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Re: Print to PDF under Windows
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: Print to PDF under Windows |
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:44 -0500 |
On Nov 20, 2009, at 6:07 AM, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Thursday, November 19, 2009, at 03:39PM, "Michael Goffioul"
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In print.m, I see the following pieces of code:
>>>
>>> ... (line 194)
>>> elseif (ispc ())
>>> if (~isempty (getenv ("GSC")))
>>> persistent ghostscript_binary = getenv ("GSC");
>>> else
>>> persistent ghostscript_binary = "gswin32c";
>>> endif
>>> ...
>>> ... (line 265)
>>> elseif (ispc ())
>>> [status, output] = system (sprintf ("if exist \"%s\" ( exit /B 1
>>> ) else ( exit /B 0 )", ghostscript_binary));
>>> have_ghostscript = (status ~= 0);
>>> endif
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Now, let's say GSC is not defined. How is this supposed to work?
>>> The "system" call will check for the existence of a file named
>>> "gswin32c" in the current directory. This will never work... or am
>>> I missing something?
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it be better to default to
>>>
>>> persistent ghostscript_binary = file_in_path(EXEC_PATH,
>>> "gswin32c.exe");
>>>
>>> Michael.
>>
>> I'd expect both to work. Unless the the windows binary bundles ghostscript
>> with octave. Is that the case?
>
> I don't get it. The line
>
> [status, output] = system (sprintf ("if exist \"%s\" ( exit /B 1) else
> ( exit /B 0 )", ghostscript_binary));
>
> will check for the existence of "gswin32c" in the current directory.
> First, it should be "gswin32.exe". Second you will never have "gswin32c.exe"
> in the current directory when using "print" in normal situation.
>
> Michael.
Ok. I get it ... sorry for being so dense.
I'll put together a changeset.
Ben
- Print to PDF under Windows, Michael Goffioul, 2009/11/19
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows, Ben Abbott, 2009/11/19
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows, Michael Goffioul, 2009/11/20
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows [changeset], Benjamin Lindner, 2009/11/21
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows [changeset-2], Ben Abbott, 2009/11/21
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows [changeset-2], Benjamin Lindner, 2009/11/21
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows [changeset-2], Ben Abbott, 2009/11/21
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows [changeset-3], Ben Abbott, 2009/11/22
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows [changeset-3], Tatsuro MATSUOKA, 2009/11/22
- Re: Print to PDF under Windows [changeset-4], Ben Abbott, 2009/11/22