Re: [MacPerl] Perl Reference Guide

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

Chris Nandor writes Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:46:15 -0400

>At 09.36 -0400 1998.07.21, Alan Fry wrote:
>>Output to STDOUT fails on a Mac (the file is over 32K) and it is necessary
>>to redirect STDOUT to a file. The file can be sent to the PS printer in the
>>usual way or converted to a PDF file with "Distiller". It works very well
>>either way.
>
>Of course, if you don't HAVE a PS printer ...
>
>What I do is use GhostScript on my Mac to do ps2pdf conversion.

The 'perlref' README says specifically:

    NOTE: Do not print from Ghostview or other PostScript viewing
          tools since this can lead to mis-aligned prints.

Anyway do you mean Aladdin's GhostScript viewer? My version certainly does
NOT convert from PS to PDF, and the only way of printing is to save the
screen to a PICT file and print that. MacGS viewer does  not allow you to
page back and has rather primitive fonts. It simply doesn't begin to
compare with Adobe's Distiller for a screen version of a PS file. Maybe you
have a newer version than MacGS 3.33? Or are we talking about different
animals?

Apologies for getting rather off-topic.

Alan Fry



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