From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 18:20:39 +0200 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20130503162039.GA557@polynum.com> References: <64e57b5cc889082953a7f022f534b833@quintile.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <64e57b5cc889082953a7f022f534b833@quintile.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] anyone attempted to build ghostscript recently? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 542ae43e-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 03:18:40PM +0100, Steve Simon wrote: > Thinking of tackeling ghostscript again but failed at the first hurdle, > it needs autotools to build... Plan A, create a SmallScript borrowing the rasterizing routines of METAFONT and not aiming to be a full PostScript interpreter. Plan B, get rid of PostScript altogether and use TeX and METAFONT and/or fonts available with the glyphes, and render directly from dvi to pdf, dvi to raw (image), dvi to pcl; even using virtual fonts to render approximately fonts not present with glyphes definition for previsualisation, and using dvips for direct printing to real PostScript interpreters (with embedded compliant PostScript standard fonts). Isn't there a sentence about "wanting a banana, and being forced to have a Gorilla handing the banana with the whole jungle around"? -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C