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> >To: address@hidden > >From: Tim Butler <address@hidden> > >Subject: NetCDF Postscript Documentation > >Organization: . > >Keywords: 199805120708.BAA18170 Hi Tim, > I'm having problems looking at the postscript version of the C guide > for NetCDF-3. I'm using `gv` version 3.5.8 on Solaris 5.5.1. > > When I fire up gv, I get the message: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Warning: failed to allocate 5x5x5 RGB cube. > Error: /undefined in currentdistillerparamsAladdin Ghostscript: > Operand stack: > > Execution stack: > %interp_exit --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false > --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > Dictionary stack: > --dict:596/631-- --dict:0/20-- --dict:70/200-- --dict:105/400-- > Current allocation mode is local > Current file position is 8348 > Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I get the same problem when trying to look at the FORTRAN version. > Interestingly, the postscript version of the C++ interface does display, > as does the earlier version of the manual, "guide-2.4.3.ps" (all downloaded > from the same page: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/docs.html). > > I don't get that problem at all when I look at postscript files from > other sources (eg. dvips). We can't duplicate the problem here. The guides look fine using /usr/openwin/bin/pageview on Solaris or ghostscript 5.0.3 on an SGI/IRIX platform. When I use ghostview 1.5 (a very old version which is the only one I have access to right now), I get an unrelated error about inability to scale fonts, but I assume that is a ghostview error. Error: /typecheck in --scalefont-- Operand stack: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 null 12 Execution stack: %interp_exit --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: 531/547 0/20 57/200 286/400 Ghostscript: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 Can you try pageview instead and see if it works on your Solaris platform? --Russ _____________________________________________________________________ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu