Hi, after a bit of a battle I have !PrintPDF running on a Raspbery Pi with Risc OS 5. I am trying to make PDF's from Draw files. Sometimes the result
is squashed vertically, but at least sometimes it is normal. The main
issue however, it the result is alway in grey scale. The original Draw
files being in colour.
Hi, after a bit of a battle I have !PrintPDF running on a Raspbery
Pi with Risc OS 5. I am trying to make PDF's from Draw files.
Sometimes the result is squashed vertically, but at least sometimes
it is normal. The main issue however, it the result is alway in
grey scale. The original Draw files being in colour.
Other info - !PrintPDF (1.13) - !Printers (1.81 with the PDF
setting) - RiscOS (5.21). Running on a Raspbery Pi.
Thankfully I still have a running RiscPC, which still does this job
fine, but I would like to make PDF's from Draw on the Pi. Can
anyone help or offer any thoughts. Thanyou.
Hi, after a bit of a battle I have !PrintPDF running on a Raspbery Pi with Risc OS 5. I am trying to make PDF's from Draw files. Sometimes the result
is squashed vertically, but at least sometimes it is normal. The main
issue however, it the result is alway in grey scale. The original Draw
files being in colour.
Other info - !PrintPDF (1.13) - !Printers (1.81 with the PDF setting) - RiscOS (5.21). Running on a Raspbery Pi.
In article <486249c6-c29d-42e0-af20-c3d40ab408b6n@googlegroups.com>,
Mike <mike.oco.nz@gmail.com> wrote:
Fully solved, it was an outdated !GhostScr. All working now. Thanks
Mike
Mine appears to be GPL Ghostscript 8.71 (04-Apr-17)
Is that the latest?
Fully solved, it was an outdated !GhostScr. All working now. Thanks
Mike
In message <59d606aff6cvjazz@waitrose.com>
Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
In article <486249c6-c29d-42e0-af20-c3d40ab408b6n@googlegroups.com>,
Mike <mike.oco.nz@gmail.com> wrote:
Fully solved, it was an outdated !GhostScr. All working now. Thanks
Mike
Mine appears to be GPL Ghostscript 8.71 (04-Apr-17)
Depends on which version of OS its used on I think.
Is that the latest?
I am using 9.26
In article <ffed07d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
In message <59d606aff6cvjazz@waitrose.com>
Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
In article <486249c6-c29d-42e0-af20-c3d40ab408b6n@googlegroups.com>,
Mike <mike.oco.nz@gmail.com> wrote:
Fully solved, it was an outdated !GhostScr. All working now. Thanks
Mike
Mine appears to be GPL Ghostscript 8.71 (04-Apr-17)
Depends on which version of OS its used on I think.
Is that the latest?
I am using 9.26
My Ghostscript help file has the link...
Both the 8.71 and the 9.27 VFP versions are now available via !Packman -
The package manager.
In article <133d1cd659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
Both the 8.71 and the 9.27 VFP versions are now available via !Packman -
The package manager.
Eh! Packman...
I remember trying that thing some years ago, more trouble than it was
worth.
I guess in the intervening years someone might have done some work on it.
Has it improved?
From whence might an improved version be obtained?
Assuming of course it has improved.
In message <59d659f0b0dave@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <133d1cd659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
Both the 8.71 and the 9.27 VFP versions are now available via !Packman - >> The package manager.
Eh! Packman...
Dave, I know you use RO 6.20 neither of the above will work with it you
still need the 8.54 version of Ghostscript from MW software site for the older OS.
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once
installed.
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote: http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>, Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote: http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind
up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
You might find the installation instructions useful: https://sites.google.com/site/alansriscosstuff/packman
Theo
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>, Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote: http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind
up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
You might find the installation instructions useful: https://sites.google.com/site/alansriscosstuff/packman
Theo
In article <OJg*Z5qLy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>, Chris Hughes
<news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip >>>
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind
up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once
installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
You might find the installation instructions useful:
https://sites.google.com/site/alansriscosstuff/packman
Theo
Naa! had a play for a while, it just throws up too many errors.
In message <59d7995036dave@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <OJg*Z5qLy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>, Chris Hughes
<news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind
up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once
installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
You might find the installation instructions useful:
https://sites.google.com/site/alansriscosstuff/packman
Theo
Naa! had a play for a while, it just throws up too many errors.
Dave if you let us know what the errors were the developer can
investigate and see if they are bugs etc.
In message <59d7995036dave@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <OJg*Z5qLy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>, Chris Hughes
<news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind
up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once
installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
You might find the installation instructions useful:
https://sites.google.com/site/alansriscosstuff/packman
Theo
Naa! had a play for a while, it just throws up too many errors.
Dave if you let us know what the errors were the developer can investigate and see if they are bugs etc.
In article <d34da0d759.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
In message <59d7995036dave@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <OJg*Z5qLy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>, Chris Hughes
<news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind >>>>>> up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once
installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
You might find the installation instructions useful:
https://sites.google.com/site/alansriscosstuff/packman
Theo
Naa! had a play for a while, it just throws up too many errors.
Dave if you let us know what the errors were the developer can
investigate and see if they are bugs etc.
Sorry no can do, I've now removed it completely.
I'll maybe have another go at it sometime...
One particular message that arrived...
"00005 Failed to unpack the packages, error: 'HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.~RiscPkg++.Makefile/in' not found (SWI 29) r0=19. replace file HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.Makefile/in"
FWIW. "HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.~RiscPkg++.Makefile" exists.
Along with a few other directories that suddenly appeared in my Apps directory...
In message <d34da0d759.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>
on 11 Apr 2022 Chris Hughes wrote:
In message <59d7995036dave@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <OJg*Z5qLy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>, Chris Hughes
<news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind >>>>>> up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once
installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
You might find the installation instructions useful:
https://sites.google.com/site/alansriscosstuff/packman
Theo
Naa! had a play for a while, it just throws up too many errors.
