Re: Again, epslatex terminal

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> On that note, I've placed a patch on SourceForge (1117060) that is a fix
> or enhancement for PostScript level 1 devices.  It's been hanging around
> for a while.  I've just updated the thing to accomodate the change in
> layout and variable names in post.term.  The original code was a bit of
> work.  The postscript code is tricky because it conditionally displays
> an image in the non "level1" setting depending upon whether the device
> is level 1 or not.  The trick is that you can't just ignore the data
> there, it has to be "read in" from within the file itself so that
> PostScript doesn't think the data are commands and subsequently crashes.
>
> Anyway, it hasn't been tested by someone who has a true Level 1 printer
> (i.e., dinosaur).  But I think it is an improvement.  Doubt I will
> update the patch again unless I ever need Level 1 support for some
> strange reason.

How much does it extend the file size?

Is this Level1 code only for images? I think that a combination of someone
printing images and using an obsolete (color?) postscript level 1 printer is
very rare. Is the code put in only when "set term post level1" is
specified?

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