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From: iau@ukc.ac.uk (I.A.Utting)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.windows.news,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Display PS vs NeWS
Keywords: A call for compatibility
Message-ID: <6205@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 20 Dec 88 10:54:33 GMT
References: <941@riddle.UUCP> <2391@ssc-vax.UUCP> <109@adobe.COM> <2432@ssc-vax.UUCP> <15066@mimsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: iau@ukc.ac.uk (I.A.Utting)
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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In article <15066@mimsy.UUCP> don@brillig.umd.edu.UUCP (Don Hopkins) writes:
->Is there any effort at Adobe to make your extension to Red Book
->PostScript compatible with the NeWS extension? [ ...  eg. ]
->currentpath % - => path
->setpath % path => -
->currentstate % - => graphics_state
->setstate % graphics_state => -
->copyarea % dx dy => -
->undef % dict key => -
->dictbegin % - => - (new dict pushed on dict stack)
->dictend % - => dict (popped from dict stack)
->case % value {key {proc} key key {proc} ... /Default {proc}} => -
->append % obj1 obj2 => obj3
->printf % formatstring arrayarg => -
->sprintf % formatstring arrayarg => sting
->stringbbox % string => x y w h

While agreeing entirely with your general point, at least the last 5 (7?) of
these are implementable directly in Red Book PostScript, although it would
be nice if they were "officially sanctioned" by Adobe.

->Does Adobe have any plans about adopting a classing mechanism? Have
->you considered Owen Densmore's public domain object oriented
->PostScript programming package, class.ps?

Is this generally available? How can I get hold of details, or even a copy?

					Ian.