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From: Jonathan Monsarrat <[e-mail]>
Subject: v02INF3: PostScript Sources monthly FAQ v1.11 12-26-93 [1 of 3]
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Last-modified: 1993/12/26
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                          -- PostScript Sources --

                  Introduction to comp.sources.postscript

                  (the comp.sources.postscript FAQ v1.11)

                             Jonathan Monsarrat

                      [e-mail]






                     This FAQ is formatted as a digest.

                Most news readers can skip from one question

                to the next by pressing control-G. GNUs uses

                   C-c C-n to skip to the next question.


    To contribute sources, read the section ``Submitting Sources''.

    Newsgroup-related mail that is not a submission should be sent to
    me at [e-mail].

    Related FAQs: comp.lang.postscript, comp.sources.misc, comp.text,
    comp.text.tex, comp.fonts, comp.graphics.

    The comp.sources.postscript archives are available by ftp to
    ftp.sterling.com in /usenet/comp.sources.postscript/ or
    ftp.ips.cs.tu-bs.de in /usenet/comp.sources.postscript. There is an
    index in the last section of this FAQ.

    This FAQ and the indexes are available by anonymous ftp to
    wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/comp.sources.postscript. You can get the
    comp.lang.postscript FAQ by anonymous ftp to
    wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/comp.lang.postscript. Both come in ASCII,
    LaTeX, DVI, and PostScript formats.

    Table of Contents


      1 About comp.sources.postscript
      2 What to Expect
      3 Getting Sources
         3.1 How to Get a Program from Usenet
         3.2 Using the Comp.sources.postscript Index and Archive
         3.3 Using the PostScript interpreters and utilities index
         3.4 How to Display PostScript
         3.5 How to Report Bugs
      4 Submitting Sources
         4.1 Content of Comp.Sources.Postscript
         4.2 Where to Post your Source
         4.3 Guidelines
         4.4 Copyright
         4.5 Index and Submission Information
         4.6 How to Submit a Program
         4.7 Header Lines for Your Posting
         4.8 After Posting
      5 PostScript Interpreters and Utilities
         5.1 How can I find a program?
         5.2 How can I browse through PostScript programs?
         5.3 Keywords
         5.4 Interpreters
         5.5 Utilities
      6 comp.sources.postscript Index to Volume 1
      7 Acknowledgements


Subject: 1 About comp.sources.postscript

    This moderated newsgroup is for the distribution of source code for
    utilities and pictures in PostScript, and for PostScript-related
    programs.

    You can post programs here, but they won't show up right away. All
    postings to the newsgroup get sent to me, the moderator, for
    approval. Then the sources get tested, packaged, and posted. All
    other posts (such as requests and discussion) will be returned to
    the sender. comp.lang.postscript is the Usenet newsgroup for
    discussions. comp.sources.d is the Usenet newsgroup for sources
    requests.


Subject: 2 What to Expect

    On comp.sources.postscript you will find utilities (in PostScript
    and other languages), clip art, fonts, and examples of PostScript
    programming. All pictures in PostScript are also programs, so when
    I say program or source throughout this document, think ``picture
    or utility''.


Subject: 3 Getting Sources

    There are three ways to get a program from this group:


    * directly from Usenet postings,

    * through the comp.sources.postscript index and archive,

    * and through the PostScript interpreters and utilities index.


Subject: 3.1 How to Get a Program from Usenet

    Each posting in comp.sources.postscript is called an ``issue''.
    There are generally 100 to 125 issues in a volume. The division is
    arbitrary. There are three types of articles in
    comp.sources.postscript: source postings, informational postings,
    and the monthly summarized request list. They can be distinguished
    by the subject line.


    Subject:  v02INF1: PostScript Sources monthly FAQ v1.00 03-03-93

    This first word in the title identifies this as the first
    informational posting of volume one. Similarly, the subject line
    shown below:


    Subject: v02i072: schlep - PostScript interpreter in PostScript, Part01/02

    identifies this as the 72nd source article in Volume 1. In the
    above example, the Part01/02 indicates that this is the first part
    of a two part posting. The first few lines of an article after the
    USENET required headers are the auxiliary headers that look like
    this:


     Submitted-by: [e-mail] (J. Arthur Random)
     Posting-number: Volume 1, Issue 72
     Archive-name: schlep/part01

    The ``Submitted-by'' line in each issue is the author of the
    program. If you have comments about an issue published in
    comp.sources.postscript, this is the person to contact.

    The ``Archive-name'' is the official name of this source in the
    archive.

    All source postings are treated as multi-part postings, which are
    archived in a subdirectory within the volume directory. Postings
    have names that look like this:


      Source posting
          Archive-name: schlep/part01

      Patch posting
          Archive-name: schlep/patch01

    Informational (INF) postings, such as the posting you are currently
    reading, are not stored in a subdirectory as are source postings.
    INF postings have archive names such as indx33v02-07 and
    patchlog33. From an archiving perspective, archive names for all
    INFormational postings are specified so as to store the INF
    postings directly in the volume's base directory. Archive names for
    source postings are specified so as to store the sources in
    subdirectories within the volume's base directory.

    When we start having patches, I'll add information here about
    patches. They'll look like the ones in comp.sources.misc.

    The Environment: auxiliary header line lists the language and
    operating system requirements for the program. Check this line
    before taking the time to unpack a posting, to make sure you will
    be able to run the program.


      Environment: syntax
          Environment: Keyword [, keyword ..]

      Environment: example
          Environment: PostScript, GhostScript, PBMPLUS, C++

    The keyword's usage is case insensitive. There is also a not
    indicator (e.g. !AIX) so that the moderator can specify that the
    package runs on everything but the specified keyword.

    The following is a list of keywords used within articles that have
    been posted to comp.sources.postscript and their meanings. Keywords
    are added to this list on a first-use basis.


    ANSI C
      - Runs in the C programming language. ANSI standard C.

    PostScript
      - Requires a postscript printer/viewer.

    UNIX
      - as far as I know, operates on any unix system


Subject: 3.2 Using the Comp.sources.postscript Index and Archive

    The first comp.sources.postscript index will be posted next month.
    By then, there should be an archive on ftp.uu.net, probably in
    /usenet/comp.sources.postscript. If you decide to archive the
rm people that your
    archive exists.


Subject: 3.3 Using the PostScript interpreters and utilities index

    This index lists all know PostScript programs, regardless of
    whether they have been posted to comp.sources.postscript. Unlike
    the one-line descriptions of the comp.sources.postscript index,
    this index contains full descriptions and references. Look in the
    index itself for where to get the programs.

    You can find this index in the last section of this FAQ.


Subject: 3.4 How to Display PostScript

    If the program is a PostScript picture, just send it to a
    PostScript printer, or view it on screen with a PostScript
    interpreter. If you have no PostScript printer or interpreter, I
    recommend using GhostScript, which is free and reliable.
    GhostScript runs on MS-DOS, UNIX, Macintosh, VMS, X windows, and
    the Atari-ST. On the Amiga, use Post. Check the PostScript
    interpreters and utilities index for more information about these
    previewers.


Subject: 3.5 How to Report Bugs

    To report bugs, contact the person listed in the Submitted-by:
    header. If the bug is important, post also to comp.sources.bugs so
    that other people will learn about it. If the bug makes the program
    unusable, write me so that I can get the author to correct it and
    have a new version posted.

Subject: 4 Submitting Sources

    If you'd like to submit a PostScript source, thank you! Please read
    this section of happy hints first. The benefits of submitting your
    program include: free archiving and distribution, testing (not by
    me, but by readers), and the name recognition you deserve for
    bringing free software to the world.

    Even if you post your program somewhere else, or if it is
    commercial or shareware, you should still write me with a
    description of the program for the PostScript interpreters and
    utilities index, which lists everything in the PostScript world.


Subject: 4.1 Content of Comp.Sources.Postscript

    This newsgroup is for posting programs written in PostScript as
    well as PostScript-related programs written in other languages.
    These programs could be utilities, fonts, or graphic images of use
    to a wide audience.


    Clip Art:
      Hand-made PostScript programs, converted binaries, or the machine
      generated output from drawing tools, representing a graphic
      image.

    Utilities:
      Programs written in PostScript, or those written in other
      languages that either generate or operate on PostScript programs.

    Examples:
      "How-to" examples are encouraged.

    Fonts:
      Fonts that can be used with the PostScript language. This would
      include both Type 1 and Type 3 fonts. Since TrueType fonts can't
      interact with PostScript, that would preclude them.

    Specific information, such as a new weathermap in PostScript posted
    daily, is more like a binary than a source, and is not appropriate.
    Also, text documents formatted in PostScript are not appropriate.


Subject: 4.2 Where to Post your Source

    If you are unsure where to post your program, the closest
    newsgroups to comp.lang.postscript are:


    comp.sources.misc
      will accept source under any programming language, and has a wide
      distribution and a large audience.

    alt.sources
      is an unmoderated source group, which would allow you to
      instantly post your source. Unfortunately, it is not as widely
      read because alt.* groups are not available at many sites.

    comp.sources.unix
      accepts UNIX programs of all kinds.

    comp.lang.postscript
      is a fine newsgroup to post an example program that aids
      discussion or answers a question, if it is small (a page or two).
      However, please consider posting to comp.sources.postscript, as a
      way to have your example archived and available to help people in
      the future.

    If you have a previously posted program, it is probably best to
    continue posting it to the original newsgroup, which is where your
    current users will expect to find it. I can put a reference to your
    program in the PostScript interpreters and utilities index. Of
    course, if you do decide to switch newsgroups, your program will be
    welcome here.

    Shareware will not be accepted. Try posting to alt.sources or
    comp.sources.misc, and give me a reference to place in the
    PostScript interpreters and utilities index. Alternatively,
    consider making your program free.

    Please don't send me executables. There are comp.binaries.*
    newsgroups for that. Only send binaries if they are important to
    the program and cannot be sent in source format. If your program
    goes along with a song or startup picture, its OK to include the
    uuencoded song or picture binary.


