1 ;;; gs.el --- interface to Ghostscript
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31 (defvar gs-program
"gs"
32 "The name of the Ghostscript interpreter.")
35 (defvar gs-device
"x11"
36 "The Ghostscript device to use to produce images.")
45 "List of command line arguments to pass to Ghostscript.
46 Arguments may contain place-holders `<file>' for the name of the
47 input file, and `<device>' for the device to use.")
49 (defun gs-options (device file
)
50 "Return a list of command line options with place-holders replaced.
51 DEVICE is the value to substitute for the place-holder `<device>',
52 FILE is the value to substitute for the place-holder `<file>'."
53 (mapcar #'(lambda (option)
54 (setq option
(replace-regexp-in-string "<device>" device option
)
55 option
(replace-regexp-in-string "<file>" file option
)))
59 ;; The GHOSTVIEW property (taken from gv 3.5.8).
67 ;; BPIXMAP ORIENT LLX LLY URX URY XDPI YDPI [LEFT BOTTOM TOP RIGHT]
69 ;; Scanf format: "%d %d %d %d %d %d %f %f %d %d %d %d"
71 ;; Explanation of parameters:
73 ;; BPIXMAP: pixmap id of the backing pixmap for the window. If no
74 ;; pixmap is to be used, this parameter should be zero. This
75 ;; parameter must be zero when drawing on a pixmap.
77 ;; ORIENT: orientation of the page. The number represents clockwise
78 ;; rotation of the paper in degrees. Permitted values are 0, 90, 180,
81 ;; LLX, LLY, URX, URY: Bounding box of the drawable. The bounding box
82 ;; is specified in PostScript points in default user coordinates.
84 ;; XDPI, YDPI: Resolution of window. (This can be derived from the
85 ;; other parameters, but not without roundoff error. These values are
86 ;; included to avoid this error.)
88 ;; LEFT, BOTTOM, TOP, RIGHT: (optional) Margins around the window.
89 ;; The margins extend the imageable area beyond the boundaries of the
90 ;; window. This is primarily used for popup zoom windows. I have
91 ;; encountered several instances of PostScript programs that position
92 ;; themselves with respect to the imageable area. The margins are
93 ;; specified in PostScript points. If omitted, the margins are
96 (defun gs-width-in-pt (frame pixel-width
)
97 "Return, on FRAME, pixel width PIXEL-WIDTH tranlated to pt."
98 (let ((mm (* (float pixel-width
)
99 (/ (float (x-display-mm-width frame
))
100 (float (x-display-pixel-width frame
))))))
101 (/ (* 25.4 mm
) 72.0)))
104 (defun gs-height-in-pt (frame pixel-height
)
105 "Return, on FRAME, pixel height PIXEL-HEIGHT tranlated to pt."
106 (let ((mm (* (float pixel-height
)
107 (/ (float (x-display-mm-height frame
))
108 (float (x-display-pixel-height frame
))))))
109 (/ (* 25.4 mm
) 72.0)))
112 (defun gs-set-ghostview-window-prop (frame spec img-width img-height
)
113 "Set the `GHOSTVIEW' window property of FRAME.
114 SPEC is a GS image specification. IMG-WIDTH is the width of the
115 requested image, and IMG-HEIGHT is the height of the requested
117 (let* ((box (plist-get (cdr spec
) :bounding-box
))
122 (rotation (or (plist-get (cdr spec
) :rotate
) 0))
123 ;; The pixel width IMG-WIDTH of the pixmap gives the
124 ;; dots, URX - LLX give the inch.
125 (in-width (/ (- urx llx
) 72.0))
126 (in-height (/ (- ury lly
) 72.0))
127 (xdpi (/ img-width in-width
))
128 (ydpi (/ img-height in-height
)))
129 (x-change-window-property "GHOSTVIEW"
130 (format "0 %d %d %d %d %d %g %g"
131 rotation llx lly urx ury xdpi ydpi
)
135 (defun gs-set-ghostview-colors-window-prop (frame pixel-colors
)
136 "Set the `GHOSTVIEW_COLORS' environment variable depending on FRAME."
137 (let ((mode (cond ((x-display-color-p frame
) "Color")
138 ((x-display-grayscale-p frame
) "Grayscale")
140 (x-change-window-property "GHOSTVIEW_COLORS"
141 (format "%s %s" mode pixel-colors
)
147 (defun gs-load-image (frame spec img-width img-height window-and-pixmap-id
149 "Load a PS image for display on FRAME.
150 SPEC is an image specification, IMG-HEIGHT and IMG-WIDTH are width
151 and height of the image in pixels. WINDOW-AND-PIXMAP-ID is a string of
152 the form \"WINDOW-ID PIXMAP-ID\". Value is non-nil if successful."
154 (let ((file (plist-get (cdr spec
) :file
))
157 ;; Wait while property gets freed from a previous ghostscript process
158 ;; sit-for returns nil as soon as input starts being
159 ;; available, so if we want to give GhostScript a reasonable
160 ;; chance of starting up, we better use sleep-for. We let
161 ;; sleep-for wait only half the time because if input is
162 ;; available, it is more likely that we don't care that much
163 ;; about garbled redisplay and are in a hurry.
165 ;; Wait while the property is not yet available
166 (not (zerop (length (x-window-property "GHOSTVIEW"
168 ;; The following was an alternative condition: wait
169 ;; while there is still a process running. The idea
170 ;; was to avoid contention between processes. Turned
171 ;; out even more sluggish.
172 ;; (get-buffer-process "*GS*")
173 (not (zerop timeout
)))
174 (unless (sit-for 0 100 t
)
176 (setq timeout
(1- timeout
)))
178 ;; No use waiting longer. We might want to try killing off
179 ;; stuck processes, but there is no point in doing so: either
180 ;; they are stuck for good, in which case the user would
181 ;; probably be responsible for that, and killing them off will
182 ;; make debugging harder, or they are not. In that case, they
183 ;; will cause incomplete displays. But the same will happen
184 ;; if they are killed, anyway. The whole is rather
185 ;; disconcerting, and fast scrolling through a dozen images
186 ;; will make Emacs freeze for a while. The alternatives are a)
187 ;; proper implementation not waiting at all but creating
188 ;; appropriate queues, or b) permanently bad display due to
189 ;; bad cached images. So remember that this
190 ;; is just a hack and if people don't like the behaviour, they
191 ;; will most likely like the easy alternatives even less.
192 ;; And at least the image cache will make the delay apparent
194 (gs-set-ghostview-window-prop frame spec img-width img-height
)
195 (gs-set-ghostview-colors-window-prop frame pixel-colors
)
196 (setenv "GHOSTVIEW" window-and-pixmap-id
)
197 (setq gs
(apply 'start-process
"gs" "*GS*" gs-program
198 (gs-options gs-device file
)))
199 (process-kill-without-query gs
)
204 ;(defun gs-put-tiger ()
205 ; (let* ((ps-file "/usr/local/share/ghostscript/5.10/examples/tiger.ps")
206 ; (spec `(image :type postscript
207 ; :pt-width 200 :pt-height 200
208 ; :bounding-box (22 171 567 738)
210 ; (put-text-property 1 2 'display spec)))