Dave if you let us know what the errors were the developer can investigate >> and see if they are bugs etc.
Agreed - or if they are not bugs then the instructions and help might need improving.
I first tried PackMan many years ago, and found it annoying that it insisted on placing applications in particular places inside Apps, when I already had my own way of organising them. But that restrictions was removed several years ago.
Setting up a machine for my parents recently, I installed everything I could via PackMan, because I realised it was going to be the easiest way to keep them up to date with new software. The great advantage over !Store as a method of software distribution is that once you've decided where to install the software initially, updates can flow in without anything more than a click of a button.
I've not yet set up PackMan properly on our existing machines. This would entail reinstalling via PackMan software that was already installed. I had to do a bit of this with the new machine, as it had been supplied with some packaged software installed manually, and some via PackMan. It's not that hard to do.
RISC OS Open have made it easy for third party free software producers to add their own software to the package list, so I intend to do this for the free Sine Nomine Software applications. I'm pondering whether we should set up a PackMan source for our non-free products. It will be a bit of extra work for us to rewrite instructions and package the software differently, but it should make it easier for users to keep up to date.
Interesting, I will pass it on to Andy who does the work on developing the packman.
I have just installed and used !Fuse on my computer without issue, I dared
I put a Sinclair emulator on my computer :-)
I also removed it without any issue.
I wonder if the issue is to do with you using VRPC and 6.20. I will test
on one of my VRPC.
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
Interesting, I will pass it on to Andy who does the work on developing
the packman.
I have just installed and used !Fuse on my computer without issue, I
dared I put a Sinclair emulator on my computer :-)
I also removed it without any issue.
I wonder if the issue is to do with you using VRPC and 6.20. I will
test on one of my VRPC.
That would be useful - Alan's contact details are in the help.
PackMan takes pains to make sure its installs either succeed or fail -
and if they fail it clears up after itself rather than leaving debris
around your system. That makes it a bit different from doing regular
file copies. It is possible the way it does this has exercised an issue
in VRPC HostFS, which I suspect is not a system (m)any people will have tested it against.
Theo
In article <d34da0d759.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
In message <59d7995036dave@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <OJg*Z5qLy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
In article <3d8f64d659.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>, Chris Hughes
<news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
http://www.riscos.info/packages/arm/Administration/packman_0.9.7-1_arm.zip
Some people love it and some hate it and some can't make their mind >>>>>> up.
There is a useful helpfile available from the icon bar menu. once
installed.
Now downloaded, and I'll have a play tomorrow whn I have time.
You might find the installation instructions useful:
https://sites.google.com/site/alansriscosstuff/packman
Theo
Naa! had a play for a while, it just throws up too many errors.
Dave if you let us know what the errors were the developer can
investigate and see if they are bugs etc.
Sorry no can do, I've now removed it completely.
I'll maybe have another go at it sometime...
One particular message that arrived...
"00005 Failed to unpack the packages, error: 'HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.~RiscPkg++.Makefile/in' not found (SWI 29) r0=19. replace file HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.Makefile/in"
FWIW. "HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.~RiscPkg++.Makefile" exists.
Along with a few other directories that suddenly appeared in my Apps directory...
In message <59d7de7feedave@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
Sorry no can do, I've now removed it completely.
I'll maybe have another go at it sometime...
One particular message that arrived...
"00005 Failed to unpack the packages, error: 'HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.~RiscPkg++.Makefile/in'
not found (SWI 29) r0=19. replace file HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.Makefile/in"
FWIW.
"HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.~RiscPkg++.Makefile"
exists. Along with a few other directories that suddenly appeared in
my Apps directory...
Not sure what you were doing Dave, but spent some time this morning on
my RO 6.20 VRPC and using Packman and installed and removed !Fuse
without any errors or issues at all
Process Launched Packman, ensure it updated the package list. Then
selected the Fuse program to be installed by double clicking on the
entry and then simply clicked on Install, An install bar showed the
progress in downloading and unpacking and installing the application.
Then went to where !Fuse had been installed and ran it, it started up
fine. Closed the program
Then went back to Packman found the Fuse entry again which now had a
green tick on the line to indicated it was installed and on current
version, double clicked on it entry and then clicked on the Remove
button to uninstall it
From what I remember... I didn't ask it to do anything with !Fuse, I
don't even know what that is.
Dave
In article <fd3306da59.chris@mytarbis.plus.com>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
In message <59d7de7feedave@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
[Snip]
Sorry no can do, I've now removed it completely.
I'll maybe have another go at it sometime...
One particular message that arrived...
"00005 Failed to unpack the packages, error:
'HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.~RiscPkg++.Makefile/in'
not found (SWI 29) r0=19. replace file
HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.Makefile/in"
FWIW.
"HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Apps.Emulation.!Fuse.roms.~RiscPkg++.Makefile"
exists. Along with a few other directories that suddenly appeared in
my Apps directory...
Not sure what you were doing Dave, but spent some time this morning on
my RO 6.20 VRPC and using Packman and installed and removed !Fuse
without any errors or issues at all
Process Launched Packman, ensure it updated the package list. Then
selected the Fuse program to be installed by double clicking on the
entry and then simply clicked on Install, An install bar showed the
progress in downloading and unpacking and installing the application.
Then went to where !Fuse had been installed and ran it, it started up
fine. Closed the program
Then went back to Packman found the Fuse entry again which now had a
green tick on the line to indicated it was installed and on current
version, double clicked on it entry and then clicked on the Remove
button to uninstall it
From what I remember... I didn't ask it to do anything with !Fuse, I don't even know what that is.
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