301631 - Invalid PostScript comment header generated

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Printing: Output, defect)

Description

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

%%BoundingBox takes only integer arguments, per the PostScript DSC spec:
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5001.DSC_Spec.pdf
(see section 5.1, page 39)

There was a DSC header Comment Extension specification put in place
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5644.Comment_Ext.pdf
which allows a new comment header, %%HiResBoundingBox takes floating point
numbers, however it recommends using both %%HiResBoundingBox and %%BoundingBox
as older viewers may not support %%HiResBoundingBox

Yes, there are some viewers which cannot view the output postscript.  See
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163684

Comment 1

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Attachment: Patch

Fixes this, and very minor cleanup.

Comment 2

[Kenneth Herron]

Comment on attachment 190056 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch

Because HiResBoundingBox is an extension, it would be nice to add a comment
referencing the technical note. Looks fine, otherwise.

Comment 3

[Mike Shaver (:shaver -- probably not reading bugmail closely)]

Comment on attachment 190056 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch

sr+a=shaver

Comment 4

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

Commited to cvs HEAD 2005-07-26 08:54 PDT.