On Monday 21 May 2007 01:28:27 pm Johann Cohen-Tanugi wrote: > I am closing the issue I had with ghostscript : I just built in > /usr/local ghostscript 8.56 and now saving in eps file does not truncate > the figure anymore.
Good news, thanks for the update. > Thanks to Darren for pointing out that the FC5 version of ghostscript is > way old.... And it looks like the FC7 version is as old !! > Probably a licensing issue. It's not a licensing issue; many linux distributions ship ESP ghostscript because it supposedly works better with the CUPS printing system. I have been using GPL ghostscript with CUPS for a long time, with no complaints. But here is some good news: ESP cups is merging with GPL cups as of version 8.57, and the ESP project will be discontinued. > Darren Dale wrote: > > On Monday 21 May 2007 10:42:26 am you wrote: > >> hi Darren, > >> thanks. I am not sure what you have in mind with the GPL.... My > >> ghostscript rpm are : > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpm -qa | grep ghostscript > >> ghostscript-devel-8.15.2-1.1 > >> ghostscript-8.15.2-1.1 > >> ghostscript-fonts-5.50-13.1 > >> ghostscript-gtk-8.15.2-1.1 > > > > There are three different versions of ghostscript: AFPL, GPL (formerly > > GNU), and ESP ghostscript. You most likely have ESP ghostscript. > > Fortunately, I just read that ESP and GPL ghostscript are merging as of > > version 8.57, and the ESP project will be discontinued. > > > >> Given the fact that I use FC5 I would be surprised to be using very old > >> versions, which then would cause problems. > > > > GPL 8.15 was released almost 3 years ago. > > > >> I had more in mind > >> configuration probl;ems or mismatch.... > > > > There have been all kinds of problems reported on this mailing list with > > usetex that were solved by upgrading ghostscript to 8.54. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users -- Darren S. Dale, Ph.D. Staff Scientist Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source Cornell University 275 Wilson Lab Rt. 366 & Pine Tree Road Ithaca, NY 14853 [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: (607) 255-3819 fax: (607) 255-9001 http://www.chess.cornell.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
