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Subject: Re: [MiNT] GemGS and Fvdi
From: Mark Duckworth <mduckworth@atari-source.com>
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On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 08:42 +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> Did anyone try GemGS with Aranym ? I did.
> It works much faster than on my Falcon, but there seems to be a=20
> problem with Fvdi. The example files from the Ghostscript/GemGS=20
> distribution illustrate this. For example:
> "alphabet.ps" only shows an empty window.
> "colorcir.ps" is displayed with totally wrong colors.
>=20
> I don't know if this is a GemGS or Fvdi bug.
>=20
> I tried to recompile GemGS with newer mintlib/gemlib/cflib from the still=
=20
> available sources some time ago, but bumped into a problem with newer=20
> cflib. I didn't know enough about C-programming and cflib, so I gave up.
>=20
> I would like to see a new GemGS version, updated with the latest libs and=
=20
> a ghostscript version that is synchronized with the SpareMiNT version. So=
=20
> that I can have a SpareMiNT ghostscript, and a GEM version, without havin=
g=20
> to install the ghostscript fonts and libraries twice.
> Maybe the GemGS sources deserve a place in SpareMiNT CVS, so that anyone=20
> can pick it up and work on it ?
>=20

You know if we had a GEM NVDI postscript printer driver, then we'd be
able to use linux printing utilities to convert that output for today's
inkjet's.

Just a thought.... I don't print from my atari ever.

Thanks,
Mark

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