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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
- Path: sparky!uunet!brunix!brunix!jgm
- From: jgm@cs.brown.edu (Jonathan Monsarrat)
- Subject: PostScript Programmers -- FAQ help? (was Re: Stack Under/Over flows)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.175225.25154@cs.brown.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.brown.edu
- Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
- References: <1992Nov19.164221.22451@dracut.keps.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:52:25 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- This is a good excuse for me to ask for help with the PostScript FAQ,
- especially programming it.
-
- > Is the a FAQ on gerenal PostScript troubleshooting??
-
- No, but that would be nice.
-
- PostScript programmers, would you send me helpful FAQ information that
- new programmers could use? Also, any kind of information or
- suggestions for changes/corrections would be appreciated. The FAQ is
- available by anonymous ftp to
- wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/comp.lang.postscript in ASCII, LaTeX, DVI, and
- PostScript formats.
-
- > Also, I would be intersted in finding out some general trouble shooting
- > ideas on these Stack U/O flows...
-
- If they are your own PostScript programs, try prepending a special
- error handler file. Most PostScript ftp sites will have them. (or
- I can email you behandler.ps)
-
- If you are trying to debug a machine generated PostScript output --
- then you have more courage than I do!! Generally that takes a serious
- PostScript hacker because machine generated PostScript is generally
- "compressed" i.e. unreadable. I find it unpleasant to disect such
- stuff whenever I have to.
-
- It would probably be easier, if this error is used by QuarkXpress,
- to just use some other program (or ask the company that sells it for help).
-
- > I deal with the Mac side of life going to HiRes imagesetters... Most of
- > the common apps... PageMaker, Illustrator, FreeHand, QuarkXpress, ect.
-
- There are some very knowledgeable and friendly people in comp.sys.mac.apps.
- Elliotte Harold has a very good FAQ for that group, which contains
- some PostScript information. You can get it from
- "pit-manager.mit.edu" in the directory "pub/usenet/comp.sys.mac.apps/"
- as the file "Macintosh_software_frequently_asked_questions_(FAQ)".
-
- -Jon
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