[bug-gs] Incompatible Changes from Version 7.04 to 8.11

[Russell Lang]

On 16 Nov 2003 at 10:30, Mirko Scholz wrote:

> recently I have updated from version 7.04 to 8.11 of ghostscript.
> Running some old postscript files I recognised the following
> change: the run operator seems to append a showpage to the
> included file now.  This makes the operator uncomfortable.
> Furthermore the postscript reference says nothing about
> such a behaviour.

Ghostscript now automatically adds a showpage and encapsulates 
EPS files to make them print correctly.

Your file is incorrectly claiming to be EPS without meeting the 
EPS requirements.

To get the old behaviour, use "gs -dNOEPS"



> 
> See http://www.polbox.com/g/gnnggb/rr.ps and
> http://www.polbox.com/g/gnnggb/ri.ps 
> http://www.polbox.com/g/gnnggb/rii.ps
> 
> This does not happen with every included
> file.  See below
> 
>        -sf=ri.ps     -sf=rii.ps
> 
> gs811  one page      three pages 
> gs704  one page      one page
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mirko Scholz
> 
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Russell Lang                   gsview at ghostgum.com.au
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