Re: [TS 2379]--Re:eps exports with dashes in them (important - to me, anyway)
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- Subject: [mg72997] Re: [TS 2379]--Re:eps exports with dashes in them (important - to me, anyway)
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:55:52 -0500 (EST)
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I did try the ctrl+shift restart. Whatever is wrong with my setup is immune to that :-[ On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:00:03 UT, mathgroup <mathgroup at smc.vnet.net> wrote: > -- Wolfram Research Technical Support -- > > This is a response to your email. > The reply to your question can be found at the bottom of this message. > Our classification number for this message is: [TS 2379] > Please give this number in any future correspondence > related to this question. If you leave this number in > the Subject: header in the form [TS 2379], it will > automatically be reassigned to the original technician. > > From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name> > Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:24:28 -0600 > Subject: eps exports with dashes in them (important - to me, anyway) > To: mathgroup <mathgroup at smc.vnet.net>,"support at wolfram.com" <support at wolfram.com> > > If I issue the this command, > > Export["C:\\windows.eps",Sqrt[21/x]] > > , with a fresh kernel on Mathematica 5.2 in Windows. I get an output that looks like: > > (use gsview and scroll down to see it) > > http://test.chris.chiasson.name/Mathematica/windows.eps > > This is ridiculous. > > I have no idea why Mathematica is behaving this way. It did this once > before, in a more limited fashon. I made a thread about it here: > > (this next url needs to be all on one line to load) > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_thread/thread/e5f1c88c86aeae49/ > > At the end of the thread, Bruce Miller essentially said, "There are > problems and we're working on them." > > My Windows computer did not exhibit the problem for a long time > thereafter, but it started again a few days ago - and this time the > problem is much worse. I have tried a lot of different things to get > Mathematica to produce normal output, including completely > reinstalling my operating system and Mathematica from scratch. > However, this hasn't helped. > > I don't have the problem on my Linux computer, but it has other > problems that prevent me from using it for production. > > Any help you give is appreciated. Thank you. > > -- > http://chris.chiasson.name/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Chris, > > As far as I can tell, Bruce called it correctly. According to our > developers, this is a PostScript rendering issue. It seems to be > fixed in development versions of a future release. There is no work > around in Windows for V5.2 that I know of. > > It does seem odd that this issue has come and gone for you. In fact, > I did not see it in the example you gave above, but did see in in > examples similar to those in your forum postings. You could try > the pld standby: resetting the FE prefs file and Caches folder shown in > the Help Browser | Getting Started | System Specific ... | Troubleshooting > > Tom Zeller > Wolfram Research Technical Support > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > If this issue is resolved, please consider taking a few minutes > to give us some feedback on your experience. Please visit > http://support.wolfram.com/survey/?trackingnumber=2379 > and give your honest answers to these three short questions. > Thanks for taking the time to help us improve. > -- http://chris.chiasson.name/