From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60141 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Khaled Hosny Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Example ConTeXt document: PS output Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:53:55 +0300 Message-ID: <20100711205355.GA4933@khaled-laptop> References: <4496BCFA-E0D9-4032-B038-B3FC31BFD7EE@fiee.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278881667 4285 80.91.229.12 (11 Jul 2010 20:54:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:54:27 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Jul 11 22:54:23 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OY3XZ-0007DA-El for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:54:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 355FFC9B66; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:54:20 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 0-3ybbAm8K5n; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:54:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD72C9B7A; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:54:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CAE8C9B7A for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:54:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 8tZ-4MnbhCyk for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:54:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-ww0-f45.google.com (mail-ww0-f45.google.com [74.125.82.45]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B98BCC9B66 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:54:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by wwb13 with SMTP id 13so1862929wwb.2 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:54:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:date:from:to:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=QQiR66o+FsXLprR743TIksGxoPfZnq8IBo+OX4dMb+E=; b=V8h8hjuP3F5pc7AAeQI3N7PkYl+eEG0L26VRKmtY8N6EFyBq6EGo+0FCiDDDVmiV/x kuulZ/X+T7YgwrwG7xEwq6clUFoBxSDRdMsguKIbXZSBr3UngyrZSKvOJn5gpIAUR1Bw SxyyPVlNxApuJm5X92ES4hg4nf219sOcrZqJs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=nGAz8Q2xOVlB9E0a5QWrpCrzg2JSCmNqeslc6cJ449jkeBWD4hgKx5OnyTNLj2KhiO E9NpWyXpq9VSQCgji7WQRozxlN7bJRb2xQZymFNrfsaz3F6ntUxrIRjO2gZqYqJpzieN xr5qs4GpMQ11uUhg++DIYx1WU3YYRJrfOEkdU= Original-Received: by 10.227.158.12 with SMTP id d12mr11691942wbx.160.1278881638641; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:53:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost ([41.238.232.124]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a1sm25152071wbb.20.2010.07.11.13.53.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:53:57 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4496BCFA-E0D9-4032-B038-B3FC31BFD7EE@fiee.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:60141 Archived-At: On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:37:01PM +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 2010-07-11 um 19:39 schrieb luigi scarso: > >>Maybe LuaLaTeX should work for you. > >But even so there is a dvi-to-ps step to do, > >which is pratically the same of pdf-to-ps > >in context mkiv. > > I suggest to use plain PostScript; there are even layout frameworks* > for that. You need just some PS files, no installation, no > intermediate format: Write PS code and copy it to your printer. > Hm, but the printer must convert PS to its internal pixel format, > that means a lossy conversion... > > *) http://www.tinaja.com/post01.asp#gonzo > (I used that once for auto-generating simple newspaper ads.) > > One of the major advantages of plain PostScript over PDF is, that PS > is a complete programming language and you can even write your own > printer-destroying virus. Nice! SUSE had (have?) a graphical menu extension to GRUB boot loader written in PostScript. Don't ask me why I remembered this now, but I always found it one of most weird uses of PostSscript I've ever seen. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________