201-10174-2 List price: US$22.95 | | Blue Book: Postscript Language Tutorial and Cookbook | ISBN 0-201-10179-3 List price: US$16.95 | | Green Book: PostScript Language Program Design | ISBN 0-201-14396-8 List price: US$22.95 | | Black Book: Adobe Type 1 Font Format Specification | ISBN 0-201-57044-0 List price: US$14.95 | | |These books can be obtained from most computer book stores. | |In addition, all Adobe products may be ordered direct from Adobe Systems |in Mountain View, California, by calling 1-800-83-FONTS or 415-961-4400 |(ask for "Inside Sales"). You will need a Visa, MasterCard or American |Express card to order by phone. You will be charged extra for shipping. ------- > However, I'm interested in learning the >differences between Postscript and DPS. <<You can order the Display PostScript documentation in a nice binder at a small cost (for postage & binder) by calling the [Adobe] Developer Support line at +1 415 961 4111.>> BTW, you can mail order AW books from UUNET Technologies, Inc. (e-mail info@uunet.uu.net for prices and ordering information): Adobe Systems Inc. -POSTSCRIPT Language Program Design 1988. $22.07 POSTSCRIPT -Language Reference Manual.1986. $22.07 POSTSCRIPT -Language Tutorial and Cookbook.1986. Paper. $16.30 Holzgang -Display POSTSCRIPT Programming.1990.Paper. $24.95 Reid -Thinking in POSTSCRIPT.1990.Paper. $22.95 Roth -Real World POSTSCRIPT: Techniques from POSTSCRIPT Profesionals.1988. $22.95 You may want to wait on the Red Book, however, because... ------- |*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* | |COMING SOON (January 1991): | | Red Book: Postscript Language Reference Manual, SECOND EDITION | ISBN 0-201-18127-4 List price: US$26.95 | |The second edition of the "red book" will document PostScript Level 2. |PostScript Level 2 is a major revision to the PostScript language. It |has many new language features, as well as incorporating language |extensions that were designed for earlier products (such as the color |extensions for color printers). | |These extensions include: the Display PostScript system, composite |(kanji) fonts, file system operators, and color. | |In addition, the unofficial contents of the book include revised material |from the old book, discussions pertaining to memory management, binary |encoding formats, user paths, filters, forms, patterns, color spaces, |device independent printer features, composite fonts, the new halftoning |operators, compatibility strategies between PostScript Level 1 and |Level 2, the Document Structuring Conventions v3.0, a detailed look at |EPSF, and much, much more. | |*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* ------- -=EPS=- <standard disclaimer>
dwatola@EECS.WSU.EDU (12/29/90)
oops... here is one more question: why is it that, when this program is launched from the dock it puts the black window over the entire screen, but when i launch it from the command line, it is offset so that it doesnt cover the entire screen?