Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript

Newsgroups	comp.lang.postscript
Date	2016-10-02 16:07 -0700
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Subject	Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript
From	Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com>

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On Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 9:16:31 AM UTC+13, Markus Triska wrote:
> I use PostScript a lot for various visualizations. Python and the other
> mentioned alternatives are completely out of the question for this, not
> only because doing it would be more verbose and less convenient, but
> also because people who need the result (i.e., actually see or print the
> drawing) may not have Python or other interpreters installed, and my not
> be in a position to do so.

Or they might not have a PostScript interpreter available, either.

> Another use case, real-time visualizations of search processes, is
> simply not possible in PDF or XML (how can an XML file read from
> standard input?), and is also conveniently expressed with PostScript.

How about interactive animations <https://github.com/ldo/qahirah_notebooks>?

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A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Dylan McNamee <dylan.mcnamee@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 15:29 -0700
  Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 15:54 -0700
  Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 03:11 -0700
    Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Dylan McNamee <dylan.mcnamee@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 07:54 -0700
      Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-09-14 13:55 -0700
        Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 01:06 -0700
          Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-09-15 14:46 -0700
            Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 16:04 -0700
              Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-10-01 23:10 -0400
        Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2016-09-20 22:24 +0000
          Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2016-09-21 13:36 -0600
            Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-09-21 16:27 -0700
  Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Alan <alan.isaac@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 18:57 -0700
    Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 20:04 -0700
      Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 13:45 -0700
        Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 04:29 -0700
          Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 10:41 -0700
            Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 14:49 -0700
              Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 21:52 -0700
    Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at> - 2016-10-01 22:16 +0200
      Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 13:30 -0700
      Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 16:07 -0700
        Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at> - 2016-10-03 02:03 +0200
          Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 19:47 -0700
          Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-04 02:00 -0700
            Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2016-10-04 10:10 +0100
              Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Dylan McNamee <dylan.mcnamee@gmail.com> - 2016-10-04 08:00 -0700
              Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-04 13:57 -0700
                Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2016-10-05 09:31 +0100
                Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 06:37 -0700
                Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2016-10-05 16:10 +0100
                Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 13:37 -0700
                Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 18:13 -0700
            Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at> - 2016-10-05 22:44 +0200
              Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 18:12 -0700
                Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Markus Triska <triska@metalevel.at> - 2016-10-08 10:24 +0200
                Re: A one-page Caesar's Cipher kit, in raw PostScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 11:21 -0700

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