Pod: On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:38:35PM +0200, pod wrote: > Hi Dean > > I tested it on my Kubuntu (GNU troff (groff) version 1.18.1 / > Ghostscript SVN PRE-RELEASE 8.61) and on my Suse System (Groff version > 1.18.1 / ESP Ghostscript 8.15.3) but the failure exists on both systems. > May it possible that you have some additional packages installed, which > I dont have? The problem has to do something with the colors. I made a > few tests: > *No failure but I get black boxes: * > .PS > box width 3 height 3 shaded "gray"; //I get a black box > .PE > > .PS > box width 3 height 3 shaded "yellow98"; //I also get a black box? > .PE > > *Failure with:* > .PS > box width 3 height 3 shaded "grey"; > .PE > *and* > .PS > box width 3 height 3 shaded "grey98"; > .PE > > So there must be something wrong with the colors. Maybe I dont have > these colors on my systems? > > thx best regards pod
I now have the following code, that creates a 3 page output.
***NOTE***: I am using the "ms" macros to create it, so that may have
some bearing on the problem. The commandline being executed is (it is
my standard invocation):
groff -etpU -ms -Tps file | ps2pdf - > file.pdf
and the file reads:
.LP
.PS
box height 0.3 color "black" "foofoo" shaded "yellow" ;
arrow arrowwid 1;
box width 3 height 3 shaded "grey98";
{"foofoo" at last box .n + (0,-0.1);}
box width 1.8 height 1.5 shaded "pink" at last box .w + (1.5,0);
.ps 8
{"\fBfoofoo()\fR" at last box .n + (0,-0.3);}
.PE
.\" Pod gets a black box - change "gray" to "grey98"
.PS
box width 3 height 3 shaded "grey95";
.PE
.\" Pod gets a black box - drop the "98" and see page 2
.PS
box width 3 height 3 shaded "yellow";
.PE
.\" *Failure with:* both the following - OK, see pp. 2 and 3
.PS
box width 3 height 3 shaded "grey";
.PE
.PS
box width 3 height 3 shaded "grey98";
.PE
Dean
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file.pdf
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