[5679] in SIPB bug reports
xfig3.1 problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Verghese)
Mon Dec 4 20:09:53 1995
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
Cc: wchuang@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 17:13:20 EST
From: Simon Verghese <simonv@MIT.EDU>
Thanks, William. I'll try bug-sipb.
Simon
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Subject: Your OLC question about "other"
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Hello, Simon... I'm sorry I couldn't answer your OLC question before you
logged out. Your question was:
> I know xfig isn't officially supported, but I wonder if anyone there
> can help me with this problem. In xfig2.1, I can import eps files and
> see the display on screen. This apparently is an x11r5 bitmap generated
> by ghostscript. In xfig3.1, when I try import the same eps files I get
> the error `uknown image format' and the file is not displayed on screen
> eventhough it appears when I print the xfig file out.
>
> The `picture object' command in xfig3.1 succeeds the `eps object' command
> in xfig2.1. Somewhere in the succession, this capability seems to
> have been lost.
It looks like Xfig 3.1 doesn't correctly handle PostScript or EPS or
EPSI files.
You probably want to report this problem to bug-sipb@mit.edu, since SIPB
(the Student Information Processing Board) supports the program and
maintains it in their locker. Athena neither supports nor maintains it.
I hope this answers your question, and thanks for using OLC!
o William Chuang
o CSS Consultant
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