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- From: rck@fangio.asd.sgi.com (Robert Keller)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc
- Subject: Re: a2ps & xpsview (Really: ghostview/ghostscript on sgi.com)
- Message-ID: <1ifekrINNsfk@fangio.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 20:15:23 GMT
- References: <34818@adm.brl.mil> <SCHULTZ.93Jan1114351@halley.est.3m.com> <1i8o0lINNm7o@merlin.resmel.bhp.com.au>
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- robin@resmel.bhp.com.au (Robin Brown) writes:
- >schultz@halley.est.3m.com (John C. Schultz) writes:
- >
- >>You might also take a look at ghostview - a GNU postscript previewer.
- >
- >There is a version on sgi.com that can be installed using SG's inst program.
- >All you have to do is run inst, no configuration, building or anything.
-
- Following below, is my "Free PostScript previewer!" blurb.
-
- > It's
- >a fairly recent version and I havn't had any problems yet.
-
- Yes, It is completely up to date, as far as I'm aware,
- Ghostview 1.4.1
- Ghostscript 2.5.2
-
- ...robert
-
- Preview PostScript without DPS!
-
- I've placed inst'able images of the Ghostview/Ghostscript PostScript
- previewer on sgi.sgi.com (192.48.153.1) in ~ftp/sgi/ghost. These
- images are built from ***Ghostview 1.4.1/Ghostscript 2.5.2*** and should
- work on any IRIX 4.0 based SGI system. These programs should also
- be able to render onto any X display (even X terminals).
-
- I made no changes to the authors' original source code, I've simply
- compiled it and made IRIX installable (inst'able) images from the
- result. The source code to both Ghostview and Ghostscript is included
- as part of the images.
-
- Just to be explicit; The authors do not work for SGI.
-
- Both Ghostscript and Ghostview and are free software and are being
- redistributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- published by the Free Software Foundation.
-
- A portion of the README from the ~ftp/sgi/ghost directory follows below.
-
- ...robert
-
-
- This software is provided without support and without any obligation
- on the part of Silicon Graphics, Inc. to assist in its use,
- correction, modification or enhancement. There is no guarantee
- that this software will be included in future software releases.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND
- INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR
- TRADE PRACTICE.
-
- In no event will Silicon Graphics, Inc. be liable for any lost
- revenue or profits or other special, indirect and consequential
- damages, even if Silicon Graphics, Inc. has been advised of the
- possibility of such damages.
-
-
- Contents:
-
- ghost.tar
- A tar archive containing the necessary images to install
- executable copies of ghostscript and ghostview on an SGI
- workstation running IRIX 4.0+.
-
-
- Description:
-
- Ghostscript and Ghostview together provide a simple X based means
- for previewing PostScript documents.
-
-
- Instructions:
-
- Copy ghost.tar to /usr/tmp.
-
- % su
- # mkdir /usr/local/dist
- # cd /usr/local/dist
- # tar xvf /usr/tmp/ghost.tar
- # inst -f /usr/local/dist
-
- Then follow the instructions from inst. To find out more about
- inst, consult the inst(1M) man page.
-
-
- The inst images of "ghost" in /usr/local/dist can be used by
- networked machines to install from. On the remote machine:
-
- % su
- # inst -f guest@"machine with images":/usr/local/dist
-
- Then follow the instructions from inst again.
-
-
- ...robert keller (rck@sgi.com)
-