Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!um-math!kevin
From: kevin@math.lsa.umich.edu (Kevin Coombes)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: DVI files to Postscript (and tools)
Summary: yet another dvi2ps
Message-ID: <10037@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu>
Date: 28 Sep 89 15:08:10 GMT
References: <860@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> <4776@cps3xx.UUCP>
Reply-To: kevin@math.lsa.umich.edu (Kevin Coombes)
Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor
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In article <4776@cps3xx.UUCP> smithda@cpsvax.UUCP (J. Daniel Smith) writes
>In article <860@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> verber@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Mark A. Verber) writes:
>>It seems to be a shame that everyone has done their own dvi2ps driver
>>with their own extensions, fixes, and improvements.  I am trying to
>>make a list of about various drivers:
>Amen!!!!!!!!!!!
>       (list of desirable features deleted)

I have begun the (probably long and tedious) process of merging together
various versions of dvi2ps, beginning with the three versions (by Larry
Denenberg, Peter Damron, and Jing-bai Wang) which are available
by ftp from june.cs.wahsington.edu. I currently also have copies of the
versions by Van Jacobson, Piet van Oostrum, and Greg Lee.

When Mark Verber posts the responses to his inquiry about drivers, I will
probably try to collect any other versions and merge their enhancements as
well. I will be happy to make this version available WHEN IT GETS FINISHED.

In the meantime, I would be very interested to hear about any other
features which people want in a dvi2ps driver. If you want to send them
by email, I will post a summary of responses.

Kevin Coombes, University of Michigan