Paul E. Bloedel
From: United States
Registered: 2006-03-01
Posts: 11
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Hi Deron,
No comments from me about your specific questions; but just a word of thanks regarding your continued work on the Amiga version of PageStream. Right now, PageStream 5 does not work at all on OS4.x; so any improvement in this area is much appreciated.
--- On Thu, 5/21/09, PageStream Support <deron@pagestream.org> wrote:
> From: PageStream Support <deron@pagestream.org> > Subject: [PageStreamAmigaBeta] Input requested on next PageStream5 Amiga release > To: "pgsamibeta" <PagestreamAmigaBeta@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 10:01 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm still stuck on a couple minor points, but I am much > further along > > and I hope to have something in the next few days. Just > pray for my > > sanity! This has _not_ been fun. It should have been much > easier to get > > an update together, plus it really hurts financially to > have already > > spent this much time on it and not be done! > > > > So far I have not fixed many previous PageStream5 MUI bugs > (so most of > > the hangups noted in the MOS/OS4 versions will mostly still > apply) but > > considering that many folks have not been able to run > PageStream at all, > > it will still be a big step forward for them plus of course > the new > > features. I'll go into this more when I actually upload > a release. For > > example, I do not have any of the filters compiled that use > outside > > modules (jpeg, jpeg2000, png, and pdf document) but that > could change > > depending on how much trouble they present. > > > > I have basically had to rewrite lcms (the new color > management routines > > that I am using on other platforms), and write my own c > library routines > > to get freetype to compile. The "minor" point > that I am working on is > > that it crashes as soon as a document window is displayed, > but at least > > the window gets displayed etc which is way more than it was > doing. > > > > Anyway, I had 2 questions. One is with preferences files > location. With > > the latest PageStream5 on other platforms, they all (Linux, > OS X, > > Windows) support multiple users so I have created a > preferences folder > > which contains all the user modified parts. User spelling, > user > > hyphenation, the actual preferences file, font substutition > etc. So when > > you have multiple versions installed, they all use the same > preferences. > > I store it in a user folder so that multiple users can each > have a > > different configuration. The default preferences folder is > stored in the > > PageStream executable folder much like before (but in its > own folder) so > > that an administrator could still configure a prefered > default. > > > > Now, we don't really have a multi user ability on the > Amiga, but it > > would still be nice to keep the user's preferences > folder somewhere > > besides inside the pagestream executable folder. So does > anyone have a > > recommendation? No clear winner to me, but it would have to > be based on > > an assign that is common to every installation. > Suggestions? > > > > The other question is lowest 68k CPU still in use. Right > now I am > > compiling for 68020 and above. We have always compiled for > just 68000, > > but I just can't imagine anyone would be using > PageStream5 on a 68000. > > While I think PageStream is still lean for what it does, it > does way > > more than PageStream2 ever did > > > > Thanks, > > > > Deron > > > > -- > > Deron Kazmaier - support@pagestream. > org > > Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.pagestre > am.org > > PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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