problem using gslp.ps

[Anna Fong]

I'm trying to use gslp.ps to convert text to Postscript as documented in
the Ghostscript 5 User Manual by Thomas Merz.  However, it doesn't seem to
work as advertised.  I am currently able to use Ghostscript to view
Postscript files and ps2pdf to convert them to PDF.  Any help on using
gslp.ps would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help,
Anna



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Platform:  Solaris 8

$ /usr/local/bin/gs -v
GNU Ghostscript 5.50 (2000-2-13)
Copyright (C) 1998 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA.  All rights reserved.




$ /usr/local/bin/gs -q -dNOPAUSE -- gslp.ps -p pdftest.ps pdftest.txt
Error: /undefinedfilename in --file--
Operand stack:
   --nostringval--   (pdftest.txt)   (pdftest.ps)   ()   (w)
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   2   3
%oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1
%stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   %loop_continue
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:846/941(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:54/200(L)--
--dict:123/150(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 18919




$ /usr/local/bin/gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dNODISPLAY -- gslp.ps -q -dNOPAUSE \
> -dNODISPLAY -p /db2/htmldocs/pdftest.ps /db2/htmldocs/pdftest.txt
Error: /undefinedfilename in --file--
Operand stack:
   --nostringval--   (/db2/htmldocs/pdftest.txt)
(/db2/htmldocs/pdftest.ps)   ()   (w)
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   2   3
%oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1
%stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   %loop_continue
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:847/941(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:54/200(L)--
--dict:123/150(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 18919




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