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- Title: RISCRIPT
- Author: Roeland van den Bos and Jeroen Medema
- Version: 2.02
- Title From: Documentation
- Author From: Documentation
- Version From: Documentation
- Supplier: Roeland van den Bos ((bos@prl.philips.nl), Jeroen Medema ((medema@prl.philips.nl)
- Date: 17/09/94
- Keywords: Postscript ; File viewers ; File conversion programs ; Object based graphics programs
- Shareware: No
- Machine: Archimedes
- Operating system: RISCOS
- Memory requirements: 256 kbytes
- Peripherals needed:
- Other s/ware needed:
- Directory: micros/arch/riscos/c079
- Date mounted/updated: 07/06/96
- File names: rs_hints.arc
- riscript.arc
- Unarchived files: 54
- Unarchived size: 432 kbytes
- Omissions:
- See also: GHOSTSCRIPT (a021)
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- Acquiring the package:
-
- Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2
- (see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).
-
-
- Description:
-
- There are two applications in the package: RiScript and ScripTerm.
- RiScript is a PostScript-previewer that can save the image as a draw
- file (no, not only a sprite but real objects). ScripTerm is a terminal
- that can be connected to the previewer.
-
- Globally, there are two ways of using the software, namely interactively
- and in batch mode. When double clicking a PostScript-file RiScript will
- be started (when it is not running yet, of course) in batch mode, i.e.
- without a terminal (ScripTerm). When starting the RiScript application
- (double clicking the application icon) then RiScript will be started in
- interactive mode (i.e. with separate terminal).
-
- Some missing features are:
- - packed arrays (not _very_ important; the PostScript printer driver
- of Acorn does however use this feature for unavailable fonts);
- - Type 1 fonts (this can be a real nuisance when using special fonts);
- - clipping (depends on the file whether it is important or not).
-
- rs_hints.arc, contributed by Chris Poole <c.e.poole@iee.org.uk>, contains
- a couple of files to help people who have problems with getting RiScript
- to work. There is a postscript program which fixes some of the bugs in
- RiScript, plus a text file detailing some problems with trying to use
- RiScript on Windows PS files. rs_hints.arc was updated on 07/06/96.
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