[gl2ps] What should PS and PDF output look like for examples?

[Christophe Geuzaine]

E. Wing wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to figure out what the output is supposed to look like
> for gl2ps. I downloaded the following files from your main web page:
> outBspCulledCompressed.ps
> outBspCulledCompressed.pdf
> 
> Are they both supposed to look like the PNG also on your web page? Are
> the outputs between the ps and pdf format supposed to be identical?
> 
> The reason I ask is because I don't see the same thing. I am running
> Mac OS X 10.4 and using their built-in PDF renderer. In both cases,
> the torus and triangles do not render correctly. The pink top of the
> cube does not render in both cases as well. And in the PDF case, the
> green bottom does not render either.

Hi Eric - It's a well-known bug in Apple's Preview.app, which doesn't 
support (yet?) '/ShadingType 4'. Adobe Acrobat, Ghostscript, etc., 
should all render the files correctly.



> 
> I've attached PNG snapshots of my Postscript and PDF outputs. I also
> compiled and ran the source and experienced similar results. (I'm not
> sure what I am supposed to be seeing in all the variants.)
> 
> Thank you,
> Eric
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