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

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 15:11 +0100 1999.09.16, Alan Fry wrote:
>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'.

In any event, I will change the glue POD output in the next release.

Thanks all,

-- 
Chris Nandor          mailto:pudge@pobox.com         http://pudge.net/
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