PStill 1.10g - A PostScript to PDF converter for NeXTStep/OpenStep. This is a bugfix release to 1.10 and less. All odd version number releases implement new features under test. Please keep this in mind when running this version. written and copyrighted by Frank Siegert, August 1997 THIS IS NO FREEWARE. WITHOUT LICENSE KEY THE PROGRAM WILL RENDER SEVERAL ANNOYING LINES OVER THE RESULTING PDF FILE. TO OBTAIN A LICENSE SEE THE INFO PANEL. This distribution is quad fat. Please do not strip the program as it won't run anymore. To install just copy PStill.app to your App directory. PStill needs write permissions to its own directory to update the fontpool. To complete the installation just start PStill and follow the instructions. As soon as your font pool is set up you are ready to go. Proposed improvements in 1.11 - More image modes - DCT Image compression - Partial font inclusion Changes to 1.10f - Fixed bug that may caused a bad encoding in PDF file using CM Type 1 fonts (BlueSky, Bakoma fonts) - PS errors in spot functions are now handled gracefully, the spotfunctions default to their standard functions. - Fixed bug that may have caused a missplacement of pattern (type 3) fonts - Fixed bug that may have caused a misaligned clip area in PDF - PDF files are now a bit smaller for lower accuracy. Changes to 1.10e - Fixed 'distorted images' bug with some PS files - Fixed help - Log and temp files are now erased on program termination Changes to 1.10d - Local (for user) fonts are now included per default - Shades are now correctly resetted for every distiller run - a rounding error for text was fixed (medium and high resolution only) Changes to 1.10c - Memory allocator now aligns correctly for RISC architectures Changes in this version to 1.09 - More memory for the PS interpreter at start - Fixed Font inclusion of 'Metamorphosis' convertered fonts - HKCrashTrap implemented - Directory permissions are tested before linking - Fixed border case for grestore, 'Artworker 2' generated PS files now run fine. - Fixed image operators to take strings as input - EPS file support much improved. - L2 emulation enhanced. - Memory usage and output speed enhanced. Changes in this version to 1.08 - Improved font handling for Type 3 fonts - Improved metrics handling - EPS files are now correctly placed on the page (on 0,0) before rendering - Memory Allocator scheme changed to suit larger jobs - 'excludefonts' and 'manglefonts' control files (in the app wrapper) now control the font handling (helps for Mathematica 3.0 files a lot) Frank Siegert, 20.9.97 frank@this.net http://www.this.net/~frank
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.
