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From: Jon A. Tankersley
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1989 22:21
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1989 22:21
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I ran into some problems with dvi2ps (March '89 and the previous version).
Seems that certain documents (proc.sty is all I've seen so far) can cause
some PostScript errors. I think that the real bug is in dvi2ps, but the
fix seems to not interfere with other documents. Case occurred when
a string of text started in the upper left-hand corner of the page.
A
-41 r(moveto) (string) s(how) was failing.
Doing a
-41 0 p[moveto] (string) s(how) worked.
@bop1 definition does an initgraphics. This sets the currentpoint to
unknown. Under certain circumstances, dvi2ps outputs rmoveto commands
immediately after the bop1 call. I modified tex.ps to do a 0 0 moveto
after the initgraphics. Anybody else seen this? Anybody see a problem
with this?
*** tex.ps Wed Apr 26 17:15:43 1989
--- tex.ps.old Wed Apr 26 17:16:03 1989
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*** 9,17 ****
% <holtz%cascade.carleton.cdn@ubc.csnet>
% June, 1985
% Last Modified: Aug 25/85
- % jat 26-Apr-1989
- % Modified @bop1 operator to do a 0 0 moveto to fix rmoveto bug with
- % some document styles. Dvi2ps may need to have the real fix.
% oystr 12-Feb-1986
% Changed @dc macro to check for a badly formed bits in character
% definitions. Can get a <> bit map if a character is not actually
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erasepage initgraphics
Mtrx setmatrix
/SaveImage save def() pop
- 0 0 moveto % JAT make sure we have a currentpoint!
} def
%-- tjh sept. 87: if this page has a mac drawing on it, we have to
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-tank-
#include <std/disclaimer.h> /* nobody knows the trouble I .... */
tank@apctrc.trc.amoco.com ..!uunet!apctrc!tank
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!apctrc!zjat02 From: zjat02@apctrc.trc.amoco.com (Jon A. Tankersley) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: dvi2ps/tex.ps Message-ID: <818@apctrc.UUCP> Date: 26 Apr 89 22:21:00 GMT Sender: news@apctrc.UUCP Reply-To: zjat02@apctrc.trc.amoco.com (Jon A. Tankersley) Organization: Amoco Production Company, Tulsa Research Center Lines: 42