pstoedit / Bugs / #25 PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27

Wolfgang Glunz - 2019-05-07

Hi Ken,

looks like .makeoperator was removed in recent versions of ghostscript.

Is there any recommended alternative?

Thanks

Wolfgang

Gesendet: Dienstag, 07. Mai 2019 um 10:08 Uhr
Von: "jcwinkler" <jcwinkler@users.sourceforge.net>
An: "Ticket #25: PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27" <25@bugs.pstoedit.p.re.sourceforge.net>
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** [bugs:#25] PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27**

**Status:** open
**Group:** v1.0_(example)
**Created:** Tue May 07, 2019 08:08 AM UTC by jcwinkler
**Last Updated:** Tue May 07, 2019 08:08 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody

Given a single page pdf document test.pdf, the following command

pstoedit -f plot-svg test.pdf test.svg -dt -ssp -psarg -r9600x9600 -pta

fails with ghostscript 9.27 on both, Windows 8.1 and 10 1809 64-bit.

The output is

pstoedit: version 3.73 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jun 3 2018 - release build -
MS VC++ 1912 - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2018 Wolfgang Glunz
Error: /undefined in .makeoperator
Operand stack:
false rectfill rectfill --nostringval--
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-
- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- fa
lse 1 %stopped_push 1991 1 3 %oparray_pop 1990 1 3 %oparray_
pop 1978 1 3 %oparray_pop 1833 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-
- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringv
al-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1033/1123(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:216/300(L)-- --dict:1033/
1123(G)--
Current allocation mode is global
Current file position is 15547
GPL Ghostscript 9.27: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 1 executed command : C:\Progr
am Files\gs\gs9.27\bin\gsdll64.dll -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY
-dNOEPS -r9600x9600 C:/Users/winkler/AppData/Local/Temp/psin2
The interpreter seems to have failed, cannot proceed !

Additionally passing the option -ndb results in a 0 Byte svg document.

Additionally passing the option -rdb results in the same error.

As one of the developers of the Inkscape plugin TexText (https://textext.github.io/textext/) we make heavy use of pstoedit so any help is highly appreciated. It worked well with all previous versions of pstoedit and ghostscript except with ghostscript 9.22 with the well known DELAYBIND-issue (fixed by http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=fa499a5809aab45b2891b5c8b2363d1bca890757)

Thank you very much!

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jcwinkler - 2019-05-14

Are there any news w.r.t. this topic? Or anywhere to follow/ contribute? Thanks!

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- Wolfgang Glunz - 2019-05-14
  
  I reproduced the issue and see that it is due to some recent changes in ghostscript. If you revert back to gs9.26, then it should still be OK.
  
  I'm working on a fix.
  
  Wolfgang
  
  Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Mai 2019 um 14:17 Uhr
  Von: "jcwinkler" <jcwinkler@users.sourceforge.net>
  An: "[pstoedit:bugs] " <25@bugs.pstoedit.p.re.sourceforge.net>
  Betreff: [pstoedit:bugs] #25 PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27
  
  Are there any news w.r.t. this topic? Or anywhere to follow/ contribute? Thanks!
  
  ---
  
  ** [bugs:#25] PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27**
  
  **Status:** open
  **Group:** v1.0_(example)
  **Created:** Tue May 07, 2019 08:08 AM UTC by jcwinkler
  **Last Updated:** Tue May 07, 2019 08:08 AM UTC
  **Owner:** nobody
  
  Given a single page pdf document test.pdf, the following command
  
  pstoedit -f plot-svg test.pdf test.svg -dt -ssp -psarg -r9600x9600 -pta
  
  fails with ghostscript 9.27 on both, Windows 8.1 and 10 1809 64-bit.
  
  The output is
  
  pstoedit: version 3.73 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jun 3 2018 - release build -
  MS VC++ 1912 - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2018 Wolfgang Glunz
  Error: /undefined in .makeoperator
  Operand stack:
  false rectfill rectfill --nostringval--
  Execution stack:
  %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-
  - 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- fa
  lse 1 %stopped_push 1991 1 3 %oparray_pop 1990 1 3 %oparray_
  pop 1978 1 3 %oparray_pop 1833 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-
  - %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringv
  al-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
  Dictionary stack:
  --dict:1033/1123(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:216/300(L)-- --dict:1033/
  1123(G)--
  Current allocation mode is global
  Current file position is 15547
  GPL Ghostscript 9.27: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
  PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 1 executed command : C:\Progr
  am Files\gs\gs9.27\bin\gsdll64.dll -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY
  -dNOEPS -r9600x9600 C:/Users/winkler/AppData/Local/Temp/psin2
  The interpreter seems to have failed, cannot proceed !
  
  Additionally passing the option -ndb results in a 0 Byte svg document.
  
  Additionally passing the option -rdb results in the same error.
  
