Hallo! > I think I've identified the problem: in the PostScript prologue > file for > pstoedit you find the following bit of code (slightly simplified): > > /getorigfont > { > dup /OrigFont known > { > /OrigFont get getorigfont > } > if > } > def > > > I guess anyone, even not familiar with PostScript, can spot the > error here: > getorigfont is called recursively ad infinitum! I have no idea why > this is so, > but this mistake is easy to correct, by simply commenting out the > innermost > ?getorigfont?; and it indeed fixes the problem with Wolfgang's > code. > > Why the error wouldn't happen with older versions of gs isn't > clear to me and > I haven't tested it (for debugging I used pstoedit 3.44 and gs > 8.56 > throughout); on the other hand, it's quite clear why the bug > wouldn't show up > on code that uses only outlines and no font, like in the last > example of > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User-Defined_Enumerations as George > pointed out: > the spurious piece of code is only used for font redefinitions and > is therefore > not called in the case of the fuzzy itemize style, because the > symbols are not > taken from a font. > > For people wanting to compile an amended version of pstoedit, the > attached > patch should do the trick, although hand-editing the relevant file > (src/pstoedit.ph) should be just as easy (this is really a 2-byte > patch ? and > you can even turn it into a 2-bit patch ;-).
Thank you Arthur! I have patched 'pstoedit.dll' version 3.44 (0x6B674: 0x20 --> 0x25) and so it works with gs 8.57 for me! Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________