Re: typerules

[Carsten Hoeger <choeger@suse.de>]

On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 norbert.koch@delta-ii.de wrote:

> has anybody any clue why my sendfax doesn't seem to read the typerule
> information (normal installation of 4.0pl1 in /usr/local/lib/fax on a
> Linux 2.0.28 using a gcc 2.7.2) ...
> 
> Although the first line reads something like
> 
> 0     string      %!     ps
> 
> a conversion into tiff format is attempted which ends in the warning
> that the magic number (magically) doesn't match (no wonder :-) 
> 
> (btw, I have, or merely sendfax has, troubles converting normal ascii
> files, too, so something might be buggy with the installation but I
> can't figure out what - damn ;-/) 

Don't forget to add the following entry in your sendfax.conf:

TypeRules:      /your/path/to/typerules

You also have to change the following magics on a x86 machine (in cause
of Byteorder):

>From:
0      short           0x0506          ps      showcase -p -f %i
0      short           0x5343          ps      showcase -p -f %i
0      short           0xf702          ps      dvips -q -o %o %i

To:
0      short           0x0605          ps      showcase -p -f %i
0      short           0x4353          ps      showcase -p -f %i
0      short           0x02f7          ps      dvips -q -o %o %i


mfG,
	Carsten Hoeger
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