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From: root@yale.UUCP (Root Of All Evil)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: xps
Summary: Problems in installing xps on Sun4 running X11R3
Message-ID: <62382@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 89 18:52:27 GMT
Reply-To: bhattach@cs.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT
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I'm posting this for Debashis Bhattacharya (bhattach@cs.yale.edu).
Reply to him, not to me.

We obtained the 18-part sources, and the 3-part patches for xps
from uunet.uu.net. The patches were installed, and the program
compiled O. K. with or without the -O option. However, all sorts of
problems started at this point.

1. The behavior of the program is different depending on whether or
not the -O option was used. With the -O option, it runs into a "Bus
error".

2. The interpreter does not appear to understand all the postscript
statements generated by "dvi-alw". Specifically, it appears to run
into problems with bit-mapped fonts in dvi files obtained from TeX
or LaTeX sources.

3. The documentation about handling of fonts is rather scant, and
leaves one with the impression that the package can only handle
hershey fonts in its present form.  Furthermore, instructions
concerning installation of other fonts for use by xps are virtually
non-existent.

        I would appreciate any information/hint/helpful suggestion
that I can get. Please reply either to the address above, or to
bhattacharya@yale.arpa or to the newsgroup.