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Re: nstexttopdf in system later than 10.3
From:
Christian Huldt <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:15:51 +0100
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Mark Lively skrev:
> It worked for me on 10.5.
>
Aha! Progress!
> I did get the message.
>
> DEBUG: nstexttopdf: No size in ppd, assuming letter
>
>
> Do you have a printer installed and setup?
>
Yes, but I only tested on 10.4.
Will test on 10.5 tomorrow.

regards from a distant time zone
Christian
> On Feb 19, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Christian Huldt wrote:
>
>> Iīm revisiting old stuff and would need to use something alog the
>> (old) lines of
>>
>> /usr/libexec/cups/filter/nstexttopdf ''  '' '' '' '' file.rtf > out.pdf
>>
>> that we used in the 10.3 days.
>>
>> 10.4 doesnīt like it and says:
>> 2008-02-19 15:51:07.736 nstexttopdf[25913] CFLog (0): CFMessagePort:
>> bootstrap_register(): failed 1100 (0x44c), port = 0xf03, name =
>> 'Processes-2.25913'See /usr/include/servers/bootstrap_defs.h for the
>> error codes.2008-02-19 15:51:08.057 nstexttopdf[25913] CFLog (99):
>> CFMessagePortCreateLocal(): failed to name Mach port
>> (Processes-2.25913)CFMessagePortCreateLocal failed (name =
>> Processes-2.25913 error = 0)Abort trap
>>
>> I looked at /usr/include/servers/bootstrap_defs.h but didnīt get much
>> further...
>>
>> any clues, please?
>>
>> Are we to use some kind of Mach messages nowadays rather than the shell?
>>
>> A clueless
>> Christian Huldt
>>

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