Subject: 4.3 Guidelines

    If your program is a picture, please consider Encapsulated
    PostScript and Document Structuring Convention conformance. Little
    wood elves will visit you in your sleep and thank you for it. You
    can learn about these things from the comp.lang.postscript FAQ.
    There are tools which make conformance easy, too. You are welcome
    to consider a preview bitmap, which would make an EPS file into an
    EPSI file.

    Well-commented code is encouraged. It will allow others to learn
    from your examples, and to make improvements to the code that you
    can use. Thousands of people who do not know you will have their
    only contact with you through your program. It's worth making a
    good impression.

    It would be nice if you included a Makefile, man page (or other
    documentation), a README file which describes the project and what
    each file does.

    If your program is an example of PostScript programming, it should
    actually do something. An example of centering a string should be a
    program that actually centers a string.

    Similarly, if you submit a library, please include example files
    which use the library.

    You must be (or have permission from) the author of the program you
    submit.


Subject: 4.4 Copyright

    Your program should have an explicit copyright. If you don't
    believe in copyrights, then protect that belief with a copyright
    directed towards free software. Otherwise, someone else may steal
    your program and claim authorship.

    Something like the following might be appropriate:


            Copyright (C) 1993, J. Arthur Random
            Permission to use and modify this software and its
            documentation for any purpose other than its incorporation
            into a commercial product is hereby granted without fee.
            Permission to copy and distribute this software and its
            documentation only for non-commercial use is also granted
            without fee, provided, however, that the above copyright
            notice appear in all copies, that both that copyright
            notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
            documentation. The author makes no representations about
            the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is
            provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.


Subject: 4.5 Index and Submission Information

    When you submit a program, or make a reference to one, please tell
    me:


    * What is the name of the program?

    * What does it claim to do, and does it do it well? Is it worth
      using? If not, why not?

    * Where is it available? What ftp sites can I get it from?

    * How much does it cost? Is it free?

    * What kinds of computers does it run on?

    * Who is the author and does the author give an email address?

    * Does it handle PostScript 2?

    * What other software does it rely on?

    * If it is clip-art, what is it clip art of?

    * If it is an example, what is it an example of?

    If the program is a PostScript interpreter, then the I also need to
    know:


 s one page?

    * Does it display the number of pages in the document?

    * Does it let you print PostScript to a non-PostScript printer?

    * What formats can it convert to?


Subject: 4.6 How to Submit a Program

    First, format your program for posting. Please keep filenames to 12
    or fewer characters in length.

    I don't care what format you submit your program in, although if
    you happen to pack your program using shar in chunks of less than
    55K, I'd be very happy. cshar would be even better. Otherwise, I
    will reformat it myself. If you post in plain ASCII, please make
    sure that you give me the right filenames.

    Post your program to comp.sources.postscript, and it will
    automatically be sent to me. Alternatively, you can just email it
    to [e-mail].

    I will notify you by email when I receive your program. If you
    don't hear from me within 24 hours, something is probably wrong and
    you should try contacting me again. I may not have received your
    original post.

    Have patience -- your article will not show up in the newsreader
    until I approve it and package it. I'll try to do this as quickly
    as possible.


Subject: 4.7 Header Lines for Your Posting

    The Subject: line should describe the entire program in 60
    characters, to be used for the archive index.

    The Reply-To: line should list the email address for whomever
    comments and questions should be sent to.

    The Organization: line is optional. It lists what organization you
    belong to. Obviously, you must have the organization's approval if
    you post software which belongs to them, even if you helped write
    it.

    The Summary: line describes in one or two sentences what the
    program is. Also please include blurb which describes what the
    posting is/does/contains. This should only be a paragraph or two.

    Put a blank line and then have the following lines:

    The Archive-name: line should have the package name that you want
    the submission archived by. The package name should be in the
    format packagename/partname. The package name and partname must not
    be more than 12 characters long. The package name will be used as a
    directory name. The partname should look like a series of files
    part01, part02, part03, if there are many parts to your program. If
    there is only one part, still make it ``part01''.

    The Environment: line lists what operating systems, languages, and
    packages are needed. If your program is entirely PostScript, then
    the environment is ``PostScript''.

    The Keywords: line provides a nice way to search for your program.
    I'll make up some standard Keywords when I get an idea what the
    types of sources postings are. For now, just pick what you think is
    best.

    For example, your post might look like this:


    Newsgroups: comp.sources.postscript
    Subject: schlep - PostScript interpreter in PostScript, Part01/02
    Reply-To: [e-mail] (J. Arthur Random)
    Organization: Student Information Processing Board
    Summary: schlep is a fully functional PostScript interpreter with
             color and PostScript 2 capability, written entirely in
             PostScript. Runs as fast as most compiled interpreters!

    Archive-name: schlep/part01
    Environment: PostScript
    Keywords: postscript interpreter, color, level-2

    Schlep is a very useful PostScript interpreter. It is every bit as
    good as the commercial interpreters, plus it is written in everyone's
    favorite language.

    #! /bin/sh
    # This is a shell archive.  Remove anything before this line, then unpack
    # it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file".  To overwrite existing
    # files, type "sh file -c".  You can also feed this as standard input via
    # unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g..  If this archive is complete, you
    # will see the following message at the end:
    #             "End of shell archive."
    # Contents:  schlep.ps
    # Wrapped by [e-mail] on Wed Mar  3 12:26:38 1993
    PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH
    if test -f 'schlep.ps' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
      echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'schlep.ps'\"
    else
    echo shar: Extracting \"'schlep.ps'\" (84 characters)
    sed "s/^X//" >'schlep.ps' <<'END_OF_FILE'
    X(Schlep Version 1.00 by J. Arthur Hacker\n) print
    X(Processing your program\n) print
    END_OF_FILE
    if test 84 -ne `wc -c <'schlep.ps'`; then
        echo shar: \"'schlep.ps'\" unpacked with wrong size!
    fi
    # end of 'schlep.ps'
    fi
    echo shar: End of shell archive.
    exit 0

    Again, note the blank line between Summary and Archive-name. The
    second posting might look like (shown for completeness):


    Newsgroups: comp.sources.postscript
    Subject: schlep - PostScript interpreter in PostScript, Part02/02
    Reply-To: [e-mail] (J. Arthur Random)
    Organization: Student Information Processing Board
    Summary: schlep is a fully functional PostScript interpreter with
             color and PostScript 2 capability, written entirely in
             PostScript. Runs as fast as most compiled interpreters!

    Archive-name: schlep/part02
    Environment: PostScript
    Keywords: postscript interpreter, color, level-2

    #! /bin/sh
    # This is a shell archive.  Remove anything before this line, then unpack
    # it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file".  To overwrite existing
    # files, type "sh file -c".  You can also feed this as standard input via
    # unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g..  If this archive is complete, you
    # will see the following message at the end:
    #             "End of shell archive."
    # Contents:  schlep.doc
    # Wrapped by [e-mail] on Wed Mar  3 12:26:38 1993
    PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH
    if test -f 'schlep.doc' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
      echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'schlep.doc'\"
    else
    echo shar: Extracting \"'schlep.doc'\" (238 characters)
    sed "s/^X//" >'schlep.doc' <<'END_OF_FILE'
    XBasically, just prepend schlep.ps to the PostScript program that you
    Xwant to interpret, and run the schlep program in an interpreter.
    XNote how quickly schlep interprets your program, even though it is
    Xwritten in an interpreted language!
    X
    END_OF_FILE
    if test 238 -ne `wc -c <'schlep.doc'`; then
        echo shar: \"'schlep.doc'\" unpacked with wrong size!
    fi
    # end of 'schlep.doc'
    fi
    echo shar: End of shell archive.
    exit 0


Subject: 4.8 After Posting

    You should subscribe to comp.sources.bugs and comp.sources.d to
    learn about problems with and comments on your program, and even
    improvements made to it.


Subject: 7 Acknowledgements

    I am indebted to Kent Landfield, the comp.sources.misc moderator,
    for his help in forming the newsgroup and making this FAQ (parts of
    which are copied from his with permission). Thanks also to Allen
    Braunsdorf, the back-up moderator for this newsgroup, for his
    suggestions and assistance.

    This FAQ is copyright (C) 1994 by Jonathan Monsarrat. Permission is
    granted to freely edit and distribute as long as this copyright
    notice is included.

    This document was written with the LaTeX language and formatted by
    LameTeX, the PostScript hacker's LaTeX.


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Last-modified: 1993/12/26
Version: 1.11

                          -- PostScript Sources --

                  Introduction to comp.sources.postscript

                  (the comp.sources.postscript FAQ v1.11)

                             Jonathan Monsarrat

                      [e-mail]






                     This FAQ is formatted as a digest.

                Most news readers can skip from one question

                to the next by pressing control-G. GNUs uses

                   C-c C-n to skip to the next question.


    To contribute sources, read the section ``Submitting Sources''.

    Newsgroup-related mail that is not a submission should be sent to
    me at [e-mail].

    Related FAQs: comp.lang.postscript, comp.sources.misc, comp.text,
    comp.text.tex, comp.fonts, comp.graphics.

    The comp.sources.postscript archives are available by ftp to
    ftp.sterling.com in /usenet/comp.sources.postscript/ or
    ftp.ips.cs.tu-bs.de in /usenet/comp.sources.postscript. There is an
    index in the last section of this FAQ.

    This FAQ and the indexes are available by anonymous ftp to
    wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/comp.sources.postscript. You can get the
    comp.lang.postscript FAQ by anonymous ftp to
    wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/comp.lang.postscript. Both come in ASCII,
    LaTeX, DVI, and PostScript formats.

Subject: 5 PostScript Interpreters and Utilities

    This section lists all the large PostScript programs that I know
    of, both commercial and for free. These programs have largely not
    been posted to comp.sources.postscript, but there are references
    about where to get all programs.

    I would like very much to be able to recommend some of these
    programs over others. Unfortunately, I have very little information
    about most of them. Please send information or additions! Programs
    without significant information will be dropped shortly.

