Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!204.52.135.9.MISMATCH!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cecil Westerhof Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Show on several pages Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:30:46 +0200 Organization: Decebal Computing Lines: 32 Message-ID: <877guvluft.fsf@Compaq.site> References: <87bok8kx3e.fsf@Compaq.site> NNTP-Posting-Host: lYLrXPFpjyZ8237ODaoN+w.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:g7QvsuzNJ3cqNl1naRZ+lWu1/vM= X-Homepage: http://www.decebal.nl/ Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.postscript:758 Op maandag 25 jun 2012 08:53 CEST schreef gernot hoffmann: > On Monday, June 25, 2012 8:47:04 AM UTC+2, ken wrote: >> Cecil says... >> >>> But the text: >>> Line to show on page one and two >>> is only shown on the first page. Is what I want not possible, or am I >>> doing something wrong? >> >> save only saves the graphics state (colour font, linewidth etc), it >> doesn't save any marks on the page. showpage implicitly erases the new >> page, so the new page is blank. >> >> If you want to repeat a 'show' operation you actually need to repeat the >> sequence of marking operators. >> >> There are a number of ways of doing this, the simplest being to just >> repeat the code. If you explain what it is you need to achieve I could >> offer more concrete advice. >> >> Ken > > Can an EPS contain more than one page? Yes, I have a lot that contain more as one. Almost all of my EPS-files have more as one page. -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof