Ada 95 docs: Rationale

Ada 95 docs: Rationale

[ab]

Did any of you attempt to print the PostScript version of the Ada 95
Rationale taken either from the Ada Information Clearing House host
or as distributed with Gnat-2.03 by NYU?

I tried to print them a number of times, each time unsuccessfully.
The print breaks down with PostScript errors. (The Gnat-2.03 distributed
version printed first 3 chapters and then broke down, the other version
breaks down on the first page.)
I am wondering now whether there is some problem with the distributed
.ps files or whether I have a local setup problem. (I am printing
on a PS printer attached to SS-2 with Sun OS 4.1.3 using NewsPrint software. 
Yes, I do print a lot of (other) postscript files without problems).

The error log file is not very helpful. For exammple printing
the file from AICH:

% \lpr prolog.ps rat1.ps

I get in the log file:
----------------------------------------------------
/usr/export/newsprint/printer_classes/PostScript/bin/postio: PostScript Error
User: ab@captblood
Date of previous error: Wed Mar  8 12:40:14 EST 1995
----------------------------------------------------

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Re: Ada 95 docs: Rationale

[Garlington KE]

ab@captblood.armstrong.edu wrote:
: Did any of you attempt to print the PostScript version of the Ada 95
: Rationale taken either from the Ada Information Clearing House host
: or as distributed with Gnat-2.03 by NYU?

: I tried to print them a number of times, each time unsuccessfully.

I was also unable to print them on a DEC laser printer. Unlike the other
Ada 95 documents, the Rationale was developed using something other than
FrameMaker, and so the PostScript version is different.

I tried to get it fixed, to no avail. The text version is OK, though.

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Re: Ada 95 docs: Rationale

[Chris Morgan]

Hi,
  Yes, I cannot print the Postscript Rationale either. Any illumination
welcome. I have tried this from a Sun SPARC5 machine talking to a DEC
Printserver. It wasted so much paper I'm frightened of trying again!

Chris

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Re: Ada 95 docs: Rationale

[Chris Jaensch]

ab@captblood.armstrong.edu wrote:
> Did any of you attempt to print the PostScript version of the Ada 95
> Rationale taken either from the Ada Information Clearing House host
> or as distributed with Gnat-2.03 by NYU?

> I tried to print them a number of times, each time unsuccessfully.

Yes, I have printed the latest postscript version of the Ada95 Rationale
(taken from the Ada IC). It only requires the following small modification
of the >> prolog.ps << file.

1. modify line 1 as follows:
%!PS-Adobe-2.0

2. delete lines 8-15 (i.e. the entire "ExitServer" block).

Then simply follow the instructions or include physically the prolog.ps
file at the top of each document file (rat_[1-6].ps). The latter method
enables one also to preview on screen (at least on a NeXT) each document
file.

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Re: Ada 95 docs: Rationale

[paus]

In article <9503091630.AA11032@ifr1.Luftfahrt.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>  writes:
> ab@captblood.armstrong.edu wrote:
> > Did any of you attempt to print the PostScript version of the Ada 95
> > Rationale taken either from the Ada Information Clearing House host
> > or as distributed with Gnat-2.03 by NYU?
> 
> > I tried to print them a number of times, each time unsuccessfully.
> 
> Yes, I have printed the latest postscript version of the Ada95 Rationale
> (taken from the Ada IC). It only requires the following small modification
> of the >> prolog.ps << file.

There was a little bug in the posting from Chris so you where probably
not able to reed it. (It was a NeXTmail attachement) Here is the missing
part. It is the diff output of the old prolog.ps file and the new one.


ifr12> diff prolog.old prolog.ps
1c1
< %!PS-Adobe-2.0 ExitServer
---
> %!PS-Adobe-2.0
8,15d7
< %%BeginExitServer: 0
<  userdict /msinifile known 
<  {msinifile (POSTSCRP) eq {stop} if} if
<  serverdict begin 0 exitserver
<  userdict /msorigstate known {msorigstate restore} if
<  save /msorigstate exch def
<  /msinifile (POSTSCRP) def
< %%EndExitServer
ifr12> 

Re: Ada 95 docs: Rationale

[The Pinhead]

In article <D56DGD.MtD@demon.co.uk> chris.morgan@baesema.co.uk (Chris Morgan) writes:
     Yes, I cannot print the Postscript Rationale either. Any illumination
   welcome. I have tried this from a Sun SPARC5 machine talking to a DEC
   Printserver. It wasted so much paper I'm frightened of trying again!

I've successfully printed the Rationale on an HP Laserjet IIIsi with
the postscript cartridge.

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Re: Ada 95 docs: Rationale

[Chris Morgan]

In article <9503091630.AA11032@ifr1.Luftfahrt.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
Chris Jaensch <chris@IFR.LUFTFAHRT.UNI-STUTTGART.DE> writes:

> 
Thanks, that works perfectly. The AdaIC might consider either fixing
the files or including this fix in the readme.
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-- Chris Morgan
-- SMCS Project, BAeSema Ltd, Scientific House, 40-44 Coombe Rd,New
Malden
-- Surrey, England, UK
-- Currently grappling with Ada95 via GNAT2.03 on Sun-SPARC-SOLARIS2.3
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--                     Member, Team Ada
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