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Received: from ftp.ardi.com (ftp.ardi.com [204.134.8.1]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA18225 for <executor@nacm.com>; Fri, 1 Dec 1995 01:06:46 -0800 Received: from gwar.ardi.com by ftp.ardi.com with bsmtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tLRQL-0007q5C; Fri, 1 Dec 95 02:06 MST Received: from beaut.ardi.com by gwar.ardi.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tLRLY-000GPHC; Fri, 1 Dec 95 02:01 MST Received: by beaut.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tLRLX-000278C; Fri, 1 Dec 95 02:01 MST Message-Id: <m0tLRLX-000278C@beaut.ardi.com> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 95 02:01 MST From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) To: marziani@vaxfe.fe.infn.it Cc: executor@nacm.com, root@abel-jtramp.unl.edu Subject: Re: Linux font & printer problems (Re: executor-digest V1 #350) In-Reply-To: <bvbvwETrf67W088yn@vaxfe.fe.infn.it> References: <199511290247.SAA27655@nacm.com> <bvbvwETrf67W088yn@vaxfe.fe.infn.it> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Michele" == Michele Marziani <marziani@vaxfe.fe.infn.it> writes: Michele> 1) I have several documents which were created with my Michele> Mac IIsi and Word 5.1. When opened with Word under Michele> Executor they are shown OK onscreen but the drop-down Michele> font list doesn't show, e.g., the default New York Michele> font. It seems this and several other very common Mac Michele> fonts are not part of Executor. The stock System file should have in it: Chicago Courier Geneva Helvetica Monaco New York Symbol Times In addition, the "Fonts and DAs" folder should contain Avant Garde Bookman N Helveitca Narrow New Century Palatino Zapf Chancery Zapf Dingbats Michele> 2) I've got Font D/A Mover 4.1 and tried to install a new Michele> font folder consisting of New York fonts. Now, Word Michele> correctly displays New York in the dropdown fontlist or Michele> when clicking in the middle of a New York paragraph. It Michele> even seems to sense bold attributes and the like. Using Font D/A Mover shouldn't be necessary. The stock fonts should already be there, the other ones should install by just dragging them to the hot-band. Right now I think there are bugs that allow you to put a font in the hot-band twice and there also may be trouble removing fonts from the hot-band, but if you just drag each one in once, it should work. Michele> The question is: how to print? I have an Apple LW Pro Michele> 630 connected to my PC and it should have the New York Michele> font built in. However it seems I'm only able to print Michele> garbage, i.e. missplaced Courier characters. I've set up Michele> a printer filter file (executor_filter) which only Michele> includes the following Michele> #!/bin/sh lpr -Plw Michele> where 'lw' is my printer queue pointing to the LW Michele> 630. There is NO printer filter associated with the queue Michele> 'lw'. It simply sends the PS output to the printer, Michele> directly. It's my preferred printer queue and normally it Michele> prints PS flawlessly. There is probably a mismatch in the font names. PostScript uses an ad-hoc naming convention which means that since we don't have an Apple Printer, we may easily have made a mistake. If you can find out the canonical names of the fonts in their various faces and send them to me, I'll try to get the fix into the next version of Executor. Michele> 3) How to modify the paper size? Normally a Word 5.1 Page Michele> Setup menu item allows this (in the File menu). However, Michele> the fake Executor dialog box only allows a limited number Michele> of options and it seems there is no means of changing the Michele> paper size. Michele> Again, the printed output comes out visibly missplaced Michele> on the sheet. I'm not surprised at all since a captured Michele> PS output clearly showed a %%DocumentPaperSizes: Letter Michele> in its header. Currently, you're stuck with Letter paper. Under NEXTSTEP Executor can communicate with the printing subsystem and you can use the NEXTSTEP printing panels. There are no equivalent ones under Linux, so we'll have to create them. This takes time. I realize that 8.5" x 11" is not the common paper size in europe, but support for alternate paper sizes is an example of Feature N+1. Michele> My feeling is that Word and maybe other important Michele> productivity packages are really unusable under Executor, Michele> at least until these IMHO serious bugs (?) are Michele> fixed. Until then I'm unable to even consider registering Michele> (...pardon me, getting a license key for) Michele> Executor. Furthermore, it seems quite pricey given the Michele> current functional level. We realize that no matter what feature set we provide, there will be some who really will not be able to use Executor until Feature N+1 is added. That does not bother us, as long as those people don't use Executor (other than in demo mode) in the meantime. However, holding back Executor from licensing until Feature N+1 is included deprives people of the chance to register it now, something that many people clearly want to do. As for Executor's price, everyone is entitled to an opinion. I am sure there are some people who would not use Executor even if *we* paid *them*. Luckily, they aren't our target audience. Enough people think that the US$49 fee for students, faculty and staff of educational institutions is a bargain, that we have no plans to lower that fee. If Executor is not worth that fee, don't license it. As long as you're not using it (other than in demo mode) we're both happy -- you won't be paying for something you don't use and Executor won't be used by someone who's not paying. I am not trying to single you out and suggest that you'd use Executor in non-demo mode without licensing it, but there are they who rationalize (even on this list) that if software is too expensive, then it's appropriate to crack it (which is trivial to do with Executor -- anti-cracking schemes punish the honest customers, so we don't use them) or pirate it and use it anyway. Michele> I hope someone is able to shed light on the above Michele> technical aspects. Take care. Michele> -- Michele Marziani Universita' di Ferrara e-mail (work) Michele> marziani@vaxfe.fe.infn.it Dipartimento di Fisica (home) Michele> marziani@estense.global.it 44100 Ferrara - ITALY * * * Michele> voice/fax +39-532-63631 --Cliff ctm@ardi.com