World: r3wp

PostScript normally uses units of "points" for placing graphics on 
the page. I find it more convenient to work with centimeters. I got 
the following snippet of PostScript code from a public domain program 
called "GLE" which I believe is available at any large ftp site; 
I recommend this graphics program. By examining the PostScript output 
of that program I collected the following piece of PostScript code:


matrix currentmatrix /originmat exch def /umatrix {originmat matrix 
concatmatrix setmatrix} def [28.3465 0 0 28.3465 10.5 100.0] umatrix


What this basically does is rescale the page so that now all following 
commands will work as if the centimeter is the basic unit of length. 
This places (0,0) near the bottom left of the page and (21,24) near 
the top right of the page.


If you don't do this, then (0,0) is the bottom left corner of the 
page and (612,792) is the top right corner of the page (if you are 
using an 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch sheet of paper). These are the default 
PostScript units; 72 of these to an inch. 28.3465 to a centimeter, 
thus the numbers above in the last line of PostScript code.

taken from http://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/graphics/howtops1.html

it does?

John, what version is that script ?  I see 0.1.1

I think my isp heavily caches so I can't see new stuff.

version 0.2.0 now. Refresh!

New version with cm!
do http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/postscript/postscript.r

write %test.ps postscript [page [setcm linewidth 20 path [setgray 
0.5 at 2.5 2 boxfill 8 12]]]

setcm seems to influence font size. Try:
do http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/postscript/postscript.r

write %test.ps postscript [page [font [Times-Roman 1] setcm linewidth 
0.5 path [setgray 0.5 at 2.5 2 box 8 12] path [at 5x8 rotate 45 "Hello 
World!"]]]

AT can both be specified as a pair and 2 numbers.

I can't find the switch y-axis thing right now. Maybe a matrix is 
needed?

well, my postscript printer printed out a gray box!

Wow! :)

We're not all lost then! ;-)

Good news. :)

You should really put the %!PS header in.

Comments come last.

% mean comment.

I know.  It tells the printer what is coming.

whether it's postscript, pdf or whatever.

ahh, then I'll put it in now.
Just:
%!PS
?

sure.

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Creator: postscript.r ver 0.2.0

done

so both "at 3x3" and "at 3 3" can be used?

yes

New version with line, try:
do http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/postscript/postscript.r

write %test.ps postscript [page [linewidth 5 path [setgray 0.8 line 
72x72 100x72 102.5 87.3 200x115]]]

again coords can be a pair or 2 numbers, also decimals.

setcm doesn't seem to work here...

When setcm is used, max coords is 20 or so to be within page.

21x24

no it stops parsing when the word 'setcm is reached

I have not been watching this very close, so to get me up to speed....you 
are writing an emitter from Rebol to PS?

Reichart, yes.

reichart: http://www.hmkdesign.dk/ps.png

(OSX converts it to PDF)

Cool.

it's also really small

just a basic one with text and some graphics.

how about pulling a "NeXT" and making a PS VID? : )

hehe

Gabriele is writing a PDF emitter for MakeDoc and QML.

reichart, shush! Steve Jobs might be reading this.

: )

150 lines of code so far. Can be seen here: http://home.tiscali.dk/john.niclasen/postscript/postscript.r

I think Sun also made a PS window manager

Yeah, I was reading the code as I posted.

Very cool.

it's primarily to make more methods for graphical printing with rebol

Postscript is copyrighted?

I hope not?