OK, here is the second go at PageStream for Linux. The display library is
just a hack right now to allow PageStream to come up. You can draw objects,
but they don't display (You can select them with the object tool, but
your only indication that they are selected is the edit palette and that
appropriate options will be available in the object menu). Many of the
requesters should be at functional, but few will have a funky layout where
sizes will be off. To the best of my knowledge, there are a few controls
with minor problems (flyouts work with right click and don't display the
icons (but you can switch), and listboxes are centered not left aligned)
that need work, but other than that, all the libraries and complete except
for debugging of course. At this time I am not looking for any specific bug
reports since there are so many obvious problems, but your input is still
desired!

To install, copy the contents to any location. The program will now
automatically create a .PageStream4 folder in your home directory that will
contain your preferences file, your scripts files, font subsitution file,
etc. Initial copies of the files will come from the installation if they
exist. To your shell startup script put something like:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/pagestream/SoftLogik/lib
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/pagestream

Deron Kazmaier - support@grasshopperllc.com
Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.grasshopperllc.com
PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows

fredagen den 11 april 2003 03.27 skrev PageStream Support:

> To install, copy the contents to any location. The program will now
> automatically create a .PageStream4 folder in your home directory
> that will contain your preferences file, your scripts files, font
> subsitution file, etc. Initial copies of the files will come from
> the installation if they exist. To your shell startup script put
> something like:
>
> export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/pagestream/SoftLogik/lib
> export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/pagestream

I followed the above and then tried to start PageStream. This resulted
in:

[jan@oden jan]$ PageStream4

(PageStream4:2526): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-uri.c:
line 459 (gnome_vfs_uri_new_private): assertion `text_uri != NULL'
failed
[jan@oden jan]$

So I need some lib from Gnome. I use KDE so I have very little from
Gnome. Deron, it would be most helpfull if you could specify what
libs are used by PageStream. BTW, my Gimp works perfectly

Best regards,
Jan
--
Jan Simonson

Woohoo! Something new to test! ;^)

Given the completion state I may be providing too much feedback, I suppose,
but you *did* ask for some ;^)

I suppose its so easy to get it to segfault at this point you don't care about
hearing about that. I did notice that the first time I ran PgS I got the
following error which did not recur:

libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-uri.c: line 459
(gnome_vfs_uri_new_private): assertion `text_uri != NULL' failed

Its obvious you've been doing a lot of work. Much appreciated. If you have any
further guidance on what to push I'd be happy.

Tim Doty

I have this same error (on KDE), as other people:

(PageStream4:1840): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-uri.c: line
459 (gnome_vfs_uri_new_private): assertion `text_uri != NULL' failed

I have installed Gnome2.0.

Bertold

fre, 2003-04-11 kl. 03:27 skrev PageStream Support:

> exist. To your shell startup script put something like:
>
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/pagestream/SoftLogik/lib
> export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/pagestream

What file (shell startup) is that?

--
Mvh
Anders

On Gnome2.0 PGS works only if is running from xterm and with full path.
Example:

berti@kerith:~$ PageStream
don't work (appears none), but

berti@kerith:~$ /home/berti/PageStream4/PageStream
work.
All paths are set and exported properly.
At the first running appears error as on KDE. Next only messages of
fonts searching.

Bertold

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On Friday 11 April 2003 04:02 pm, Tim Doty wrote:
> Woohoo! Something new to test! ;^)
>
> Given the completion state I may be providing too much feedback, I
> suppose, but you *did* ask for some ;^)

Things are moving now!

I recieved a totally diferent error when running beta2
"PageStream4: relocation error: PageStream4: undefined symbol
SL_MakePathAH"
I also noticed that pagestream did not create the ~/.pagestream folder
in my home directory (that was described on the download page)

SuSE 8.1, gnome2.06, kde3.1.1, xfree86 4.2.0

see ya
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David Herman wrote

>I also noticed that pagestream did not create the ~/.pagestream folder
>in my home directory (that was described on the download page)
>
>
In my home directory was created ".PageStream4" directory

Bertold

> > To install, copy the contents to any location. The program will now
> > automatically create a .PageStream4 folder in your home directory
> > that will contain your preferences file, your scripts files, font
> > subsitution file, etc. Initial copies of the files will come from
> > the installation if they exist. To your shell startup script put
> > something like:
> >
> > export
> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/pagestream/SoftLogik/lib
> > export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/pagestream
>
>I followed the above and then tried to start PageStream. This resulted
>in:
>
>[jan@oden jan]$ PageStream4
>
>(PageStream4:2526): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-uri.c:
>line 459 (gnome_vfs_uri_new_private): assertion `text_uri != NULL'
>failed
>[jan@oden jan]$
>
>So I need some lib from Gnome.

