Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!bu.edu!mirror!frog!cpoint!crackers!m2c!umvlsi!dime!dime.cs.umass.edu!moss From: moss@cs.umass.edu (Eliot Moss) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Mac draw files in LATEX Message-ID: Date: 9 Aug 90 17:20:00 GMT References: <207@s2.elec.uq.oz> Sender: news@dime.cs.umass.edu Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Organization: Dept of Comp and Info Sci, Univ of Mass (Amherst) Lines: 32 In-reply-to: sridevan@s2.elec.uq.oz's message of 9 Aug 90 06:44:20 GMT 1) I tried sending mail, but the host of the original poster is unknown to my mail system (i.e., not available through the domain naming system for some reason). 2) I reckoned that since this question is asked so much, it wouldn't hurt to post a followup, so here's my answer to Sridevan's question/problem: To fix a MacDraw figure for use with dxpsview, make the following changes to the PostScript output: 1) replace the "op" line (near the top) with "/pm save def" 2) replace the "F T cp" line (near the bottom) with "pm restore" This is generally necessary to achieve the best success printing as well, since the cp command tries to force a page out, etc., and since the cp command has some strange timing stuff in it that near as I can figure out is for hand feeding paper into a LaserWriter. Since I use DEC PostScript printers, the cp code tends to fail miserably. Another thing is that you *must* include the mac.pro file in the output sent to the printer. Rokicki's dvips can help do that for you. There are several flavors of mac.pro, some of which seem to work better than others for me. Unfortunately, I decline to post my mac.pro because it says "Copyright Apple ..." all over it. Hope this all helps .... Eliot -- J. Eliot B. Moss, Assistant Professor Department of Computer and Information Science Lederle Graduate Research Center University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 (413) 545-4206; Moss@cs.umass.edu