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Cool! I didn't know that postscript supported interactive content. I thought the code would be generating the document and that's it.
by yodsanklai 2y ago
Cool! I didn't know that postscript supported interactive content. I thought the code would be generating the document and that's it.
- hamburglar 2y agoWell, it really doesn’t. This uses a clever hack where you write the input to a text file that the PS program is continuously reading. Very cool.
- cenamus 2y agoPS was actually used for OS graphics multiple times (with more adaptions of course) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_PostScript https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_PostScript
- hamburglar 2y agoYes but using raw postscript in this perverse way to get interactivity is truly inspired. My hat is off to the author.
- pjmlp 2y agoNot really, that is exactly how it was used in Sun NeWS. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeWS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeWS You would write full blown GUI apps in Postscript with some C glue.