No, something else is going on. It is telling you that some directory path
was null. It found all the libraries it needed it would appear. Something
else is wrong. Try and CD to the directory PageStream is in before you run
it, or try double clicking on it from the desktop and see if the problem
goes away?

>I use KDE so I have very little from
>Gnome. Deron, it would be most helpfull if you could specify what
>libs are used by PageStream. BTW, my Gimp works perfectly

I think there is a shell command that will spew out the dependencies. I'll
try and find it. However, that is not your problem!

>Best regards,
>Jan
>--
>Jan Simonson

Deron Kazmaier - support@grasshopperllc.com
Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.grasshopperllc.com
PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows

>Woohoo! Something new to test! ;^)

Don't get too excited. I wouldn't want you to overjoy.

>Given the completion state I may be providing too much feedback, I suppose,
>but you *did* ask for some ;^)
>
>I suppose its so easy to get it to segfault at this point you don't care
>about
>hearing about that. I did notice that the first time I ran PgS I got the
>following error which did not recur:
>
>libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-uri.c: line 459
>(gnome_vfs_uri_new_private): assertion `text_uri != NULL' failed

Could you delete the .PageStream4 folder in your home directory and try
again? Does this error come up again? That is the only thing I can think of
that is different between the first run and others. Well, different since
the last version

>Its obvious you've been doing a lot of work. Much appreciated. If you have
>any
>further guidance on what to push I'd be happy.

I should have a new display library shortly that at least displays some of
the document. Just after I posted this we got the filters compiling and
working. Oh, and the about box We are trying to track down a problem
with loading documents and we should be grooving then. The next upload
should be much larger

>Tim Doty

Deron Kazmaier - support@grasshopperllc.com
Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.grasshopperllc.com
PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows

>Things are moving now!

>I recieved a totally diferent error when running beta2
> "PageStream4: relocation error: PageStream4: undefined symbol
> SL_MakePathAH"

Ah, what progress...

SL_MakePathAH is a new routine in the libs, so sounds like it is not
finding the new libs.

>I also noticed that pagestream did not create the ~/.pagestream folder
>in my home directory (that was described on the download page)

How did you notice this if you got the above error? Did PageStream run
anyway? (It shouldn't)

>SuSE 8.1, gnome2.06, kde3.1.1, xfree86 4.2.0
>
>see ya
>- --
>dh

Deron Kazmaier - support@grasshopperllc.com
Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.grasshopperllc.com
PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows

On Saturday 12 April 2003 08:22, PageStream Support wrote:
> >Woohoo! Something new to test! ;^)
>
> Don't get too excited. I wouldn't want you to overjoy.

Oh, I'll be senseless with joy when PgS Linux is fully functional! Don't get
me wrong, I liked the Amiga and PgS Amiga is pretty darned solid, but running
UAE on an 800Mhz Athlon is not exactly an exercise in joy (even if it is
several times faster than my old '060 based amiga). Printing doesn't work in
UAE so I print to file and from linux print that. At least UAE allows me to
use the same file system or I'd go nuts.

>
> >Given the completion state I may be providing too much feedback, I
> > suppose, but you *did* ask for some ;^)
> >
> >I suppose its so easy to get it to segfault at this point you don't care
> >about
> >hearing about that. I did notice that the first time I ran PgS I got the
> >following error which did not recur:
> >
> >libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-uri.c: line 459
> >(gnome_vfs_uri_new_private): assertion `text_uri != NULL' failed
>
> Could you delete the .PageStream4 folder in your home directory and try
> again? Does this error come up again? That is the only thing I can think of
> that is different between the first run and others. Well, different since
> the last version

Agreed. Yesterday ran out of testing time. Checked just now and that is
exactly the case.
>
> >Its obvious you've been doing a lot of work. Much appreciated. If you have
> >any
> >further guidance on what to push I'd be happy.
>
> I should have a new display library shortly that at least displays some of
> the document. Just after I posted this we got the filters compiling and
> working. Oh, and the about box We are trying to track down a problem
> with loading documents and we should be grooving then. The next upload
> should be much larger

cool! I think my biggest quibble with the interface so far, which I'm assuming
will be fixed later, is the resizing of windows due to gadgets. For example,
click through the tips in the navigator window -- it doesn't flow the lines
in the tip text frame and keep the window the same size. The same problem if
you click the document window zoom in/out gadgets -- because the % view
changes and the gadget is sized to the present text length the gadgets hop
around making repetitive clicking dangerous.

Oh yeah, go to prefs, general, the path for backups -- the given path is using
the windows back slash, not the unix forward slash. And when you click the
file requestor gadget the backslash gets converted to %5C -- which I'm
assuming is the hex encoding of that ascii character.

Also, I tend to start applications from the command line and that works here,
but trying to start PgS from the icon fails ("Couldn't find the program
'PageStream4'") -- which, since it worked last time, makes me wonder.
Although, interestingly enough, when I do the same now it pulls up the test
window, goes through the stuff (gets correct date, but wrong math result),
opens the new document requestor, click ok and get the same error, except for
'Test' rather than 'PageStream4'...

Also noticed: Preferences/Toolbar -- I was surprised that this seems to be (in
the gui) functional, so I thought I'd mention that when you click on an item
in the Tools list and move it up or down the item moves, but the highlight
doesn't. Also, clicking on Reset to Defaults drops the highlighted command
one which I didn't expect.

After recording a script the 'Edit Script' dialog appears. Although you can
check the "shortcut" the modifiers remain ghosted. When you reopen that
script for editing they are unghosted.

Wow! Even more done than I realised yesterday. The 'edit chapter' menu item
never unghosts, though. I did cause I crash I thought might be worth
reporting. I was mucking around in the paragraph style definitions (headline,
I believe) and PgS crashed when I selected line & fill. I'd been keeping a
watch on messages in the shell (I'd been trying to remember how I got gtk
table assertion failure) so I know none of the following occured before I
started on the paragraph style, but I'm not 100% sure it all occured because
of the line & fill. So I re-ran the program, created new document, define
text styles, edit headline, click line & fill and got (mostly) the identical
message.

----
(PageStream4:3714): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkVBox' to
`GtkOptionMenu'

(PageStream4:3714): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkoptionmenu.c: line 262
(gtk_option_menu_set_menu): assertion `GTK_IS_OPTION_MENU (option_menu)'
failed
table attach out of range id:112 3,2 0,1

(PageStream4:3714): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtktable.c: line 582
(gtk_table_attach): assertion `left_attach < right_attach' failed
The program 'PageStream4' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
(Details: serial 761551 error_code 8 request_code 56 minor_code 0)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
-----

SuSE 8.1, KDE 3.1 (with various gnome libs, etc., installed)

Tim Doty

On Saturday 12 April 2003 10:50, Tim Doty wrote:
[snip]
> Also, I tend to start applications from the command line and that works
> here, but trying to start PgS from the icon fails ("Couldn't find the
> program 'PageStream4'") -- which, since it worked last time, makes me
> wonder. Although, interestingly enough, when I do the same now it pulls up
> the test window, goes through the stuff (gets correct date, but wrong math
> result), opens the new document requestor, click ok and get the same error,
> except for 'Test' rather than 'PageStream4'...

ah... I just needed to logout and login again. Got the paths straightened out.

Tim Doty

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On Saturday 12 April 2003 06:30 am, PageStream Support wrote:

>
> SL_MakePathAH is a new routine in the libs, so sounds like it is not
> finding the new libs.
>
> >I also noticed that pagestream did not create the ~/.pagestream
> > folder in my home directory (that was described on the download
> > page)
>
> How did you notice this if you got the above error? Did PageStream
> run anyway? (It shouldn't)
>
> >SuSE 8.1, gnome2.06, kde3.1.1, xfree86 4.2.0

No pagestream did nothing except shor the error at the top of the page.

I used konqueror (file manager) and checked my home directory to see if
the directory had been created, (knowing that not seeing a window did
not necessarily mean that the program hadn't run).

I also tried running the program as root (although I didn't feel
comfortable doing this but it had helped w/ the previous beta). No new
directory created there either.

Could something from the previous beta be interfering?

Hope this helps

- --
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On Saturday 12 April 2003 08:50 am, Tim Doty wrote:
> On Saturday 12 April 2003 08:22, PageStream Support wrote:
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> > > with loading documents and we should be grooving then. The next
> > > upload should be much larger

Unbridled excitement here

- ------snip--------------

> cool! I think my biggest quibble with the interface so far, which I'm
> assuming will be fixed later, is the resizing of windows due to
> gadgets. For example, click through the tips in the navigator window

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Man, I can't wait to see the kind of results from the interface you've
reported.

See ya
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dh
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On Saturday 12 April 2003 10:45 am, David Herman wrote:
> On Saturday 12 April 2003 06:30 am, PageStream Support wrote:
> > SL_MakePathAH is a new routine in the libs, so sounds like it is
> > not finding the new libs.

Right you are!

My error, I'd unpacked the tgz in a directory w/ other files and when I
copied the Pagestream files to /opt/pgs/41 I didn't see the SoftLogik
directory that needed to be copied as well.

Once I copied the directory to /opt/pgs/41/SoftLogik the original error
went away.

