Re: Option 'ai' in Postscript terminal

[Harald H. <h.h...@tu...>]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Ethan Merritt wrote:

> On Friday 13 August 2004 02:33 am, Harald Harders wrote:
> > - Newer Versions of Adobe Illustrator (at least AI CS 11) do understand
> >   the level 2 code. Thus, using 'ai' is misleading here.
>
> So we are still looking for a good name.  That's OK with me;
> I'm just trying to make everyone happy.
>
> > - There are other programmes that fail using the new code, for example =
gv
> >   (while gs understands it).
>
> ??? gv works for me.  The only issue is the one of anti-aliasing.

I just have noticed this today, too. I have prepared a bug report since
also gstate, setgsate and currentgstate do not work with the x11alpha
device.

> > What about an option 'pslevel' that takes an argument:
> > - 'pslevel 1' restricts to Postscript level 1
> > - 'pslevel 2' allows Postscript level 2 (some day, PS level 3 features =
may
> >   be added)
> > With this method, future problems with level questions will be avoided.
>
> But the code produced by the driver is *not* Level 1 PostScript,
> even without the Pattern definitions.   Calling it Level 1 is just not
> correct.

Mmmh, which are the Postscript level 2 commands used in Gnuplot? Wasn't it
a good idea to make a pslevel option which really switches back to
postscript level 1 syntax? Or does this involve too strong limitations?

> Maybe instead of trying to find a generic label, we must settle for
> being absolutely specific:
> =09set term post {patternlevel2}

If it is not possible to restrict to level 1: What about
  set term post solidfill
versus
  set term post patternfill
, maybe with shortcuts sf and pf?


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