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- From: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Michael Doob)
- Subject: Re: Recommend a dvi previewer for Open Windows 3
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- References: <1992Nov18.190610.8163@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Nov19.103024.20434@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:00:42 GMT
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- In <1992Nov19.103024.20434@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
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- >Michael Covington (mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu) wrote:
- >: What is the best dvi previewer to use under Open Windows 3?
- >: We are still using texsun, which is a carryover from Sunview.
- >: Recommendations welcome.
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- ><insert your favourite dvi->ps processor here> file.dvi | pageview
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- Actually you need to use
- pageview -
- in order to make pageview read from stdin. However, if you are using pk or gf
- fonts (ie no PostScript), xdvi in infinitely better and faster than pageview.
- If you are using PostScript fonts, the GhostView/Ghostscript combination is
- faster than pageview.
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- Michael
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