[gs-devel] Re: Merger of ESP and GPL GhostScript: Completed driver part

[Till Kamppeter]

Michael Sweet wrote:
> Till Kamppeter wrote:
>> ...
>> I have found many other SVN uploads into the src/*.ps files:
>>
>> - espgsMissingChar definition
> 
> Ignore this - what needs to happen is a lookup for "space" first,
> then fallback to .notdef, or just have .notdef not show a box.
>

Probably the best to report a bug on bugs.ghostscript.com.

>> - Change the default policy to 7 instead of 0, since there is no way to
>>   properly support policies from a Ghostscript driver and the existing
>>   drivers do not work properly without it.
>> - PostScript files that set the ManualFeed attribute didn't work
>>   (STR #1570)
>> - Ghostscript error messages now start with CUPS prefix strings
>>   (ERROR: or CRIT:, as appropriate)
>> - Updated the setpagedevice support to allow Duplex, ManualFeed,
>>   and Tumble attributes to be set, even if the underlying driver
>>   does not implement them (STR #1598)
> 
> Yeah, I think this was in src/zmedia2.c, though.
> 

Some items listed here involve changes of both src/*.ps and src/zmedia2.c.

>> - CJKV support will be available as default
>> - CJK font handling fix (STR #1639)
> 
> These should not be necessary with the latest Ghostscript (or if they
> are they will likely need significant changes)
> 

Perhaps best to report a GhostScript bug here, too if STR #1639 occurs 
also with GPL GS.

>> - Fix Duplex, Tumble, and ManualFeed attribute handling
>> - Changed the default substitution glyph back to .notdef since
>>   space is not always present (STR #2163)
>>
>> Are these all also relevant for GPL GhostScript? Can they all safely 
>> be added without breaking anything?
> 
> All of the changes in gs_setpd.ps or src/zmedia*.c are relevant.
> 

So then I will put these ones in if they can be fitted in easily.

> The error prefix is up to the Ghostscript folks, without it, some
> Ghostscript errors will go unnoticed in CUPS installs, however.
> 

Also a case for a report on bugs.ghostscript.com (feature request).

    Till