    Included in this index are a number of ASCII to PostScript
    conversion programs. These are quick and dirty programs, and it is
    unclear why having so many of them is interesting, so many will
    probably be deleted (send mail about the ones you like most). If
    you really want to convert ASCII to PostScript in a high quality
    way, what you want is a real text formatter. (See the FAQ for
    comp.text and comp.text.tex)

    If you have a program, please let me know. Section 10, ``About the
    FAQ'' has some hints on what I'm hoping to get when I get a program
    description.

    I am grateful to Howard Gayle ([e-mail]) for a large portion
    of the below information.

    Now that there is Linux, IBM PC (and clone) users can run any of
    the X-windows and UNIX programs in the utilities section.


Subject: 5.1 How can I find a program?

    To find a program, try using an ``archie'' server. Archie will
    figure out which FTP sites have the program that you are looking
    for. Please try archie before asking people for the program.

    I would be happy to answer questions about where to get programs.
    Just send me email. If you find a good ftp site for these programs,
    please let me know.

    To use archie, just type ``archie'' or ``xarchie''. If you don't
    have that program, then you can telnet to one of the following
    addresses and type ``archie'' as the username. To get help type
    ``help''.


        archie.rutgers.edu     (Rutgers University)
        archie.unl.edu         (University of Nebraska in Lincoln)
        archie.sura.net        (SURAnet archie server)
        archie.ans.net         (ANS archie server)
        archie.au              (Australian server)
        archie.funet.fi        (European server in Finland)
        archie.doc.ic.ac.uk    (UK/England server)
        archie.cs.huji.ac.il   (Israel server)
        archie.wide.ad.jp      (Japanese server)

    If you don't have telnet, send email to archie at any of the above
    sites with the subject ``help''.


Subject: 5.2 How can I browse through PostScript programs?

    To find ftp sites that carry PostScript programs, try ``archie
    postscript''. Then use ftp to look through them.


Subject: 5.3 Keywords



    What:



      Bounding-Box
         Determines the bounding box of a PostScript program (so it can
         be converted to EPSF for example).


      Converts
         The program converts back and forth between formats such as:
         ASCII, PostScript, TeX, Images, PCL


      Converts-Images
         A program that converts to too many image formats to name!


      Device-Utility
         A utility for a PostScript device.


      Document-Previewer
         The previewer has options for viewing text documents. NOTE:
         most previewers make passable document previewer even without
         these extra options.


      Example
         The source code for this program is a programming example for
         programmers.


      Font-Utility
         The program does something useful with font descriptions.


      Interpreter
         The program can understand the PostScript language.


      Level-2
         The program can interpret a reasonable amount of PostScript
         level 2.


      Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver
         The program allows PostScript drawings to be printed on at
         least one non-PostScript printer.


      Page-Reordering
         The program allows you to either choose a page or a few pages
         to print from a big document, or lets you print in reverse
         order, or lets you ``N-Up'', which means to put more than one
         page on a physical page. These programs work only if the
         PostScript input follows the Adobe Document Structuring
         Conventions. (See Section 9, ``Encapsulated PostScript'').


      Previewer
         The interpreter displays PostScript on the screen.


      Programmer-Utility
         The program helps write PostScript programs.


      Text-Formatter
         The program formats text in some interesting way, or lets you
         include PostScript in a text formatter.


      Written-in-PostScript
         The program is written entirely in PostScript and thus can run
         on any computer with an interpreter, or on any PostScript
         printer.


    Status



      Shareware
         means that the program is free but the author would like
         money.


      Free
         means that the program is freely available. This usually means
         that source code is included and that it is freely
         distributable.


      Commercial
         means that some company sells the program.


      Platforms:
         What computers does it run on? For the IBM PC, look for
         ``MS-DOS''. For most workstations, look for ``UNIX''.


      Get-From
         tells where to get the program, through ftp or some other
         source.


Subject: 5.4 Interpreters

    The following are all programs that understand the PostScript
    graphics programming language. PostScript is an interpreted
    language, which means that there is no compiler for it. An
    interpreter is like a compiler that, instead of producing a
    sequence of actions in machine language for the computer to handle
    at some future time, performs the actions itself immediately.

    Most interpreters are also previewers, which allow you to view the
    PostScript drawing as it is created by the PostScript program.
    Unfortunately, viewing the document on-line is not guaranteed to be
    a perfect simulation of printing the document. Complex programs
    that use random numbers or check the device type will almost
    certainly run differently.

    Some interpreters are meant for looking at text documents without
    printing them. They usually have a number of functions for flipping
    back and forth between pages. These interpreters are called
    document previewers.



    dxpsview
      from DEC provides user selectable options to control its
      execution. It will accept DSC comments and honor them, but it
      allows the user to turn them off if that's the best thing to do.

      It images valid PostScript, it honors color (if the DEC
      workstation is a color workstation), it images one page and stops
      with the showpage so the user can see the image. It allows you to
      page back and forth in the document EVEN IF IT'S NOT DSC! (Sure,
      slow at times if it's not DSC, but it still does the job!) It
      provides scaling and rotation under user control.


              What: Previewer. Status: commercial. Platforms: DEC
              workstation. Get-From: Digital Equipment Corporation.


    Freedom of Press
      ???

      For most users who only want to print to common printers like
      DeskWriters, StyleWriters, or Personal LaserWriter LS's, the
      light version of Freedom of the Press will suffice. ( $ 55).


              What: Interpreter, Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver. Status:
              commercial ( $ 55). Platforms: ???. Get-From: ???.


    Gammascript
      ???


              What: Interpreter. Status: ???. Platforms: MS-DOS.
              Get-From: ???.


    Ghostscript
      is perhaps the most popular previewer. It is a PostScript
      interpreter written by L. Peter Deutsch, and is distributed under
      the terms of the GNU Library General Public License. Unlike
      commercial interpreters, ghostscript isn't tied to a particular
      piece of hardware. Ghostscript will compile on most common
      platforms, and has drivers for many common peripherals, including
      X11R [ 345 ] , MS-DOS-VGA, Deskjet 500, Epson dot matrix
      printers, and HP laserjets.

      Ghostscript deals well with ``normal'' documents, such as output
      from Tomas Rokicki's dvips. If you're into testing the outer
      limits of PostScript, however, your mileage with Ghostscript may
      vary. The output character quality is (obviously) dependent upon
      the fonts which ghostscript uses. Most of ghostscript's fonts are
      outlines generated from the bitmap fonts that were donated by
      Adobe to the X consortium. These are certainly good enough for
      screen previewing, and rough drafts, but show their limitations
      when used on laser printers. Fortunately, Ghostscript can use
      type 1 fonts, so if you happen to have some around, you'll find
      that the output quality is very close to that of a PostScript
      interpreter. Ghostscript comes with a few type 1 fonts that were
      donated to the X consortium from Adobe, IBM, and Bitstream. Note
      that if you're using TeX or LaTeX with the cmr fonts, this last
      statement implies that ghostscript will probably suit your needs,
      since your dvi-to-ps converter will include the cmr fonts in its
      output PostScript file.

      If you're using IBM OS/2 2.0, you can make a Ghostscript icon and
      drag PostScript files onto it and they'll be printed
      automatically.

      Ghostscript 2.2 has been ported to the Atari ST platform by
      Timothy Gallivan. It's available by ftp to
      atari.archive.umich.edu.

      For more information about Ghostscript, read the
      gnu.ghostscript.bug newsgroup, or contact the author, Peter
      Deutsch, at [e-mail].


              What: Interpreter, Previewer, Programmer-Utility,
              User-Utility, Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver, Level-2,
              Converts-PostScript-to-GIF, Converts-PostScript-to-PBM.
              Status: free. Platforms: MS-DOS, UNIX, VMS, Xwindows,
              Macintosh, Acorn Archimedes, Atari-ST. Get-From: Japan:
              ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp, utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:ftpsync/prep
              Australia: archie.oz.au:gnu Europe: src.doc.ic.ac.uk:gnu,
              ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de,
              ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:pub/gnu,
              nic.funet.fi:pub/gnu, ugle.unit.no, isy.liu.se,
              ftp.stacken.kth.se, sunic.sunet.se, ftp.win.tue.nl,
              ftp.diku.dk, ftp.eunet.ch, archive.eu.net United States:
              ftp.cs.wisc.edu:pub/X, prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu,
              wuarchive.wustl.edu, ftp.cs.widener.edu,
              uxc.cso.uiuc.edu, col.hp.com, gatekeeper.dec.com:pub/GNU,
              ftp.uu.net:systems/gnu. Macintosh:
              sumex-aim.stanford.edu:info-mac/util/ghostscript-252b2-runtime-*.hqx
              Archimedes: contact David Elworthy
              ([e-mail]).

      See Ghostview and GSPreview.


    Ghostview
      is an X11 user interface for ghostscript. It was written by Tim
      Theisen, and is distributed under the terms of the GNU General
      Public License. Ghostview runs on UNIX and VMS platforms. To
      compile ghostview, you should have the X11R5 distribution from
      MIT. Many vendors do not provide the Athena widgets.

      Ghostview provides a menu driven interface with ample keyboard
      accelerators. It also provides popup zoom windows and the ability
      to save or print selected pages.

      For more information about ghostview, contact the author, Tim
      Theisen, at [e-mail].


              What: Bounding-Box, Document-Previewer, Level-2,
              Page-Reordering. Status: free. Platforms: X11 on Unix or
              VMS systems. Get-From: Source:
              ftp.cs.wisc.edu:/pub/X/ghostview-1.4.1.tar.Z or
              prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/ghostview-1.4.1.tar.Z or other
              GNU distribution points (see ghostscript's listing)
              Binaries: ftp.cs.wisc.edu:/pub/X/ghostview-exe directory.


    GoScript 3.0
      ???


              What: Interpreter. Status: ???. Platforms: MS-DOS.
              Get-From: ???.


    GSPreview
      A document previewer based on GhostScript, by Richard Hesketh.


              What: Document-Previewer, Level-2. Status: free.
              Platforms: X Windows. Get-From: prep.ai.mit.edu.


