Re: Psroff meets Pageview.

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From: Dan Mick
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 1991 10:58

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In article <1272@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
>One of the people using psroff is using X11 pageview to
>view the Postscript that psroff generates, and is encountering
>a problem which someone may be able to solve.  Namely, each
>page overlaps rather than replaces the previous page.
>(eg: no erase is occuring of the previous page)

I don't know who makes pageview, but they're wrong.  GhostScript and GoScript
both clear the page on showpage, and of course printers print the page on
showpage.

The Adobe Blue Book says 

- _showpage_ -      output and reset current page
- _copypage_ -      output current page
- _erasepage_ -     paint current page white

You could work around the problem with erasepage, but there should be no need.
pageview should be clearing on showpage.

Whose is it, btw?  Sun's?

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