Printing PDF files from Windows to some printers results in a stack overflow
error. Possible solutions: 1) print to calvin. It seems to be able to handle
the PDF files better
2) Use the PCL driver for the printer. For example use \\cobra\spiff-pcl
to print print (Start->Run->"\\cobra\spiff-pcl")
Xfig
Quality of output
Xfig is a really great environment for creating figures (a little slow
to learn, but once you understand it is powerful and efficient).
Unfortunately, simply exporting the results to jpeg can produce highly
pixelated results and text that looks non-professional. To alleviate
this problem, when exporting to jpeg increase the file size to 200-400%
of the original size. Powerpoint allows you to resize the graphic
inside a presentation; reducing a jpeg inside powerpoint results in a much
higher quality picture than exporting to the appropriate size directly
from xfig.
Bug free version
Also, the version of xfig that CNS has installed on solaris has some
bugs, especially with displaying boxes with rounded corners or properly
handling layering.
Use the linux version of xfig instead: e.g. from
guadeloupe.cc.gatech.edu
or
poseidon-lnx.cc.gatech.edu
or
hera-lnx.cc.gatech.edu
(for systems people; other groups may have to use other linux machines;
also note that the last two machines may be rebooted without notice since
they are lab machines, so you are better off not using these machines unless
you are in the infosphere lab)
One way you can do that from a solaris machine is simply type
ssh username@guadeloupe.cc.gatech.edu xfig
substituting in your user name and an appropriate linux box of course.
The first tar, sends it to file '-' which as I said is stdout. The
second takes it from file '-' which is stdin. As weird as it looks, the
dashes MUST be there like they are.
contributed by Vin Scarlata
Vin's solution is a good one and is more generally useful. However,
here's a couple other Unix utils to have in your toolbox:
This should be exactly the same as scp, except that, unless something
has gone horribly wrong, 'cat' shouldn't have a 2GB limit. (Of course,
I personally think something's already gone horribly wrong if scp has
such a limit.)
The 'split' utility will split the tar file in to smaller files of
whatever size you want. It will name them xaa, xab, xac, etc.. At the
other end, you can concatenate the files with 'cat' and pipe the
result in to 'tar':
cat xa? | tar -xf -
contributed by Ben Wong
public
If you are looking for software that is not installed in the normal place, check out /usr/local/public This is student/staff maintained software (As opposed to CNS maintained software)
I have also installed some software for my own purposes. You can access it from /net/hp71/students/buttler/bin The main items there are python2.1 jython mozilla (for linux)
Finally, if you are interested in setting up a Web Server that you control to run Java servlets, take a look at Enhydra. I am currently using version 3.1 and it works very well. Its benefit over Tomcat is that you can run multiple servlets on multiple ports and each servlet gets its own classloader. If you have the settings right, as soon as you recompile a class the servlet will automatically be reloaded.
Note: CNS frowns on running any type of server on regular servers. If it is for your research make sure that it
it kosher with your advisor and CNS before you create security holes for all of us. Recently our group moved
all of our servers from our private solaris machine to a CNS machine that is managed like the rest of the web
servers. This is usually the best solution.