 Re: PostScript on X-terminal
In-Reply-To: 's message of 22 Apr 93 14:08:31 GMT
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Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA
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> I have a problem when I'm using PostScript. When I am working local 
> on a SUN SPARCstation IPC the PostScript works good, but when I connect
> to the SUN from a X-terminal I just get error messages that the
> PostScript cannot connect to the news-display.
>  Why doesn't PostScript work on an X-terminal

	Because xterminals do not have a NeWS server.  xterminals have
speed by nature of their limited functionality: once you add NeWS and
everything else, you have a workstation.  There are workarounds, I've
heard, one involving a perl script.  What we are trying to do is
replace programs that need NeWS  with programs that
don't .
	Maybe someone else can elaborate on the perl workaround; I
have no personal experience with it.

  Greg Owen  { ,  }
Systems Programmer and TA, Tufts University Computer Science Dept.
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