    Hijack-PS
      is part of the Hijaak packge for DOS, or for Windows.


              What: Interpreter, Converts-???. Status: commercial.
              Platforms: IBM PC. Get-From: MicroWarehouse sells it for
              $ 129.


    Island Draw
      is a picture editor that can save in and read in PostScript. It
      contains a full PostScript interpreter.


              What: Interpreter. Status: ???. Platforms: ???. Get-From:
              ???.


    JAWS
      ???


              What: Interpreter. Status: Commercial. Platforms: Sun.
              Get-From: ???.

      Where to get it: [e-mail]


    NeXTStep,
      release 3.0 supports full level 2 PostScript.


              What: Interpreter. Status: commercial. Platforms: NeXT.
              Get-From: NeXT.


    Opium
      converts PostScript to several raster image formats. It has
      several language extensions relating to image processing (alpha
      channel, ``forall'' for images etc.) and usability of PostScript
      as a general purpose script language (``system'', secure and
      non-secure modes, etc.) Converts to TIFF 5.0 (including RLE, LZW,
      fax3, fax4, and JPEG compressions), PBM, PGM, PPM, Sixel (VT240,
      LN03), Group 3 fax, ASCII, and HPGL (experimental).


              What: Interpreter, Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII, Converts
              PostScript-to-TIFF, Converts-Images, Level-2,
              Converts-PostScript-to-HPGL. Status: commercial.
              Platforms: UNIX, Sun, DECstation, AIX, NeXT, Alpha and
              VMS. Get-From: Stream Technologies Inc., Valkjarventie 2,
              SF-02130 Espoo, FINLAND, Tel: [phone], Fax: +358
              0 43577348, Email: [e-mail].


    pageview
      can preview PostScript on the Sun screen. The document must
      follow the DSC conventions described in section 9 (EPSF).


              What: Previewer. Status: commercial. Platforms:
              OpenWindows. Get-From: Sun.


    PixelScript
      ???


              What: Interpreter, Previewer. Status: commercial.
              Platforms: Amiga. Get-From: ???.


    PowerPage
      from Pipeline Associates handles the special hints in Adobe Type
      1 fonts (see Section 4, ``Fonts'').


              What: Interpreter. Status: commercial. Platforms: ???.
              Get-From: Pipeline Associates.


    Post
      turns PostScript files into screen images, image files, and
      prints on non-PostScript printers. Scaling & pixel density are
      adjustable by the user. It is excellent, works in color, supports
      types 1 and 3 fonts. By Adrian Aylward, 20 Maidstone Rd Swindon,
      WILTS. UK.

      This is not the same as Post for MS-DOS.


              What: Interpreter, Previewer, Converts-Images. Status:
              free. Platforms: Amiga. Get-From: Compuserve, or from any
              Amiga PD source, in the well-known Fred Fish collection.
              Current version is 1.7, on Fish Disk 669. Or
              grind.isca.uiowa.edu, gatekeeper.dec.com [
              /pub/micro/amiga/fish ] , monu6.cc.monash.edu.au,
              ux1.cso.uiuc.edu [ amiga/fish/f6/ff669 ] .


    PS-Magic
      ???

      Registration is $ 40 and includes the usual 40 font family.
      Otherwise it only includes the Times font family.


              What: Interpreter. Status: shareware ( $ 40). Platforms:
              ???. Get-From: Advantage Computer, Box 524, Fremont CA
              94537, U.S.A. Or, in Toronto, it can be downloaded from
              CRS: Canada Remote Systems (Mississauga).


    PSView
      ???


              What: Interpreter. Status: ???. Platforms: Macintosh.
              Get-From: ???.


    TScript
      ???

      For most users who only want to print to common printers like
      DeskWriters, StyleWriters, or Personal LaserWriter LS's, the
      Basic version of TScript will suffice ( $ 55).

      A more complex version is available that works with more esoteric
      printers, particularly color printers and very-high-end
      imagesetters.


              What: Interpreter. Status: commercial ( $ 55). Platforms:
              Macintosh. Get-From: ???.


    UltraScript PC
      is a PostScript previewer for level 1 PostScript only.

      UltraScript PC can print from within an application. This feature
      requires about 1 Mbyte of memory above the minimum requirement.
      It can process hinted type-1 (Adobe) fonts. The products include
      QMS fonts with metrics that match those of Adobe's fonts.

      The main PostScript interpreter in UltraScript PC runs as a TSR,
      mostly living in extended memory (occupies about 24K below the
      640K line). There is a different TSR called PCAPTURE that
      intercepts LPTn output and routes it to UltraScript, which
      interprets it and prints to the real printer. There's also a
      front-end program which selects printing from an already-existing
      file or lets you run in interactive mode (similar to
      ``executive'' on a PostScript printer).

      UltraScript PC is $ 195. It runs in PC/AT compatibles and needs
      about 1M of extended memory. The basic version includes 25 fonts.
      UltraScript PC Plus is $ 445 includes 47 fonts. The previewer
      requires Microsoft Windows 3.

      UltraScript for the Macintosh requires at least a 2 Mbyte system
      to run. The basic version is $ 195 and includes 15 fonts.
      UltraScript Plus is $ 495, includes 43 fonts, and has an
      AppleTalk print spooler. It appears on the Chooser as a printer.


              What: Previewer, Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver,
              Converts-PostScript-to-PCL, Converts-PostScript-to-PCX,
              Converts-PostScript-to-TIFF. Status: commercial.
              Platforms: MS-DOS, Macintosh. Get-From: PM Ware in
              Escondido, California, 1-800-845-4843 or 1-619-738-6633.
              CompuClassics, phone [phone].


Subject: 5.5 Utilities

    The following are utilities intended to make using PostScript or
    programming in PostScript easier. Many interpreters are also very
    useful utilities. A program that makes something nice-looking but
    does not help you use or program in PostScript would be in one of
    the next section, PostScript Programs. This section has not yet
    been created, but I am accepting information for it!



    a2ps
      v4.2 places two pages on each physical page, borders surrounding
      pages, headers, line numbering, multiple copies, landscape and
      portrait mode, wide format, lines numbering, fold/cut long lines,
      control font size. It can handle 8 bit characters, twin pages in
      portrait mode, and two-side printing.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX, MS-DOS. Get-From: ftp from imag.fr, in
              archive/postscript.


    asc2ps
      is part of Psroff3.0, and is integrated with psxlate. It is of
      particular interest because it understands nroff's backspace bold
      and italic conventions and doesn't introduce lots of extra bells
      and whistles.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: ???. Get-From: See Psroff3.0.


    asciiprint.ps
      ???


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript, Example. Status:
              free. Platforms: PostScript. Get-From: [e-mail]
              (Ben Cranston).


    ato2pps
      prints ASCII printable text boxed, 2-up, in landscape mode.
      Prints boxed header with date & time, file name, and page number.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX, possibly available on Macintosh (C
              program). Get-From: Mark Edwards
              ([e-mail]).


    Bar-a-Coda
      is an application for creating PostScript (EPS and EPSI) and TIFF
      bar codes. Bar-a-Coda allows you to easily create an individual
      bar code, a sheet, or many sheets.


    BarCodeKit
      is an object library (in Objective-C) for creating PostScript
      (EPS and EPSI) and TIFF bar codes.

      The two products offer every major bar code symbology. They can
      also create two-dimensional/multiple row bar codes.

      Bar codes can be scaled and rotated, colorized, dragged and
      dropped into documents and accessed from any application via the
      NeXTSTEP Services menu.


              What: User-Utility. Status: Commercial. Platforms:
              NeXTSTEP. Get-From: Hot Technologies, email to
              [e-mail] or phone [phone].


    bbfig
      will let you calculate the bounding box of a PostScript picture.
      It prints the figure and then calculates the bounding box around
      the figure and print the box and its coordinates. This usually
      works. However, for the times that it fails you have to measure
      it by hand.


              What: Bounding-Box. Status: free. Platforms: ???.
              Get-From: world.std.com:/src/text/tex/dvips/contrib,
              emx.cc.utexas.edu:/pub/mnt/source/tex/dvi3ps,
              isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp:/TeX/styles/kth.se.


    behandler.ps
      is a PostScript error handler. If you prepend it to a broken
      PostScript file it will give a lot of information when the
      program crashes.


              What: Programmer-Utility. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/behandler.ps and
              behandler.doc.


    cz
      is table-driven, handles almost any character set, uses any font
      on printer, control font sizes, paper size, page layout, number
      of columns, line numbers, portrait or landscape mode, page
      reversal, leading (line spacing), tab expansion. Emacs interface.
      By Howard Gayle.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: comp.sources.misc volume 8
              issues 65-75, 77-78 ( 1 Oct 1989) issue 97 (28 Oct 1989)
              (Other prerequisites: see README file at beginning of
              issue 65.).


    crossword.ps
      converts a specially formatted ASCII file to a crossword puzzle.
      By Carl Lydick. Just prepend to an ASCII file and send it to the
      printer.


              What: Written-in-PostScript,
              Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From: send a mail message whose body
              consists of the line ``SEND ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT'' to
              [e-mail] (or, if you're on
              ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV).


    double.ps
      prints two pages of ASCII side by side in landscape mode. By Carl
      Lydick.


              What: Written-in-PostScript,
              Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From: send a mail message whose body
              consists of the line ``SEND ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT'' to
              [e-mail] (or, if you're on
              ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV).


    dvips
      , by Tomas Rokicki of Radical Eye Software, is the most popular
      DVI to PostScript conversion program. It converts TeX and LaTeX
      DVI files into PostScript. It also allow you to use PostScript
      fonts and PostScript graphics inside TeX and LaTeX documents. The
      distribution includes the epsffile and psfig macro packages for
      including PostScript graphics.


              What: Converts-DVI-to-PostScript,
              Converts-PostScript-to-TeX, Converts-PostScript-to-LaTeX.
              Status: free. Platforms: UNIX. Get-From:
              labrea.stanford.edu:/pub/dvips*.tar.Z.


    DWB 3
      ???


