Does anyone know where I can to find "postscript Language Reference Manual,
second edition" ?

I only found "Supplement Postscript Language Reference Manual", at
Adobe.com. I don't know if it's the same and if it's good to learning the
postscript language

thank you
Fran?ois

And the third edition should be out soon.

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: And it's not a good book for learning PostScript programming.
: It's a reference manual, not a textbook.

Hello, there, and while agreeing that indeed the "Red Book" (1985, 1990,
or forthcoming edition with PostScript Level 3) is not a textbook or
tutorial, I would add that it is an excellent supplement to such books,
and has some very interesting things to say about the nature of the
language and imaging model as well as providing the invaluable references
on operators and errors, etc.

What I might recommend doing is to start out with a good tutorial or two,
but also have the "Red Book" on hand from the beginning, and just browse
through it out of curiosity, not worrying if you start out not
understanding very much. As the language becomes more familiar, this
reference book may reveal some rewarding insights about the language, as
well as answering immediate questions such as "What does this errortype
mean?"

Most respectfully,

Margo Schulter

|> >|> >Does anyone know where I can to find "Postscript Language Reference Manual,
|> >|> >second edition" ?

|> And it's not a good book for learning PostScript programming.
|> It's a reference manual, not a textbook.

Well, the question was where to get it not whether it is a tutorial.

And rumor has it that the third edition should come out in the first
half of 1999.

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