Ghostview

Ghostview is ghostscript 6.01, ported to the Macintosh. It is designed as a postscript viewer only and allows the user to view the pages of a postscript document in any order. The Macintosh code in ghostview is loosely based on Mac GS Viewer. Only postscript files that conform to Adobe's Document Structuring Conventions (DSC) can be viewed in arbitrary page order.

File Menu

View: Select a postscript file to view. If the file is a DSC postscript file, the pages may be viewed in any order.
 
View xxx: Open the last postscript file created by dvips, if it still exists in its original location.

Close: Close the display window.

Save:  Save the currently displayed page as a PICT file or save console output to a file.

Page setup:  Set page size for printing on a non-postscript printer. This setting should match the page size set under the “Display Page Geometry” item of the Options Menu.

Print one copy: Just print one copy of the entire document on a non-postscript printer.

Print:  Print selected pages on a non-postscript printer.

Print postscript:  Print selected pages on a postscript printer.

Interrupt: This item allows you to cancel viewing of a non-DSC postscript file.

Run:  Open a file for previewing, reporting any errors encountered while interpreting the pages.  This option for opening a postscript file is the only one that can report any errors. Use it if the View command fails to display the document.

Quit: Quit ghostview.

Edit Menu

Copy:  Place the currently displayed page as a PICT resource on the Clipboard.

View Menu

Next Page: View the next page.

Previous Page: View the previous page.

Goto Page: Select a page for viewing.

Zoom In: Increase the level of magnification by one step.

Zoom Out:  Decrease the level of magnification by one step.

Zoom Back: Return to the previous level of magnification.

Console Window: Bring the console window to the front.

Display Window:  Bring the display window to the front.

Redraw Display Window: Due to rounding errors, the displayed page may become distorted while scrolling and this item allows you to redraw the page.

Options Menu

Display Page Geometry: Set the page size and resolution for displayed images. 

Orientation: Set the orientation of the Postscript document. This option is only functional when viewing Postscript files that strictly conform to Adobe's Document Structuring Conventions. It has no effect during printing or when viewing eps or pdf files. It may not work with all DSC files either.

Debug:  Print the full search paths of all files ghostview is trying to open.

Dither:  Use grayscale imaging when viewing a document at low magnifications.

Ignore DSC Comments:  If a Postscript file does not preview correctly with the View command, check this item and view the Postscript file again. This option may be necessary for some complex Postscript files which contain comments but are not DSC compliant.

Set Library Paths: Call the setup utility to set the search paths for files and fonts.

Slow Scrolling: Use this option ONLY if you insist on covering part of ghostview's display window with one or more floating windows.

Page Menu

When viewing a DSC postscript file this menu will contain a list of the pages of the document. Selecting an item will display that page number.

Mark Menu

Use this menu to mark individual pages for printing. It only works with DSC documents.

Key Mappings
Pressing various keys while the display window is in front moves you around the page and the document as follows.

Key       Action
 n        Go to the next page.

 p        Go to the previous page.

 f        Go to the first page.

 l        Go to the last page.

 g        Call the Goto Page Dialog Box.

 h        Center the page horizontally.

 v        Center the page vertically.

 i        Zoom in (increase magnification).

 o        Zoom out (decrease magnification).

 u        Scroll upward one screen.

 d        Scroll downward one screen.

The user can change these keys with the setup program. The four arrow keys also move you around a page in small increments. The “page up” and “page down” keys work just like the u and d keys respectively. The “home” key takes you to the upper left-hand corner of a page while the “end” key takes you to the lower right-hand corner.