              What: ???. Status: ???. Platforms: ???. Get-From: ???.


    enscript
      formats text in 1 or 2 columns, portrait or landscape, manual
      paper feed, headers, line printer simulation, line wrap or
      truncation, control lines on page, fonts.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: commercial --
              a part of Transcript. Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: Adobe
              Systems.


    epsffile
      TeX macros to include PostScript figures in TeX or LaTeX
      documents.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-TeX,
              Converts-PostScript-to-LaTeX. Status: free. Platforms:
              UNIX. Get-From: See the dvips entry.


    epsffit
      fits an EPSF file to a given bounding box.


              What: Bounding-Box. Status: free. Platforms: UNIX.
              Get-From: See the psutils entry.


    epsfinfo.ps
      converts PostScript output to encapsulated PostScript.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-EPS. Status: free.
              Platforms: PostScript. Get-From: The Adobe fileserver:
              ftp.adobe.com.


    epsonps
      Epson LX-800 to PostScript translator, supports international
      character sets, IBM graphics characters, different width fonts,
      bit-mapped graphics.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: MS-DOS. Get-From: comp.sources.misc.


    eps2epsi
      does a conversion if you have GhostScript and Perl.


              What: Converts-EPS-to-EPSI. Status: free. Platforms:
              Perl. Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/eps2epsi.shar.


    ETSR
      in an Epson MX-80 to PostScript translator, includes Epson Mx-80
      graphics modes, supports virtual printers, PrintScreen key


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: commercial.
              Platforms: MS-DOS. Get-From: $ 75 from Niche Marketing,
              7198 Camino Colegio, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA. Phone
              [phone]. Overseas shipping is $ 5 extra. CA
              residents please include 6.25 % sales tax.


    fixbb
      Gets the bounding box of a PostScript file made with Framemaker,
      because Frame gets it wrong sometimes. Uses an idea of Doug
      Crabhill's.


              What: Bounding-Box. Status: free. Platforms: You need
              Poskanzer's pbm toolkit, Ghostscript, and GNU awk (or awk
              and sed). Get-From: email to [e-mail].


    fontutils
      ???

      The GNU font-making utilities. They can convert a PostScript font
      to TeX's TK format.


              What: Convert-PostScript-to-TK. Status: free. Platforms:
              UNIX. Get-From: prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu.


    getafm
      outputs PostScript to retrieve an AFM file from printer.


              What: Device-Utility. Status: free. Platforms: UNIX.
              Get-From: See the psutils entry.


    Groff
      is a Free Software Foundation package that can convert troff to
      PostScript.


              What: Converts-Troff-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX, C++. Get-From: prep.ai.mit.edu.


    gs_2asc.ps
      prints all the characters of a PostScript program as well as the
      (X,Y) positions. You can use the (X,Y) positions to retain the
      format of your document, as well as just the strings.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII. Status: free.
              Platforms: GhostScript. Get-From: included in
              GhostScript.


    hp2pbm
      can convert all of PCL4 (up to and including rasters, downloaded
      fonts and macros). It's somewhat slow because it converts PCL
      into Poskanzer's Portable Bitmap format rasters (PBM) before
      generating PostScript, but it's theoretically pixel-for-pixel
      identical with the original PCL. Plus it's capable of driving
      many other types of graphics devices or printers.


              What: Converts-PCL-to-PBM, Converts-PCL-to-PostScript,
              Interpreter, Non-PostScript-Printer-Driver. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: comp.sources.misc, soon to be
              a part of Psroff3.0.


    hp2ps
      is an HPGL interpreter written in Postscript, with a small C
      wrapper program, to allow programs written for most pen plotters
      to work on Postscript output devices. Written by Alun Jones
      ([e-mail]).


              What: Converts-HPGL-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: PostScript, C. Get-From:
              huey.wst.com:/pub/hp2ps.


    hp2xx
      can convert HPGL into encapsulated PostScript.


              What: Converts-HPGL-to-PostScript, Converts-HPGL-to-EPS
              Status: free. Platforms: ??? Get-From:
              aeneas.mit.edu:pub/gnu/hp2xx-3.1.0.tar.z


    hpscat
      features Hangul (Korean).

      Unfortunately, font is not a part of 'hpscat'. It's a property of
      ELEX Inc., a Korean Mac dealer.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: ???.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: kum.kaist.ac.kr or
              cair.kaist.ac.kr.


    i2ps
      handles ISO 8859/1 and Norwegian ISO 646. Written in Perl. Line
      numbers, wrap or truncate long lines, landscape, 2 or 3 column,
      control body font size.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX (any Perl platform). Get-From: Get-from
              alt.sources article ([e-mail])
              posted 30 October 1990.


    ImageMagick
      is an X11 package for display and interactive manipulation of
      images. Includes tools for image conversion, annotation,
      compositing, animation, and creating montages. ImageMagick can
      read and write many of the more popular image formats including
      Postscript. By John Cristy ([e-mail]), E. I. du Pont de
      Nemours & Co.

      ImageMagick uses GhostScript.


              What: Converts-Images, Converts-PostScript-to-TIFF,
              Document-Previewer, Converts-TIFF-to-PostScript. Status:
              free. Platforms: X11. Get-From:
              export.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/ImageMagick.tar.Z.


    imtools
      Converts just about everything in the image bitmap universe.


              What: Converts-Images. Status: free. Platforms: UNIX.
              Get-From: San Diego Supercomputer Center distributes
              binaries only.


    Impressario
      Converts text, SGI image, and PostScript (and a number of other
      formats) to print on HP Series II and III (PCL4 and above)
      printers. It includes format conversions, and even does
      line-by-line adaptive compression to ensure the fastest
      transmission times.

      It's for use on any SGI box running IRIX 4.0.1 or later.

      What: Converts-PostScript-to-PCL. Status: Commercial, $ 800.
      Platforms: SGI's IRIX. Get-From: Silicon Graphics.


    LameTeX
      can convert simple LaTeX to PostScript or to ASCII.

      It specializes in complete versatility of the printed page. The
      standard model for text formatters is that every page is
      necessarily rectangular. LameTeX will let you format text inside
      a triangular page, or a circle page. Just like professional
      magazine editors, you can include pictures of any shape and ask
      the text to flow around them or inside them.

      These flexible arbitrarily-shaped margins are PostScript paths.
      If you don't know PostScript, it contains a big library of
      interesting LameTeX page margins. With LameTeX you can fit
      several ``pages'' onto one 8.5x11 inch piece of paper, so you can
      easily make index cards, labels, and half-pages of text.

      Also, if you know how to write programs in PostScript, LameTeX
      allows you to very tightly integrate your LameTeX commands with
      your PostScript code. In fact, the PostScript that LameTeX
      outputs is nicely formatted and commented so that you can modify
      it yourself and see how it's done. LameTeX is written with
      PostScript version 1, so it should run on all PostScript
      printers.

      LameTeX is in use for Usenet FAQs for comp.lang.postscript,
      comp.sources.postscript, comp.text.tex, rec.boats, comp.fonts,
      alt.quotations, and comp.os.linux.

      Finally, everything about LameTeX is set up to be compatible with
      LaTeX. LameTeX can't do everything that LaTeX can, but the
      special stealth commands guarantee that your fancy LameTeX
      document can be processed by normal LaTeX. This allows you to
      share it with anyone who doesn't happen to have LameTeX.

      By Jon Monsarrat, [e-mail].


              What: Converts-LaTeX-to-PostScript, Text-Formatter,
              Converts-LaTeX-to-ASCII. Status: free. Platforms: UNIX,
              any C++ platform. Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/lametex.tar.Z.


    landscape.ps
      prints pages of 132 characters by 60 lines in landscape mode in 9
      point Courier. By Carl Lydick. Just prepend to an ASCII file and
      send it to the printer.


              What: Written-in-PostScript,
              Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From: send a mail message whose body
              consists of the line ``SEND ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT'' to
              [e-mail] (or, if you're on
              ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV).


    lineprinter.ps
      is a simple text to PostScript translator.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: ???.
              Platforms: PostScript. Get-From: from the Adobe file
              server (see Section 6, ``About Adobe'').


    lj2ps
      does a conversion of a (small) subset of PCL into PostScript. By
      Chris Lewis.

      There is a different lj2ps in psroff3.0 which does a somewhat
      more complete job (handles downloaded LJ fonts) and should work
      well with most ``WP'' or text processing applications.


              What: Converts-PCL-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: comp.sources.misc.


    lpp
      features headers, different paper sizes, borders, font, font
      size, banner page, truncate or fold long lines, adjust margins,
      Swedish ISO 646, ISO 8859/1, multiple copies, landscape or
      portrait, multiple columns, localized date, double-sided
      printing, nroff font selection, and more.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX, VMS, TOPS-20. Get-From: send request to
              [e-mail] (Fredric Ihren). UNIX-version is
              shareware ( 8 single-user, 12 multi-user). TOPS-20 and
              VMS versions free.
      .


    lprps
      is a collection of programs for interfacing the BSD lpr spooler
      to a PostScript printer over a bidirectional serial link.



            What:
              Device-Utility

            Status:
              free

            Platforms:
              UNIX (SunOS, Ultrix, and other BSD-based versions)

            Get-From:
              comp.sources.misc volumes 31 and 32, or
              ftp.jclark.com:/pub/lprps/lprps-2.4.tar.Z

      lwf features indent, portrait/landscape, margin adjust, page
      range, point size, tab stops, headers, page reversal, multicolumn
      printing (via pr).


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX.

            Get-From:
              comp.sources.unix volume 15 issue 8, 25 May 1988, archive
              name lwf (obsolete version with minor bugs). An updated
              version can be ftp'ed from cs.ubc.ca (137.82.8.5) as
              pub/lwf-2.2.shar.Z.


    macps
      is a Unix program that takes an uploaded PostScript file created
      on a Macintosh (by typing Command-F at the LaserWriter dialog
      box; see macps.1 for more details) and includes an appropriately
      modified LaserPrep file so that the result can be sent to a
      PostScript printer from Unix. The LaserPrep file contains macros
      used by the PostScript generator on the Macintosh.