  As one of the developers of the Inkscape plugin TexText (https://textext.github.io/textext/) we make heavy use of pstoedit so any help is highly appreciated. It worked well with all previous versions of pstoedit and ghostscript except with ghostscript 9.22 with the well known DELAYBIND-issue (fixed by http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=fa499a5809aab45b2891b5c8b2363d1bca890757)
  
  Thank you very much!
  
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Wolfgang Glunz - 2019-06-02

should be solved in pstoedit 3.74

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Wolfgang Glunz - 2019-06-02

labels: --> 3.74

status: open --> closed

assigned_to: Wolfgang Glunz
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jcwinkler - 2019-06-04

Thank you very much, Wolfgang!

Unfortunately, now the produced svg-code does not show what is to be expected when rendered, please see the attached png and the corresponding pdf/svg-files.

Code for generation:

pstoedit -f plot-svg test.pdf test.svg -dt -ssp -psarg -r9600x9600 -pta

Do you have any idea? Is it possible to fix this?

Regards

Jan

pstoedit374-svgproblem.png

tmp.pdf

tmp_gs926_pstoedit373.svg

tmp_gs927_pstoedit374.svg
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- Wolfgang Glunz - 2019-06-08
  
  Hi Jan,
  
  I can see the issue but do not have a solution so far. But if you leave out the -psarg -r9600x9600 option, then it looks good.
  
  Best Regards
  
  Wolfgang
  
  Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Juni 2019 um 12:07 Uhr
  Von: "jcwinkler" <jcwinkler@users.sourceforge.net>
  An: "[pstoedit:bugs] " <25@bugs.pstoedit.p.re.sourceforge.net>
  Betreff: [pstoedit:bugs] #25 PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27
  
  Thank you very much, Wolfgang!
  
  Unfortunately, now the produced svg-code does not show what is to be expected when rendered, please see the attached png and the corresponding pdf/svg-files.
  
  Code for generation:
  ~~~
  pstoedit -f plot-svg test.pdf test.svg -dt -ssp -psarg -r9600x9600 -pta
  ~~~
  
  Do you have any idea? Is it possible to fix this?
  
  Regards
  
  Jan
  
  Attachments:
  
  - [pstoedit374-svgproblem.png](https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/bugs/_discuss/thread/63a90ef541/c5fe/attachment/pstoedit374-svgproblem.png) (13.3 kB; image/png)
  - [tmp.pdf](https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/bugs/_discuss/thread/63a90ef541/c5fe/attachment/tmp.pdf) (43.4 kB; application/pdf)
  - [tmp_gs926_pstoedit373.svg](https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/bugs/_discuss/thread/63a90ef541/c5fe/attachment/tmp_gs926_pstoedit373.svg) (17.4 kB; image/svg+xml)
  - [tmp_gs927_pstoedit374.svg](https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/bugs/_discuss/thread/63a90ef541/c5fe/attachment/tmp_gs927_pstoedit374.svg) (17.4 kB; image/svg+xml)
  
  ---
  
  ** [bugs:#25] PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27**
  
  **Status:** closed
  **Group:** v1.0_(example)
  **Labels:** 3.74
  **Created:** Tue May 07, 2019 08:08 AM UTC by jcwinkler
  **Last Updated:** Sun Jun 02, 2019 06:18 PM UTC
  **Owner:** Wolfgang Glunz
  
  Given a single page pdf document test.pdf, the following command
  
  pstoedit -f plot-svg test.pdf test.svg -dt -ssp -psarg -r9600x9600 -pta
  
  fails with ghostscript 9.27 on both, Windows 8.1 and 10 1809 64-bit.
  
  The output is
  
  pstoedit: version 3.73 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jun 3 2018 - release build -
  MS VC++ 1912 - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2018 Wolfgang Glunz
  Error: /undefined in .makeoperator
  Operand stack:
  false rectfill rectfill --nostringval--
  Execution stack:
  %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-
  - 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- fa
  lse 1 %stopped_push 1991 1 3 %oparray_pop 1990 1 3 %oparray_
  pop 1978 1 3 %oparray_pop 1833 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-
  - %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringv
  al-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
  Dictionary stack:
  --dict:1033/1123(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:216/300(L)-- --dict:1033/
  1123(G)--
  Current allocation mode is global
  Current file position is 15547
  GPL Ghostscript 9.27: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
  PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 1 executed command : C:\Progr
  am Files\gs\gs9.27\bin\gsdll64.dll -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY
  -dNOEPS -r9600x9600 C:/Users/winkler/AppData/Local/Temp/psin2
  The interpreter seems to have failed, cannot proceed !
  
  Additionally passing the option -ndb results in a 0 Byte svg document.
  
  Additionally passing the option -rdb results in the same error.
  
