Re: [MacPerl-Modules] Glue, PODs and PostScript

[ajf@afco.demon.co.uk (Alan Fry)]

Dave Johnson writes Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:15:21 -0400:

>While printing out several "Glue PODs" using 'pod2ps', I ran into a
>problem. Specifically with the one
>for the Finder. It would only print out three pages and them quit. Using
>Distiller I have been able to
>track the problem down to the following line:
>
>=item alias_list (alst): A list of aliases.  Use 'as alias list' when a
>list of aliases is needed. (instead of a list of file system item
>references).
>
>The line is processed correctly by 'Shuck' but pod2ps generates invalid
>PostScript code. It appears
>the above line is just to long. I made the line shorter by deleting
>"(instead of a list of file system item references)" and it prints fine.
>
>Is there a restriction on the length of an POD "=item" or is this a problem
>in pod2ps?

The long '=item' string in this instance gives rise to a PostScript
"limitcheck" error during the creation of the corresponding PDF Bookmark.

The problem may be resolved by turning on the 'pod2ps' "-shortitem" switch.
Details of this and other switches are given in 'pod2ps.pod'.

Alan Fry

>
>Dave



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