      Macps is difficult to install, and may not really be necessary.


              What: Device-Utility. Status: free. Platforms: UNIX.
              Get-From:
              src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/computing/systems/mac/macps/macps-23.shar
              and sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/unix/macps-23.shar.


    mutips
      is a package that can print four pages to a sheet, etc.


              What: Page-Reordering. Status: free. Platforms: ???.
              Get-From: ftp.su.oz.au: pub/ps_printing/multi/*


    mp
      lets you print mail messages and news articles, including
      digests, as well as ASCII text files. 2-up landscape mode. Prints
      Filofax, Franklin Planner, Time Manager, and Time/System
      International formats.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: iesd.auc.dk (130.225.48.4) in
              the PostScript directory, or ftp.adelaide.edu.au
              (129.127.40.3) in the pub/sun/richb directory.


    mpage
      prints ASCII or PostScript 1-, 2-, 4-, or 8-up, optionally boxed
      or landscape. Automatically figures out whether input is ASCII
      text or PostScript. Can arrange pages down or across and print a
      count of pages printed.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From:
              ftp.eng.umd.edu:pub/misc/mpage-2.tar.Z.


    nenscript
      is an enscript clone.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: MS-DOS, UNIX, OS/2. Get-From:
              comp.lang.postscript article
              ([e-mail]), posted 7 October
              1992. You can find nenscript for OS/2 1.x--2.0 and MSDOS
              on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in pub/os2/all/nensc113.zip. A
              portable unzip program is available in comp.sources.misc.


    numbered.ps
      prints pages of 80 characters by 58 lines in portrait mode, with
      pages numbered in the lower-right corner in 11 point Courier. By
      Carl Lydick. Just prepend to an ASCII file and send it to the
      printer.


              What: Written-in-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From: send a mail message whose body
              consists of the line ``SEND ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT'' to
              [e-mail] (or, if you're on
              ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV).


    quarto.c
      shuffles and scales PostScript pages. It does signature printing,
      reversal, page selection, page listing, etc. By Michael Hawley.


              What: Page-Reordering. Status: free. Platforms: C.
              Get-From: wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/quarto.c.


    PBM utilities
      in the X11R4 and X11R5 distributions can convert between many
      image formats. They handle:


        Sun icon file                               reading writing
        Sun raster file                             reading writing
        X10 and X11 bitmap file                     reading writing
        MacPaint                                    reading writing
        CMU window manager format                   reading writing
        MGR format                                  reading writing
        Group 3 FAX                                 reading writing
        X11 window dump file                        reading writing
        X10 window dump file                        reading
        Xerox doodle brushes                        reading
        GEM .img format                             reading
        PC paintbrush (.pcx) format                 reading
        PICT                                        reading
        ASCII graphics                                      writing
        HP LaserJet format                                  writing
        GraphOn graphics                                    writing
        BBN BitGraph graphics                               writing
        Printronix format                                   writing

      See PPM and PGM for more X Windows conversion help.


              What: Converts-Images. Status: ???. Platforms: X11.
              Get-From: ???.


    PBMPLUS
      can convert between a lot of image formats. By Jef Poskanzer.


              What: Converts-Images. Status: ???. Platforms: ???.
              Get-From: export.lcs.mit.edu as /contrib/pbmplus*.tar.Z.


    pc2ps
      handles IBM code page 437 line graphic symbols.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: ???.
              Platforms: MS-DOS. Get-From: [e-mail]
              (Roland Giersig).


    PdB
      version 2.1 is an ANSI-C to PostScript optimizing compiler that
      allows you to write PostScript programs in C.

      There is no more need to write PostScript! Start using PdB right
      now! PdB is an optimizing compiler to compile ANSI-C (like) code
      into Adobe compatible PostScript. The release of version 2.1
      includes:

      Binaries for Sun SPARC station and IBM RS6000; Include files for
      Abobe PostScript level; Include files for NeWS upto version 3.1.;
      Include files for TNT upto version 3.1.; Support for CPS
      OpenWindows upto version 3.1.; Support NeWS classing in a C++
      manner; Plenty of examples of all the above functions.;
      NeWS/OpenWindows test suite.; PostScript reference manual.; UNIX
      manual pages.


              What: Converts-C-to-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              ANSI-C. Get-From: turing.com:pub/pdb2.1-demo.tar.Z.


    PGM utilities
      in the X11R4 and X11R5 distributions can convert between many
      image formats. They handle:


        TIFF                                        reading
        Usenix FaceSaver file                       reading
        HIPS                                        reading
        FITS                                        reading writing
        PostScript ``image'' data                     reading
        raw grayscale bytes                         reading
        Encapsulated PostScript                             writing

      See PBM and PPM for more X Windows conversion help.


              What: Converts-Images. Status: ???. Platforms: X11.
              Get-From: ???.


    portrait.ps
      prints pages of 80 characters by 60 lines in portrait mode in 11
      point Courier. Just prepend to an ASCII file and send it to the
      printer.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript,
              Written-in-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From: send a mail message whose body
              consists of the line ``SEND ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT'' to
              [e-mail] (or, if you're on
              ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV).


    Post
      handles control margins, fonts, orientation, scaling This is not
      the same as Post for the Amiga.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: shareware ( $
              5). Platforms: MS-DOS. Get-From: F. C. Betts, Veda
              Incorporated, Suite 200, 5200 Springfield Pike, Dayton,
              OH 45431, U.S.A.


    POSTPRN
      is a device driver that prints portrait and landscape, and 1-up,
      2-up, and 4-up pages. Automatically converts ASCII to PostScript
      simply by opening the device and writing to it.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: MS-DOS. Get-From:
              grape.ecs.clarkson.edu:/d/dosutil/postprn.zip
              [phone] (1N8, 12/2400), file area 7, postprn.zip.


    PostScript Processing Speed Test version 3.1
      measures the speed of your PostScript device. By Jean-Serge
      Gagnon.


              What: Device-Utility. Status: free. Platforms: ???.
              Get-From: GAAJ.UOTTAWA.CA (132.122.6.203).


    The PostScript Zone
      lets you pretend your PostScript programming space is three
      dimensional. This package is a set of headers that you can add to
      your files to make them know how to draw in three dimensions. By
      Jonathan Monsarrat ([e-mail]).

      The page, of course, is a perspective two-dimensional projection
      of this three-dimensional drawing space. You can adjust this
      projection, rotate your three-dimensional coordinate system,
      translate, and so on.

      You can convert any 2D PostScript image into 3-space, warping it
      over any arbitrary transformation or over a surface.

      The Zone is written entirely in PostScript level 1 and runs on
      any PostScript device.

      The Zone comes with a C program that lets you interactively build
      a 3D image and rotate it with simple keystrokes.

      The PostScript Zone also has examples of arbitrary non-affine
      transformations and conformal mapping.


              What: 3D, Warps, Conformal-Mapping,
              Written-in-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From: wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/zone.tar.Z.


    postscript.el
      is an emacs mode for PostScript programming. There's a much
      better version of Chris Maio's -- it's definitely worth replacing
      your September 1988 version with the 11/22/90 patch by John
      Relph.


              What: Programmer-Utility, elisp. Status: free. Platforms:
              Emacs. Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/postscript.el.


    pps
      is designed to be extended into further tools. It consists of a
      front-end that converts the file into generic PostScript. You
      tack a header onto it that defines the behavior of tabs, font
      changes, newlines, formfeeds, and so on.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: alt.sources and
              comp.lang.postscript article
              ([e-mail]), posted 13 May 1992.


    psformat.shar
      is a PostScript code beautifier.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: ???. Get-From: The Adobe file server,
              ftp.adobe.com.


    pstoepsi
      converts arbitrary PostScript to Encapsulated PostScript with an
      optional preview Image using either a UNIX based or PC based
      (TIFF) preview format. This means it can generate EPS, EPSI, and
      EPSF. By Doug Crabill ([e-mail]).


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-EPS,
              Converts-PostScript-to-EPSI. Status: free. Platforms:
              UNIX, need PBMPLUS and either GhostScript or OpenWindows
              (version 2 or 3). Get-From:
              ftp.cs.purdue.edu:pub/pstoepsi-1.2.shar.Z


    PPM
      utilities in the X11R4 and X11R5 distributions can convert
      between many image formats. They handle:


        color Sun raster file                       reading writing
        GIF                                         reading writing
        Amiga IFF ILBM                              reading writing
        color X11 window dump file                  reading writing
        color X10 window dump file                  reading
        MTV ray-tracer output                       reading
        QRT ray-tracer output                       reading
        TrueVision Targa file                       reading
        Img-whatnot file                            reading
        color Encapsulated PostScript                       writing

      See PBM and PGM for more X Windows conversion help.


              What: Converts-Images. Status: ???. Platforms: X11.
              Get-From: ???.


    printer
      uses Monofont (Courier); monosize (12 pitch). With other devps
      programs, it supports portrait and landscape printing, manual
      feed, reverse page order printing, message and other overlays,
      control-L (form feed) page eject.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: commercial.
              Platforms: UNIX, MS-DOS. Get-From: Part of Pipeline
              Associates' devps package.


    ps2a.sh
      Converts PostScript to ASCII on a Sun by sending the PS into psh
      or Ghostscript. The ASCII is spat back out on stdout. It does a
      reasonable job since it uses positional information to determine
      word breaks. The greatest weakness is that it does not understand
      fonts.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From:
              macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au:/pub/comp/src/ps2a.sh or
              iamsun.unibe.ch:PostScript/ps2a.sh.


    ps2ascii
      The output from this gives a rough ascii version of the
      postscript document. Requires a PostScript interpreter (such as
      Ghostscript) and perl. Written by Steven Dick ([e-mail]).


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From:
              apocalypse.engr.ucf.edu:/usr/ssd/ps2ascii.shar.


    ps2ascii.pl
      prints all the words of a PostScript program.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX (any Perl platform). Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/ps2ascii.pl.


    ps2ascii.ps
      prints all the words of a PostScript program as well as the (X,Y)
      positions. You can use the (X,Y) positions to retain the format
      of your document, as well as just the strings.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII,
              Written-in-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/ps2ascii.ps.


    ps2eps-11
      is a UNIX program that lets you convert an EPS file into EPSF. It
      uses GhostScript and PBMPLUS. It creates a macbinary file which
      can be transferred to the Mac using macbinary option. It can use
      almost any PS including that from some other Mac application
      after cleaning with macps.


              What: Converts-EPS-to-EPSF. Status: free. Platforms:
              UNIX. Get-From:
              sumex-aim.stanford.edu:info-mac/unix/ps2eps-11.shar.


    ps2pk
      is astandalone C program which rasterizes a PostScript font into
      TeX's PK format.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-TeX. Status: free.
              Platforms: ???. Get-From: ftp.urc.tue.nl,
              ipc1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de:/pub/tex/utilities/ps2pk,
              rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de:/.serv2/soft/tex/utilities/ps2pk,
              miki.cs.titech.ac.jp:/pub/text/TeX/misc/ps2pk,
              src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/packages/tex/fonts/utilities/ps2pk.


    ps2txt
      is by Iqbal Qazi.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII. Status: ???.
              Platforms: ???. Get-From:
              reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de in
              /informatik.public/news/alt.sources/ps2txt,
              keos.helsinki.fi in /pub/archives/alt.sources/ps2txt.


    ps2a.sh
      is a UNIX shellscript that redefines the show and related
      operators in the manner you suggest, and decides when kerning is
      taking place. By Leonard Hamey.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: ftp.mpce.mq.edu.au.


    psbook
      can rearrange pages in a PostScript file into ``signatures''.
      This is useful for printing books or booklets.

      From the psutils collection by Angus Duggan.


              What: Page-Reordering. Status: free. Platforms: UNIX.
              Get-From: See the psutils entry.


    psbox
      allows ps files to be included in TeX documents, and allows ps
      figures to to resized as required.


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-TeX Status: free. Platforms:
              TeX Get-From: cs.nyu.eduu:pub/tex/psbox


    psf
      can do 2-up, 4-up, landscape, portrait, control fonts and sizes,
      double-sided printing, scaling, banner page.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX, Xenix, MS-DOS. Get-From:
              comp.sources.misc volume 12 issues 104-109, archive name
              psf2. Or ftp to fsa.cpsc.ucalgary.ca:pub/psf/psf3.5.tar.Z


    PsFrag,
      by Craig Barratt, is a set of LaTeX macros for overlaying
      postscript figures with fragments of LaTeX. More precisely, the
      PsFrag macros allow specific pieces of postscript text in a
      postscript figure (included via\epsfbox or\special) to be
      replaced with arbitrary fragments of LaTeX. When your document is
      latex'ed and dvips'ed, each piece of postscript text is replaced
      by the LaTeX text.

      The postscript file might be produced, for example, by xfig,
      idraw, matlab, xmath, etc. Each string displayed by postscript's
      show operator is a candidate for replacement by LaTeX text, math
      symbols, equations, pictures etc. For example, you can include a
      matlab plot in a LaTeX document with the title, axis labels, and
      legend generated by LaTeX.

      The LaTeX fragments can be optionally rotated, scaled, and
      repositioned relative to the text being replaced. The LaTeX
      fragments automatically track the postscript text position as the
      postscript file is modified, or as the scaling and offsets of the
      \special or\epsfbox are changed.

      You need GhostScript and dvips from Radical Eye Software to use
      the program.


              What: Converts-TeX-to-PostScript,
              Converts-LaTeX-to-PostScript, Text-Formatter,
              Converts-PostScript-to-TeX, Converts-PostScript-to-LaTeX.
              Status: free. Platforms: UNIX. Get-From:
              isl.stanford.edu:pub/boyd/psfrag/psfrag.tar.Z.


    psfig
      allows you to include PostScript easily in your LaTeX or TeX or
      ditroff documents. By Trevor Darrell.


              What: Text-Formatter, Converts-PostScript-to-TeX,
              Converts-PostScript-to-LaTeX,
              Converts-PostScript-to-Troff. Status: free. Platforms:
              UNIX. Get-From: ftp.uu.net
              /usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume11/psfig or
              csc-sun.math.utah.edu:/pub/tex/pub/psfig


    psnup
      puts many PostScript pages on one page.


              What: Page-Reordering. Status: free. Platforms: ???.
              Get-From: Part of psutils. .


    PSR
      is a DOS version of the UNIX program.


              What: ???. Status: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript.
              Platforms: MS-DOS. Get-From: Bill Silvert
              ([e-mail]).


    psroff3.0
      contains programs that can convert TeX PK format or HP SFP format
      fonts into PostScript bitmap fonts. While bitmap fonts scale
      poorly, this is sometimes of use in special circumstances. By
      Chris Lewis.


              What: Converts-PK-to-PostScript,
              Converts-SFP-to-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              UNIX, for psxlate and asc2ps also VMS. Get-From:
              ftp.uunet.ca in distrib/chris_lewis/psroff3.0.


    psselect
      lets you select pages and ranges of pages to be printed from
      among all the pages of a big document.


              What: Page-Reordering. Status: free. Platforms: UNIX.
              Get-From: See the psutils entry.


    pstext
      handles tabs and backspaces, prints two-up, landscape or
      portrait.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: email to [e-mail] .


    pstops
      rearranges the pages in a PostScript file.


              What: Page-Reordering. Status: ???. Platforms: UNIX.
              Get-From: See the psutils entry.


    PSTricks
      v0.93 is an extensive collection of PostScript macros that is
      compatible with most TeX macro packages, including Plain TeX ,
      LaTeX AmSTeX and AmS-LaTeX. Included are macros for color,
      graphics, rotation, trees and overlays. It has several special
      features:



       * There is a wide variety of graphics (picture drawing) macros,
         with a flexible interface and with color support. All lines
         and outlines can be solid, dotted or dashed. Lines and curves
         can have arrowheads, t-bars, brackets or circles on the ends.
         Regions can be filled with solid colors, lines or crosshatch.
         By Timothy Van Zandt


       * There is support for polar and cartesian coordinate systems.


       * There are macros for plots and axes.


       * Nested rotations can be made with respect to the physical
         page.


       * There are flexible node macros, useful for trees, mathematical
         diagrams, and linking information of any kind.


       * There is a powerful loop macro that is useful for making
         pictures.


       * There are macros for coloring or shading the cells of tables.


              What: Text-Formatter, Converts-PostScript-to-TeX,
              Converts-PostScript-to-LaTeX. Status: free. Platforms:
              UNIX. Get-From: princeton.edu:pub/tvz/pstricks.tar.Z.


    PSxlate is part of psroff3.0, and is available from


              What: Page-Reordering, Device-Utility. Status: free.
              Platforms: UNIX. Get-From: comp.sources.unix archives, or
              ftp.uunet.ca in /distrib/chris_
              lewis/psroff3.0/part??.Z.


    psutils is a set of useful PostScript utilities: epsffit,
      getafm, psbook, psnup, psselect, pstops, and showchar. By Angus
      Duggan


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript, Page-Reordering.
              Status: free. Platforms: UNIX. Get-From:
              ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk:pub/ajcd/psutils.tar.Z.


    SerialOff.PS works with SerialEHandler.ps to communicate
      bidirectionally to the printer. Works on PostScript 2 printers
      only.


              What: Device-Utility. Status: free. Platforms: .
              Get-From: wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript.


    showchar outputs PostScript to draw a character with metric
      information.


              What: Font-Utility. Status: free. Platforms: UNIX.
              Get-From: See the psutils entry.


    spike.ps prints out an ASCII file in PostScript. Just prepend
      to an ASCII file and send it to the printer. You can play with
      the margins, font, etc. easily. By John Hughes.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: PostScript.
              Platforms: Written-in-PostScript. Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/spike.ps.


    StripFonts strips out font definitions from a PostScript file
      intended to be printed on a printer which already knows the
      fonts.


              What: Font-Utility. Status: free. Platforms: Macintosh.
              Get-From: ???.


    swtext started off as a clone of Adobe's ``enscript'', but is
      now greatly enhanced, and has large numbers of columns,
      ``document'' mode with paragraph fills and *bold* and_italic _
      printing (controlled by *...* and_... _ respectively), more
      control over page layout....


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: commercial.
              Platforms: ???. Get-From: Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall,
              Barrington, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom.
              [e-mail].


    t1utils can convert PFB to PFA. By Lee Hetherington.


              What: Converts-PFB-to-PFA, Converts-PFA-to-PFB. Status:
              free. Platforms: ???. Get-From: ftp.cs.umb.edu
              (192.12.26.23): /pub/misc/t1utils-1.1.tar.Z.


    text2ps allows arbitrary rotation, control body font, body
      font size, horizontal spacing, leading, left margin on even and
      odd pages, top margin, fold long lines


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: ???.
              Platforms: DOS, UNIX?. Get-From: comp.binaries.ibm.pc,
              volume 1, archive name text2ps.


    TOPS is a very simple text to ps filter. Quite fast.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: MS-DOS. Get-From: Ian Farquhar
              ([e-mail]).


    Trimmer strips out font definitions from a PostScript file
      intended to be printed on a printer which already knows the
      fonts.


              What: Font-Utility. Status: Shareware. Platforms:
              Macintosh. Get-From: ???.


    unps


              What: Converts-PostScript-to-ASCII. Status: free.
              Platforms: POSIX, UNIX with nawk. Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/unps.


    up is a Perl hack to convert ps files to n-up (conforming
      output from conforming input, so you can pass it through
      again...), where n is whatever you want it to be, based on a
      configuration file. It also includes page-reordering for
      book-making.


              What: Page-Reordering. Status: free. Platforms: Perl.
              Get-From: comp.sources.misc late in '89 (volume 8).


    wide.ps prints pages of 132 characters by 103 lines in
      portrait mode in 6 point Courier. Just prepend to an ASCII file
      and send it to the printer. By Carl Lydick.


              What: Converts-ASCII-to-PostScript,
              Written-in-PostScript. Status: free. Platforms:
              PostScript. Get-From: send a mail message whose body
              consists of the line ``SEND ASCII_TO_POSTSCRIPT'' to
              [e-mail] (or, if you're on
              ESnet/NSInet, to SOL1::FILESERV).


    wmap2ps converts map files (MP1 format) from John B.
      Allison's 'The World Digitized' package to EPSF 2.0 conforming
      PostScript files. The latitude is usually projected using the
      mercator projection and the resulting figure may be scaled and
      positioned to the needs of the user.


              What: Converts-MP1-to-PostScript. Status: free.
              Platforms: PostScript. Get-From:
              wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/wmap2ps.shar.


    xpr is converts the bitmap from any X window to PostScript.

      To convert an image to PostScript in X windows, you can display
      the image on the screen and then use ``xpr -device ps'' in the
      resulting X11 window. For example, to convert GIF to PostScript,
      use xv or xshowgif (ftp from bongo.cc.utexas.edu (128.83.186.13))
      and then xpr.


              What: Converts-Images. Status: ???. Platforms: X11.
              Get-From: ???.





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                          -- PostScript Sources --

                  Introduction to comp.sources.postscript

                  (the comp.sources.postscript FAQ v1.11)

                             Jonathan Monsarrat

                      [e-mail]






                     This FAQ is formatted as a digest.

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    To contribute sources, read the section ``Submitting Sources''.

    Newsgroup-related mail that is not a submission should be sent to
    me at [e-mail].

    Related FAQs: comp.lang.postscript, comp.sources.misc, comp.text,
    comp.text.tex, comp.fonts, comp.graphics.

    The comp.sources.postscript archives are available by ftp to
    ftp.ips.cs.tu-bs.de in /usenet/comp.sources.postscript, and
    ftp.sterling.com in /usenet/comp.sources.postscript/. There is an
    index in the last section of this FAQ.

    This FAQ and the indexes are available by anonymous ftp to
    wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/comp.sources.postscript. You can get the
    comp.lang.postscript FAQ by anonymous ftp to
    wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/comp.lang.postscript. Both come in ASCII,
    LaTeX, DVI, and PostScript formats.

Subject: 6 comp.sources.postscript Index to Volume 1

    This is an index of all programs that have been posted to
    comp.sources.postscript in volume 1.

    The comp.sources.postscript archives are available by ftp to
    ftp.sterling.com in /usenet/comp.sources.postscript/. There is an
    index in the last section of this FAQ.


  v01i001: radsheet - a collage of radiation symbols, Part01/01
  v01i002: roachsheet - a collage of roaches, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i003: roaches - a bunch of roaches, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i004: moesheet - a collage of Moes, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i005: bobsheet - Illuminati, J.R. Bob Dobbs, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i006: yinyang.eps - Yin-Yang symbol, Clip Art, EPS, Part01/01
  v01i007:  acmlogo - The ACM Logo in EPSI, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i008: GradFill - example of a fast smooth gradient fill, Part01/01
  v01i009: pcal - PostScript calendar generator
  v01i010: Messenger - a relaxed Courier-like font, Font, Part01/02
  v01i011: Messenger - a relaxed Courier-like font, Font, Part02/02
  v01i012: No-No - the forbidden sign in EPSI, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i013: X_Logo - the X Windows Logo in EPSI, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i014: motif-logo - the OSF/MOTIF Logo in EPSI, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i015: X_Logo2 - X Windows Logo in scarlet EPSI, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i016: bid - A bridge bidding sheet, Part01/01
  v01i017: music - a blank music sheet, Part01/01
  v01i018: book-page  - a "typical book page", joke image, Part01/01
  v01i019: Yin-Yang - A yin-yang symbol in EPS, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i020: audio-tape - makes cassette, DAT, 8mm tape labels, Part01/02
  v01i021: audio-tape - makes cassette, DAT, 8mm tape labels, Part02/02
  v01i022: video-tape - labels for VHS tapes, version 2.2, Part01/01
  v01i023: copyright - The US Copyright Office's FORM TX, Part01/01
  v01i024: trefoil - trefoil lines with hiding logic, Part01/01
  v01i025: calendar - A simple calendar, PostScript level-2, Part01/01
  v01i026: parseAFM - Ada binding to Adobe's AFM Parser, Part01/02
  v01i027: parseAFM - Ada binding to Adobe's AFM Parser, Part02/02
  v01i028: halftone - PostScript Halftone Example, Part01/01
  v01i029: distps - Mandlebrot Set, Program, Part01/01
  v01i030: hexroot - Draws hexagons on OpenWindows root, Part01/01
  v01i031: sorting - Sorting routines in PostScript, Utility, Part01/01
  v01i032: calendar REPOST - A simple calendar in level 2 or 1, Part01/01
  v01i033: quickref - Two PostScript Language Quick Ref Sheets, Part01/01
  v01i034: sorting2 - Merge sort example in PostScript, Part01/01
  v01i035: basketball - NCAA Basketball Tournament Pairings, Part01/01
  v01i036: osflogo - The OSF Logo in color EPSI, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i037: isolatin1 - Line Printer simulator, ascii->ps, Part01/01
  v01i038: obfs93 - The Obfuscated PostScript Contest Results, Part01/03
  v01i039: obfs93 - The Obfuscated PostScript Contest Results, Part02/03
  v01i040: obfs93 - The Obfuscated PostScript Contest Results, Part03/03
  v01i041: hexs - A game board with hexagons, Part01/01
  v01i042: notsign - The forbidden sign in PostScript, Part01/01
  v01i043: purse - A pattern for a coin purse, Part01/01
  v01i044: biohazard - The biohazard symbol, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i045 REPOST: fractals - Fractal PostScript programs, Part01/02
  v01i046 REPOST: fractals - Fractal PostScript programs, Part02/02
  v01i047: examples - PostScript programming examples, Part01/01
  v01i048: ransom - magazine clip ransom note programs & font, Part01/01
  v01i049: organizer - Date & address books, diary & calendar, Part01/01
  v01i050: showc - centers, concatenates a string, Example, Part01/01
  v01i051: lpsim - A simple raw ASCII -> PostScript converter, Part01/01
  v01i052: sched - A daily schedule program, Part01/01
  v01i053: pckeybd - Template for FN keys on IBM AT keyboard, Part01/01
  v01i054: kidnapper - Another "ransom"-like font, Font, Part01/01
  v01i055: airplane - A couple of paper airplanes, Toys, Part01/01
  v01i056: postal - Envelope address, with postal bar code, Part01/01
  v01i057: printfont - Lots of font printing utilities, Part01/02
  v01i058: printfont - Lots of font printing utilities, Part02/02
  v01i059: musiclabels - CD, cassette, videotape label makers, Part01/07
  v01i060: musiclabels - CD, cassette, videotape label makers, Part02/07
  v01i061: musiclabels - CD, cassette, videotape label makers, Part03/07
  v01i062: musiclabels - CD, cassette, videotape label makers, Part04/07
  v01i063: musiclabels - CD, cassette, videotape label makers, Part05/07
  v01i064: musiclabels - CD, cassette, videotape label makers, Part06/07
  v01i065: musiclabels - CD, cassette, videotape label makers, Part07/07
  v01i066: textpro - Text manipulation functions, Utility, Part01/01
  v01i067: draft - Prints "draft" behind each page, Program, Part01/01
  v01i068: buscard - A Basic Program to print Business Cards, Part01/01
  v01i069: shapes - A font made from shapes, Font, Example, Part01/01
  v01i070: spooling - Spooling system utilities, Part01/01
  v01i071: pst - Combines PostScript programs, Utility, Part01/01
  v01i072: pstotgif - Converts PostScript to TGIF, Utility, Part01/01
  v01i073: ppst - The PostScript Processing Speed Test, Part01/02
  v01i074: ppst - The PostScript Processing Speed Test, Part02/02
  v01i075: mmpapier - Millimeter graph paper, Part01/01
  v01i076: maillabel - Mailing label PostScript for xeroxing, Part01/01
  v01i077: logpaper - customizable Log paper, plots points, Part01/01
  v01i078: lottery - Some lottery tickets, Part01/01
  v01i079: - PSTutils, Utilities, Part01/02
  v01i080: - PSTutils, Utilities, Part02/02
  v01i081: hp2ps v1.8 - Converts HPGL to PostScript, Program, Part01/02
  v01i082: hp2ps v1.8 - Converts HPGL to PostScript, Program, Part02/02
  v01i083: buscard2 - UNIX shell to print Business cards, Part01/01
  v01i084: poster - Scales up your posters onto many pages, Part01/01
  v01i085: ecflag - The European Community Flag, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i086: shapeshifter - Converts between page sizes, Part01/01
  v01i087: wp2ps - Fixes up Word Perfect PostScript, Utility, Part01/01
  v01i088: cdlogo - The compact disc logo, Logo, Part01/01
  v01i089: noselling - A No Soliciting Sign, Part01/01
  v01i090: ppst - v3.1, PostScript speed tester, Utility, Part01/01
  v01i091: taxform - A joke tax form in PostScript, Program, Part01/01
  v01i092: marslogo - Military Affiliate Radio System Logo, Part01/01
  v01i093: eps2epsi - Converts EPS to EPSI, Utility, Part01/01
  v01i094: logpaper - Log paper in PostScript, Part01/01
  v01i095: dither - Choose the optimum dither frequency, Part01/01
  v01i096: deskcal - A desk calendar on a dodecahedron, Part01/01
  v01i097: wallpaper - some color randomized wallpaper, Part01/01
  v01i098: lcal - A lunar calendar program, Part01/02
  v01i099: lcal - A lunar calendar program, Part02/02
  v01i100: compass - The compass rose measuring tool, Part01/01
  v01i101: lego - A Lego library and examples, version 0.1, Part01/01
  v01i102: logos - Many various logos, Clip Art, Part01/01
  v01i103: barcode - A bar code maker, Utility, Part01/01