Re: max and min operators in draw_round_box

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Tyler Mitchell <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 12:27:13PM +0000, Stephen Wilkinson wrote:
>>> [...] it seems to be a struggle to get the postscript file to
>>> open in anything at all.
>>
>> I looked at this and it seems the culprit is the draw_round_box
>> procedure which uses 'max' and 'min' operators, which are not part
>> of standard PostScript, but are available in Ghostscript:
>>
>> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PostScript_FAQ#Where_are_min_and_max_functions?
>>
>> Adding this to the PostScript output (before draw_round_box is
>> defined) makes it double-clickable in OS X:
>>
>>  /min { 2 copy gt { exch } if pop } bind def
>>  /max { 2 copy lt { exch } if pop } bind def
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to include these in music-drawing-routines.ps so
>> that the .ps output could be processed with non-Ghostscript
>> interpreters?
>
> I'd rather we make the input not depend on those functions in the first
> place: the names are too generic for comfort.
>
> Looks like my fault: their use can be traced to a commit of mine from
> 2013.  I'll fix that.

Tracker issue: 5459 (https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5459/)
Rietveld issue: 342300043 (https://codereview.appspot.com/342300043)
Issue description:
  Avoid Ghostscript-specific max/min operators in PS


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David Kastrup