Thanks for posting: it is definitely important to know, and that way if and when somebody has a similar problem, we can refer to your post in the archives.
As to the lack of a reply, it may well be that nobody was using the same xfig/ghostscript combo as you were, and thus never saw the error. On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 12:12, Viv Kendon wrote: > I know no-one is replying here -- that's OK -- but given the > level of hassle I'm having with xfig I thought I should > report it and at least warn other xfig users they might be > in for a rough ride. > > I lost my entire xfig creation when it corrupted the fig > file it was saving (did I mention I had a deadline?). The > problems are definitely triggered by xfig interacting with > ghostscript, and more often than corrupting the saved file, > it crashes with similar errors to those I already reported. > > I have had one other person report similar levels of > problems on a linux platform, so it seems likely there are > bugs that need to be fixed upstream rather than in the fink > distributions. > > But do save your fig file under another name frequently if > you are going to use the current version! > > -- Viv > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Viv Kendon wrote: > > > I've been struggling some more with this (I have a deadline > [snip] > ------------------------------------------------ > Dr Viv Kendon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > QOLS tel: 020 7594 7746 > Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! > Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and > the chance of winning an Apple iPod: > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
