Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!eecae!cps3xx!cpsvax!smithda From: smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (J. Daniel Smith) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: DVI files to Postscript (and tools) Summary: You missed the point Message-ID: <4793@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 89 19:09:00 GMT References: <860@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> <4776@cps3xx.UUCP>Sender: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP Reply-To: smithda@cpsvax.UUCP (J. Daniel Smith) Organization: Michigan State University, Computer Science Department Lines: 49 In article spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) writes: >the following features were requested in a postscript driver for TeX >all but 3 and 7 are already in dvitops (not to be confused with >dvi2ps, dvitps or dvips). Since I started to use it at the start of >this year, I have seen no reason to return to the mad world of the >everchanging dvi2ps versions Since the message about dvi->ps features a few days ago, this is the third dvi->ps program I've heard about. The point of my orginal message was to get rid of all these dvi->ps translators and have just ONE dvi2ps with all the features that everybody wants. I listed a few features that I wanted off the top of my head, but it was not meant to be an exhaustive list. I can understand that people have their own favorites of dvi->ps, and I'm sure I would be very attatched to a particular version if I developed it. I think it great that so many people are willing to work on PS drivers for TeX. My suggestion is (and I don't think I'm alone in this---someone else made the orginal posting), is that these efforts be directed towards ONE SINGLE dvi->ps translator. The idea was to stimulate discussion about this---perhaps such a thing can't be done. Thanks for all the info about the various dvi->ps drivers, and I am still very interested in hearing about the different versions and their respective features. But I am more interested in seeing what can be done about having ONE dvi->ps driver. (Of course I am talking about UNIX here, but as I pointed out, I have seen 3 different dvi->ps converters for UNIX in the past few days.) I can also state that I am very thankful to all of those who have the expertise to write such programs and are willing to share them with all of us. I just wish a way could be found to have one dvi->ps programs with all the goodies that everybody ever wanted in their dvi->ps. Once again, to all the dvi->ps authors, thanks again for your fine work. Please don't take this posting in the wrong way.... A happy and thankful TeX and PS user, Dan ========================================================================= J. Daniel Smith Internet: smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu Michigan State University BITNET: smithdan@msuegr People always get what they ask for; the only trouble is that they never know, until they get it, what they have asked for. - Aldous Huxley =========================================================================