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			    MagicPoint FAQ

			    Aug 23, 2005

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Q: I'm using .dev package of magicpoint and my fonts look jaggy.

A: Giving the "-x m17n" to mgp might solve the problem.

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Q: When I incorporate postscript in MagicPoint presentation,
   "ghostscript" dies with "WARN: cannot generate pnmraw+ file from
   test.eps".

A: Install more recent version of "ghostscript", which supports
   "pnmraw" output driver.

A: Give the -X option to "mgp", with name of "ghostscript" output
   driver which is configured into your "ghostscript".


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Q: Background image will not be reflected to postscript output from
   "mgp2ps".

A: This is a feature (or known bug).

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Q: I'm using European language for presentations and line-breaks are
   not correct.

Q: I'm using European language for presentations and accented
   characters will not be generated on postscript output.

A: See README.lang for detail.

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Q: I would like to try a more-recent snapshot version of MagicPoint.

A: ftp://sh.wide.ad.jp/WIDE/free-ware/mgp-snap/

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Q: I'm trouble finding scalable fonts.

Q: Presentations using X11 font looks awful.

A: See README.fonts for detail.

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Q: I have special Adobe type 1 font installed to my X11 configuration,
   and I cannot use that font with postscript output.

A: (1) Modify print.c to include the font into fontname mapping table,
   (2) Regenerate postscript file,
   (3) Download your font to your printer,
   (4) Try printing the file.

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Q: Compilation with png library fails.

A: Check the version number of your png library.  in most cases, the
   library you are using is too old.  note that, some of Linux rpms
   uses different version numbering scheme from the original png
   library.

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Q: %system or %xsystem does not work.

Q: If i use %system or %xsystem, X server (or window manager) dies.

A: The behavior of %system/xsystem command heavily depends on the
   behavior of your window manager, and they may not work right for
   some of those.  as there are so many window managers, we have
   trouble supporting them.

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Q: What is MNG?

A: MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphics) is the animation extension of
   the popular PNG image-format. See http://www.libpng.org/pub/mng and
   http://www.mng.com/

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Q: Can I convert my animation gif files into mng format?

A: Yes. I would like to recommand you to use the convert command in
   ImageMagick. See http://www.simplesystems.org/ImageMagick/ for more
   information.

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Q: Can I write Magicpoint presentation with an XML based language?

A: The sdoc2mgp.xsl can convert an XML based language into mgp syntax.
   See

   http://xml.da-cha.org/ for more information.

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Q: My projector cuts the edge of my computer's output. How can I
   enlarge the margins?

A: Execute MagicPoint with the "-o" option specifying a smaller window
   size then that of the root window.

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Q: What is Xft?

A: Xft is a library designed to interface the FreeType rasterizer 
   with the X Rendering Extension. Please see

	http://keithp.com/~keithp/render/Xft.tutorial for more information.

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Q: Does mgp support freetype2?
	
A: Since mgp supports xft, you can use freetype2 functions with Xft.

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Q: I would like to use non-ASCII characters for filenames in mgp slides

A: please run mgp with -U option



