[comp.sys.next] dvips/color NeXT

rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (01/19/90)

> rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki):
> " ...
> " The reason dvips doesn't do this is because TeX, by definition, writes
> " a nice solid dvi file to the disk, so one definitely exists.

> But if you want to print on Unix with "lpr -d ..." you need a filter.

So you `cat >/tmp/foo; dvips /tmp/foo'.  Standard trick.

Oh, and for those who asked about color cubes, I've got one already,
and it's great.  A nice coat of lime green really brightens the cube
up . . .

-tom

lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee) (01/19/90)

From article <1990Jan18.195154.7512@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, by rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki):
" 
" So you `cat >/tmp/foo; dvips /tmp/foo'.  Standard trick.

I do that, but I lose the information in the user's TEXFONTS
environment variable.  Maybe you know a way to fix that ... ?

			Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu