21 Jul
2022
21 Jul
'22
2:56 p.m.
Does anyone know of a tool that can convert from one or more vector
image formats to ReGIS? For use on unix-ish platforms.
De
21 Jul
21 Jul
4:53 p.m.
On 7/21/22 3:56 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone know of a tool that can convert from one
or more vector
image formats to ReGIS? For use on unix-ish platforms.
I'm conflating my Sixel work with my ReGIS work. I know that there are
a number of utilities to work with Sixel, but it seems like there are
fewer that work with ReGIS.
You might do some sleuthing to see if any vector programs will do what
you want.
Aside: I think that GNU Plot can be made to output ReGIS. So maybe you
can abuse it / press it into service.
I'm also curious what you're wanting to do. I run into few people that
work with ReGIS and am always curious what others are doing with ReGIS
(and Sixel).
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Grant. . . .
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5:03 p.m.
On 7/21/22 5:53 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
You might do some sleuthing to see if any vector
programs will do what
you want.
My Gentoo system w/ ReGIS and Sixel USE flags has the following things
installed that include ReGIS (case insensitive / whole word) in the man
page.
% bzegrep -li "\<regis\>" /usr/share/man/**/*(.)
/usr/share/man/man1/plot.1.bz2
/usr/share/man/man1/plotfont.1.bz2
/usr/share/man/man1/tek2plot.1.bz2
/usr/share/man/man1/xterm.1.bz2
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Grant. . . .
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5:30 p.m.
I'm conflating my Sixel work with my ReGIS work.
I know that there
are a number of utilities to work with Sixel, but it seems like there
are fewer that work with ReGIS.
Indeed. I've fiddled with Sixel in xterm, for example. It turns out
ReGIS is hard to google, partly of course because it predates the
internet by too much, but more because of the Philbin.
You might do some sleuthing to see if any vector
programs will do
what you want.
I've looked at some of the common tools, but so far no joy.
Aside: I think that GNU Plot can be made to output
ReGIS. So maybe
you can abuse it / press it into service.
Yes, I think you're right. I may end up doing some examples with it.
I'm also curious what you're wanting to do. I
run into few people
that work with ReGIS and am always curious what others are doing with
ReGIS (and Sixel).
I'm basically working on a GIGI demo, and would like to be able to take
existing vector files and convert them to ReGIS.
De
6:30 p.m.
On 7/21/22 6:30 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
Indeed. I've fiddled with Sixel in xterm, for
example.
I've got both Sixel and ReGIS support in my Xterm. Not that I'm
actually doing anything with it at this time. Grand plans are still
waiting for sufficient Round Tuits.
It turns out ReGIS is hard to google, partly of course
because it
predates the internet by too much, but more because of the Philbin.
Ya. I had trouble greping man pages too because "ReGIS" is a match for
"registered" (case insensitive) which appears a LOT of places. I had to
use the "\<...\>" word boundaries to differentiate between them.
I've looked at some of the common tools, but so
far no joy.
Please share if (when) you find something.
Yes, I think you're right. I may end up doing
some examples with it.
I'd be curious to see what you end up doing. If you can share. ;-)
I'm basically working on a GIGI demo, and would
like to be able to
take existing vector files and convert them to ReGIS.
I'm not familiar with "GIGI" and my attempts to search for it (and
vector) are having collisions with a brand that I've never heard of.
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Grant. . . .
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7:02 p.m.
Digital Equipment Corp. VK100, aka GIGI. Try searching for "DEC GIGI" On
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 06:59:20 PM PDT, Grant Taylor via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 7/21/22 6:30 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
Indeed. I've fiddled with Sixel in xterm, for
example.
I've got both Sixel and ReGIS support in my Xterm. Not that I'm
actually doing anything with it at this time. Grand plans are still
waiting for sufficient Round Tuits.
It turns out ReGIS is hard to google, partly of course
because it
predates the internet by too much, but more because of the Philbin.
Ya. I had trouble greping man pages too because "ReGIS" is a match for
"registered" (case insensitive) which appears a LOT of places. I had to
use the "\<...\>" word boundaries to differentiate between them.
I've looked at some of the common tools, but so
far no joy.
Please share if (when) you find something.
Yes, I think you're right. I may end up doing
some examples with it.
I'd be curious to see what you end up doing. If you can share. ;-)
I'm basically working on a GIGI demo, and would
like to be able to
take existing vector files and convert them to ReGIS.
I'm not familiar with "GIGI" and my attempts to search for it (and
vector) are having collisions with a brand that I've never heard of.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
9:18 p.m.
On 7/21/22 8:02 PM, Jonathan Stone via cctalk wrote:
Digital Equipment Corp. VK100, aka GIGI. Try searching
for "DEC GIGI"
Thank you for that information.
It seems as if GIGI is an acronym for General Imaging Generator and
Interpreter.
The DEC VK100 seems to be something similar to a DEC VT340 with a bring
your own monitor, plus built in BASIC.
Interesting.
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Grant. . . .
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9:20 p.m.
On 7/21/22 6:30 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
I'm basically working on a GIGI demo, and would
like to be able to
take existing vector files and convert them to ReGIS.
Is there somewhere that I can read about your efforts? Do you have a
blog, et al. that I can follow?
I'm also curious how much of what you're testing would work in XTerm w/
ReGIS support.
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Grant. . . .
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