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README for ghostscript and ghostview
a PostScript previewer, and an X11 UI for the ghostscript interpreter
This directory contains sgi inst-able images for ghostscript (version
2.5.2), and ghostview (looks like version 1.4.1), and includes the
complete source for each, preconfigured to compile under Irix, as well
as pre-built binaries and man pages. Along with all the files included
in the inst image (see README.inst) the following files also exist in
this directory:
README.inst: giving the low-down on the sgi inst-able image
README.sgi : this file
COPYING.gs : copying rools--preamble, terms & conditions--for ghostscript
README.gs : README for ghostscript source
ghostscript.manPage: ghostscript man page
The inclusion of this inst-able image of ghost[script/view] would not
have been possible without the generous help of Robert Keller.
follows are the beginnings of the gs and ghostview man pages:
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GS(1) UNIX System V (10 May 1993) GS(1)
NAME
gs - Ghostscript version 2.6 interpreter/previewer
SYNOPSIS
gs [ options ] [ files ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Ghostscript is a programming language similar to Adobe
Systems' PostScript (tm) language, which is in turn similar
to Forth. Gs reads files in sequence and executes them as
Ghostscript programs. After doing this, it reads further
input from the standard input stream (normally the
keyboard). Each line is interpreted separately. To exit
from the interpreter, enter the `quit' command. The
interpreter also exits gracefully if it encounters end-of-
file. Typing the interrupt character (e.g. Control-C) is
also safe.
The interpreter recognizes several switches described below,
which may appear anywhere in the command line and apply to
all files thereafter.
You can get a help message by invoking Ghostscript with the
-h or -? option. This message also lists the available
devices.
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GHOSTVIEW(1) UNIX System V GHOSTVIEW(1)
NAME
ghostview - View PostScript documents using ghostscript
SYNOPSIS
ghostview [filename]
or
ghostview [-staticgray] [-grayscale] [-staticcolor]
[-pseudocolor] [-truecolor] [-directcolor] [-[no]install]
[-[no]private] [-[no]center] [-[no]title] [-[no]date]
[-[no]locator] [-[no]labels] [-resolution dpi] [-dpi dpi]
[-xdpi dpi] [-ydpi dpi] [-[no]quiet] [-preload file]
[-magstep n] [-portrait] [-landscape] [-upsidedown]
[-seascape] [-letter] [-tabloid] [-ledger] [-legal]
[-statement] [-executive] [-a3] [-a4] [-a5] [-b4] [-b5]
[-folio] [-quarto] [-10x14] [-force] [-forceorientation]
[-forcemedia] [-[no]swap] [-[no]openwindows] [-[no]ncdwm]
[-page label] [-toolkitoption ...] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The ghostview program provides an X11 user interface for the
ghostscript interpreter. Ghostview and ghostscript function
as two cooperating programs. Ghostview creates the viewing
window and ghostscript draws in it.
Don't be alarmed by the number of options. Generally, one
invokes ghostview with just one parameter, the name of the
file to be previewed. If the filename is ``-'', ghostview
will read from ``stdin''. The options provide a way to set
X resources from the command line for a single invocation of
ghostview. For that reason, discussion of the options is
delayed until after the X resources are discussed.