Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!parcplace!khaw
From: khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Monthly posted C++ products & books list (part01/03)
Message-ID: <748@parcplace.com>
Date: 16 Nov 90 00:11:52 GMT
References: <1990Nov14.112039.7680@adesign.uucp>
Organization: ParcPlace Systems, Mt. View, CA
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I would have mailed these comments to the author instead of posting to
usenet, but our mailer doesn't know "adesign.uucp":

The makefile target for changing the page size of the .ps file for the
USA is "make USA" not "make usa" as the README file says.

The output of "make USA" prints nothing on my printer, after a lot of
computing/data transfer. I'm on a Sun3/60 running SunOS 4.0.3, spooling
to a remote Apple Laserwriter Plus hooked up to a Sun3/50. We use
Adobe's Transcript package to handle PostScript printing.

The other make targets expect that your troff clone outputs PostScript
on stdout. Transcript comes with a "ptroff" filter, which only outputs
to stdout if you give it a "-t" switch; otherwise, it sends its output
to the print spooler.

I tried 'make TBL=tbl TROFF="ptroff -t" me' and got PostScript that
produced 9 pages of hardcopy. The last 6 pages were empty tables.

The "ms" version came out nicely.

I had to go to our HP9000/350 (HP-UX) to process the "mm" version.  The
tables come out with a single point size for all text, including
footnotes. The top of the page is supposed to be a page number, but
appears to be composed of overlapping characters, mostly zeroes, that
run all the way across the page.

In short, the "ms" version worked best for me.
-- 
Mike Khaw
ParcPlace Systems, Inc., 1550 Plymouth St., Mountain View, CA 94043
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