Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:16518 comp.lang.postscript:7869 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury!cosc.canterbury.ac.nz!raymond From: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: breaking up polygons with holes, Arc/Info, Maps, Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 23:41:16 GMT References: <1991Mar7.203027.21926@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: ruru.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz From article <1991Mar7.203027.21926@watserv1.waterloo.edu>, by knewton@watnow.waterloo.edu (K. Glen Newton): > comes with a Postscript-to-Scitex interpreter. Herein lies the problem: > the interpreter cannot handle pathlengths larger that 1500. It dies when > we try to push through our large polygons. The problem may not be the interpreter. If I remember correctly PostScript will not handle pathlengths greater than 1500. I couldn't say about PostScript level 2 though... -- Raymond Wilson. email: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz snail: c/- Computer Science Department, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.