paw@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Pat Wilson) (05/17/91)
I noticed a (potentially _very_ annoying) "typo" in a file pulled from the 3005 distribution tape (I got the tape direct from the Defect line - my autoship hasn't shown up yet). The first line of the file /usr/lpp/info/data/PShead (should be the header sent to a PostScript file) is "%" rather than "%!". The "%!" in the first line of a file tells PostScript to process the following data rather than to assume it's text - without the "%!", the file is treated as plaintext. I called Defect Support, and they agreed that this _was_ a bug, which should be fixed in 3006 (APAR IX15857). You, of course, can fix PShead yourself - just edit the file. IBM thought that the incorrect PShead was only a problem with _remote_ printers, and that locally attached printers would be fine, but... -- Pat Wilson Systems Manager, Project NORTHSTAR paw@northstar.dartmouth.edu
lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner) (05/17/91)
In <1991May16.204637.9063@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> paw@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Pat Wilson) writes: >I noticed a (potentially _very_ annoying) "typo" >in a file pulled from the 3005 distribution tape (I got the tape >direct from the Defect line - my autoship hasn't shown up yet). The >first line of the file /usr/lpp/info/data/PShead (should be the header >sent to a PostScript file) is "%" rather than "%!". The "%!" in the first >line of a file tells PostScript to process the following data rather >than to assume it's text - without the "%!", the file is treated as >plaintext. >I called Defect Support, and they agreed that this _was_ a bug, which >should be fixed in 3006 (APAR IX15857). You, of course, can fix PShead >yourself - just edit the file. IBM thought that the incorrect PShead >was only a problem with _remote_ printers, and that locally attached >printers would be fine, but... Well you had better luck than me. I called IBM defect support about something quite similar. Info has it's own postscript header that it appends to it's output. I let defect support know about it and how it would be really nice if they changed it to %! Well they agreed that it was a problem. However they told me that they would DOCUMENT the problem, and not fix it. sheesh. One stupid character. -- |Paul Lindner |lindner@boombox.micro.umn.edu |"You have to spit |University of |U of Minn. ACM President | to see the shine..." |Minnesota MWNC |I.T. Sun/HP Sysadmin | -- Babes in Toyland ///// / / / /////// / / / / / / / //// / / / / / / / /