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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-01-17 21:41:51 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-01-17 21:41:51 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/README b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..48c4cc4eb26 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/README @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +This directory contains Dvipsk, my (kb@mail.tug.org) modified version of +Tom Rokicki's dvips, a DVI-to-PostScript translator. + +See `NEWS' for major changes by release, `ChangeLog` for all changes. +See `INSTALL' for installation instructions. +See `../kpathsea/BUGS' for details on reporting bugs. +AT LEAST NEWS, ChangeLog, AND INSTALL ARE WOEFULLY OUT OF DATE. + +Aside from configuration, this differs from the original primarily in +that it uses the same code for path searching as TeX and my other +distributions. + +Dvipsk does not install any default config.ps file, since no one file is +generally suitable. Sample Dvips config files are in the contrib/ +directory. See ./INSTALL. + +The documentation is now in Texinfo format. I've removed the font +naming section, since it was an old version of the font naming document +(which you can get from ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/fontname/). + +Dvipsk is free software; Tom's original files are public domain. The +files I wrote (originally for the Free Software Foundation) are covered +by the GNU General Public License -- see the files COPYING*. + +You can get the original dvips from ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/pub/dvips*. + +kb@mail.tug.org +Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. +------------------------------------------------------------------------- +dvips 5.86 notes: + + Minor improvements to epsf style file. + Another patch to t1part.c to make it more liberal in accepting pfb/pfa + font files. + Added PS reencoding reimplementation by Rob Hutchings. + Added 'F' in config file to send controlD. + Added quick exit if -? or -v. + Improved tex.lpro to fix a bug that showed up in distiller. + Improved tex.lpro to work around a problem in certain Windows + environments. + Made dvips complain if it had to section a document. + Eliminated use-after-free bug in hps.c. + Fixed a problem in t1part for the Euro fonts with partial font downloading. + Fixed a big problem in t1part for some font downloading due to + uninitialized allocations. + Added `unknown' paper size back to config.ps. + Made t1part munge the UniqueID to prevent cache problems in Acrobat and + other programs. + Fixed parsing error when whitespace following '<' in psfonts.map. + Made '<<' work correctly (disable partial font downloading for that + particular font) in psfonts.map. + +dvips 5.74 notes: + + The epsf.sty and epsf.tex files are now in the public domain. + The t1part.c has been updated to support binary files with + multiple binary sections. + +dvips 5.72 notes: + + Bug fix in t1part.c??? I hope so! + + Debugging now turned on by default. No real reason to turn it off. + (Too many Linux versions of dvips without debugging have been + distributed, and it makes it very difficult to help the users with + their problems . . .) + +dvips 5.62 notes: + + The makefile and config.ps and MakeTeXPK need to be modified to fit + your site! + + dvips.tex needs updating. + +To document: + Landscape mfmode + HPS integration + Separate EPSF file generation + Better bbox support + Partial type 1 support + Comment elision now turned *off* + Upleveling of font requirements + Bitmap font descriptions + +Questions: + Should I eliminate PStfms/PSvfs/afm-extra? + Should I eliminate PSlatex? (my guess is yes) + Partial type 1 downloading (Sergey Lesenko) + HyperTeX support (Mark Doyle) + Lots of little bugs/changes/fixes + +Still todo: + +- Make a better copyfile that handles Level 2 data better +- Add landscape mode def and code to select it. +- Sanitize; test on various systems +- Improve makefile!!! Goal: on a standard C installation (with stdlib + and all) and a Unix machine using TDS, make it be just a `make' away. +- Improve diagnostics, especially when files not found. +- Eliminate `extern' declarations; use header files properly + +Despite the fact that I reference Mark and Sergey, bugs are mine, mine, +all mine, so please bug me and not them. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +All real documentation is now in the file dvips.tex. There is also a file +called test.tex that you can read and run to test some basic capabilities of +dvips. INSTALLATION has the primary installation instructions. + +If you enjoy using dvips, you will probably enjoy being a member of +the TeX Users Group. To join or contribute to TUG, contact them at + + TeX Users Group + 1850 Union Street #1637 + San Francisco, CA 94123 + Voice: (415) 982-8449 + FAX: (415) 982-8559 + Email: TUG@tug.org + Web: http://www.tug.org/ + +This is a list of people who have contributed substantially to dvips. +I'm sure I've forgotten many. Thanks to all! + +Karl Berry +P. W. Daly +Mark Doyle +Edward J. Groth +James Hafner +John Hobby +Rob Hutchings +Donald E. Knuth +Russell Lang +Sergey Lesenko +Art Ogawa +Melissa O'Neill +Sebastian Rahtz +Andrew Trevorrow +Staszek Wawrykiewicz |