Now if I type Pagestream4 into konsoleI get the error :
(PageStream4:1821): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-uri.c: line
459 (gnome_vfs_uri_new_private): assertion `text_uri != NULL' failed
and no window opens.

If I cd /opt/pgs/41,
then
./PageStream4
the error is still reported but Pagestream opens its window anyway

COOL, windows with things in them, can't wait for the next update,
thanks for your effort!

See ya
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dh
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This is just a test of my new mailaddress.
--
Jan Simonson

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:03:26 +0200
Jan Simonson <nytt@simonson.se> wrote:

> This is just a test of my new mailaddress.
> --
> Jan Simonson
>***************

Seems to work ok Jan. Has anyone heard any new news from PageStream?
Is the program usable yet? The program called Scribus seems to be
coming along nicely too. PageStream folks you may want to try to keep
up with that program yourselves, as it is fully usable right now and
continues to progress daily. I think it will be the Ventura Publisher
to your PageMaker look & feel.

Didn't mean to hijack your test mail Jan, just that things have been
quiet here lately and that always concerns me!

Patrick
--
---SuSE Linux v8.2 Pro---
Registered Linux User #225206
"Life's a garden, Dig It!" --Joe Dirt

onsdagen den 30 april 2003 05.53 skrev Patrick:

> > This is just a test of my new mailaddress.

> Seems to work ok Jan. Has anyone heard any new news from
> PageStream? Is the program usable yet? The program called Scribus
> seems to be coming along nicely too. PageStream folks you may want
> to try to keep up with that program yourselves, as it is fully
> usable right now and continues to progress daily. I think it will
> be the Ventura Publisher to your PageMaker look & feel.
>
> Didn't mean to hijack your test mail Jan, just that things have
> been quiet here lately and that always concerns me!

No problem, I fully agree that it's been long since I heard anything
new about PS Linux. The latest version only opened some windows with
fragments of PS as seen on other platforms and no functionality at
all.

If this was some other program/programmer I would be very worried for
my investment (I bought PS Linux a few months ago), but I have been
with Deron many years (also when he was lost for a year and most of
us had written off our money) and know that he delivers - eventually!

Regards,
Jan
--
Jan Simonson

I'm still here! I have been off working on some personal stuff these last 6
days or so. Nothing I wanted to be doing, but _had_ to do.

I've still been watching email, and I have some new stuff in I need to
test. I should be back at it later today (waiting for one more piece of my
puzzle)!

> > Seems to work ok Jan. Has anyone heard any new news from
> > PageStream? Is the program usable yet? The program called Scribus
> > seems to be coming along nicely too. PageStream folks you may want
> > to try to keep up with that program yourselves, as it is fully
> > usable right now and continues to progress daily. I think it will
> > be the Ventura Publisher to your PageMaker look & feel.
> >
> > Didn't mean to hijack your test mail Jan, just that things have
> > been quiet here lately and that always concerns me!
>
>No problem, I fully agree that it's been long since I heard anything
>new about PS Linux. The latest version only opened some windows with
>fragments of PS as seen on other platforms and no functionality at
>all.
>
>If this was some other program/programmer I would be very worried for
>my investment (I bought PS Linux a few months ago), but I have been
>with Deron many years (also when he was lost for a year and most of
>us had written off our money) and know that he delivers - eventually!
>
>Regards,
>Jan
>--
>Jan Simonson
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PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:25:31 -0500
PageStream Support <support@grasshopperllc.com> wrote:

> I'm still here! I have been off working on some personal stuff these
> last 6 days or so. Nothing I wanted to be doing, but _had_ to do.
>
> I've still been watching email, and I have some new stuff in I need to
>
> test. I should be back at it later today (waiting for one more piece
> of my puzzle)!

> Deron Kazmaier - support@grasshopperllc.com
> Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.grasshopperllc.com
> PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows
>
> ******************

Good to hear Deron, we all anxiously await the results of your puzzle
solving! ;o)

Patrick

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--- In PageStreamLinuxBeta@yahoogroups.com, Patrick <magicpage91@e...>
> Seems to work ok Jan. Has anyone heard any new news from PageStream?
> Is the program usable yet? The program called Scribus seems to be
> coming along nicely too. PageStream folks you may want to try to keep
> up with that program yourselves, as it is fully usable right now and
> continues to progress daily. I think it will be the Ventura Publisher
> to your PageMaker look & feel.
> Didn't mean to hijack your test mail Jan, just that things have been
> quiet here lately and that always concerns me!
> Patrick
> --
> ---SuSE Linux v8.2 Pro---
> Registered Linux User #225206
> "Life's a garden, Dig It!" --Joe Dirt

ditto on the Scribus
I have used it a few times and it pretty darn good!
but I still want my PageSTream!!
ken