Hi, On Sun, 16 Apr 2006, John Hawkinson wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 > at 13:46:16 +0200 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > + (display "\n%%BeginDefaults > > > +%%PageMedia: a4 > > > +%%EndDefaults\n" port) > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but was "BeginDefaults" not the method of choice > > to say: if no other value is given, please take A4 instead of that > > awkward Letter format? > > No, that's not what it is at all. You may find it instructive to refer > to the specification. > http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5001.DSC_Spec.pdf Thanks for the clarification. > > And BTW, Lily's PostScript code's main purpose is to produce something > > which Ghostscript turns into a PDF. So, the PostScript does not have to > > adher strictly to the specs, but to what Ghostscript understands. > > Yikes, really!? That's good to know, I guess, but also kind of > disappointing. For some reason that I have not bothered to debug, > PDFs that LilyPond (2.6.3) generates for me have bizarre defects, like > all text turning into the letter "y," etc. As such, postscript is the > way to go. Not to mention that it's faster. If I sounded like your work was not valuable, I made myself misunderstood. It sure would be a fine thing if the PostScript could be sent to a PostScript printer without problems. Ciao, Dscho _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