  As one of the developers of the Inkscape plugin TexText (https://textext.github.io/textext/) we make heavy use of pstoedit so any help is highly appreciated. It worked well with all previous versions of pstoedit and ghostscript except with ghostscript 9.22 with the well known DELAYBIND-issue (fixed by http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=fa499a5809aab45b2891b5c8b2363d1bca890757)
  
  Thank you very much!
  
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- Wolfgang Glunz - 2019-06-10
  
  I checked this problem further and noticed that pstoedit 3.74 (the latest release) works fine with gs9.26. Just gs9.27 shows this issue. So I'm not so sure this is a problem in pstoedit. Looks rather as one in gs.
  
  Jan, do you confirm my tests?
  
  Best Regards
  
  Wolfgang
  
  Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Juni 2019 um 12:07 Uhr
  Von: "jcwinkler" <jcwinkler@users.sourceforge.net>
  An: "[pstoedit:bugs] " <25@bugs.pstoedit.p.re.sourceforge.net>
  Betreff: [pstoedit:bugs] #25 PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27
  
  Thank you very much, Wolfgang!
  
  Unfortunately, now the produced svg-code does not show what is to be expected when rendered, please see the attached png and the corresponding pdf/svg-files.
  
  Code for generation:
  ~~~
  pstoedit -f plot-svg test.pdf test.svg -dt -ssp -psarg -r9600x9600 -pta
  ~~~
  
  Do you have any idea? Is it possible to fix this?
  
  Regards
  
  Jan
  
  Attachments:
  
  - [pstoedit374-svgproblem.png](https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/bugs/_discuss/thread/63a90ef541/c5fe/attachment/pstoedit374-svgproblem.png) (13.3 kB; image/png)
  - [tmp.pdf](https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/bugs/_discuss/thread/63a90ef541/c5fe/attachment/tmp.pdf) (43.4 kB; application/pdf)
  - [tmp_gs926_pstoedit373.svg](https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/bugs/_discuss/thread/63a90ef541/c5fe/attachment/tmp_gs926_pstoedit373.svg) (17.4 kB; image/svg+xml)
  - [tmp_gs927_pstoedit374.svg](https://sourceforge.net/p/pstoedit/bugs/_discuss/thread/63a90ef541/c5fe/attachment/tmp_gs927_pstoedit374.svg) (17.4 kB; image/svg+xml)
  
  ---
  
  ** [bugs:#25] PDF -> SVG fails on ghostscript 9.27**
  
  **Status:** closed
  **Group:** v1.0_(example)
  **Labels:** 3.74
  **Created:** Tue May 07, 2019 08:08 AM UTC by jcwinkler
  **Last Updated:** Sun Jun 02, 2019 06:18 PM UTC
  **Owner:** Wolfgang Glunz
  
  Given a single page pdf document test.pdf, the following command
  
  pstoedit -f plot-svg test.pdf test.svg -dt -ssp -psarg -r9600x9600 -pta
  
  fails with ghostscript 9.27 on both, Windows 8.1 and 10 1809 64-bit.
  
  The output is
  
  pstoedit: version 3.73 / DLL interface 108 (built: Jun 3 2018 - release build -
  MS VC++ 1912 - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2018 Wolfgang Glunz
  Error: /undefined in .makeoperator
  Operand stack:
  false rectfill rectfill --nostringval--
  Execution stack:
  %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-
  - 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- fa
  lse 1 %stopped_push 1991 1 3 %oparray_pop 1990 1 3 %oparray_
  pop 1978 1 3 %oparray_pop 1833 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-
  - %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringv
  al-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
  Dictionary stack:
  --dict:1033/1123(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:216/300(L)-- --dict:1033/
  1123(G)--
  Current allocation mode is global
  Current file position is 15547
  GPL Ghostscript 9.27: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
  PostScript/PDF Interpreter finished. Return status 1 executed command : C:\Progr
  am Files\gs\gs9.27\bin\gsdll64.dll -q -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -dNODISPLAY
  -dNOEPS -r9600x9600 C:/Users/winkler/AppData/Local/Temp/psin2
  The interpreter seems to have failed, cannot proceed !
  
  Additionally passing the option -ndb results in a 0 Byte svg document.
  
  Additionally passing the option -rdb results in the same error.
  
  As one of the developers of the Inkscape plugin TexText (https://textext.github.io/textext/) we make heavy use of pstoedit so any help is highly appreciated. It worked well with all previous versions of pstoedit and ghostscript except with ghostscript 9.22 with the well known DELAYBIND-issue (fixed by http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=fa499a5809aab45b2891b5c8b2363d1bca890757)
  
  Thank you very much!
  
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jcwinkler - 2019-06-12

Hi Wolfgang,
I confirm that removing the -psarg -r9600x9600 option solves the problem. The rendered svg now looks as expected and I updated the source code of the Inkscape extension using pstoedit.
Thank you very much!

Last edit: jcwinkler 2019-06-12

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