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[mgp-users 01170] Re: mgp2ps wants to open display
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- Subject: [mgp-users 01170] Re: mgp2ps wants to open display
- From: Yoshifumi Nishida <nishida@csl.sony.co.jp>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 00:21:39 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi,
From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
Subject: [mgp-users 01168] Re: mgp2ps -w
Date: 28 May 2003 09:31:57 -0400
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> > Sorry. I don't get it. What is -w option?
>
> -w specifies working directory for mgp (defaults to MGPWDIR).
> since all the mpg* commands process the %filter instructions, they
> populate the current directory with gobs of just.
> this should not be the case.
>
> BTW, I should be able to specify this working directory from the *.mgp
> file, e.g., with %wdir "/usr/tmp/" in preamble.
I see your points. Please wait for future releases.
From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
Subject: [mgp-users 01169] mgp2ps wants to open display
Date: 29 May 2003 08:37:51 -0400
Message-ID: <>
> in cron:
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/mgp2ps -p letter -f dm.ps dm.mgp
> Can't open display
>
> why does mgp2ps need a display?!
My laziness. :P
When I worked on developing mgp2ps, I didn't want to develop it from scratch.
So, I used the image display function of mgp for mgp2ps. I mean, mgp2ps creates
pixmaps from many kinds of image formats in the first place, then transforms
it for postscripts.
--
Yoshifumi Nishida
nishida@csl.sony.co.jp