UD092096@NDSUVM1.BITNET (05/24/89)
I've seen people ask this question before, but have never seen an answer. Is an executable version for IBM-PC type machines available for anonymous ftp somewhere? I know where to get the source code, but don't have a Turbo-C compiler. If anybody E-Mails an answer, I promise to summarize to the net. Thanks Barry Pederson ud092096@ndsuvm1.BITNET or ud092096@vm1.nodak.edu
mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) (05/25/89)
In article <2297UD092096@NDSUVM1>, UD092096@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes: >I've seen people ask this question before, but have never seen an answer. >Is an executable version for IBM-PC type machines available for anonymous >ftp somewhere? I know where to get the source code, but don't have a >Turbo-C compiler. I, on the other hand, do have a Turbo C compiler, but do not know where to find the source code. If it turns out that I can use it, and it's not overly large (ftp'ing anything over about 500K gets to be a real drag when it's your personal machine that's tied up, and it's done at 2400 baud), and not too much work is required to make it compile under TC2.0, I might consider compiling it. Could someone please let me know where it is? (Mailed replies will be fine...) What exactly is GhostScript? From what I've heard, it's some sort of Postscript clone. What printers can it handle? What, exactly, does it DO? Do you have to feed it an on-disk file? Can you send it the printer output of a program through a pipe? Most importantly, will it work with my Star NX-10 printer? (The NX-10 is "mostly compatable" with the Epson FX-80 (minor things that "nobody would want to do" are not supported, such as setting the line spacing to 0/216 inches...Things that, unfortunately, DVIESP uses...Grr...), and fully compatable with the IBM graphics printer.) >If anybody E-Mails an answer, I promise to summarize to the net. This just about goes without saying, but I'll do the same. -- Marc Unangst UUCP smart : mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us UUCP dumb : ...!uunet!sharkey!mudos!mju UUCP dumb alt.: ...!{ames,rutgers}!mailrus!clip!mudos!mju Internet : mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (05/26/89)
In article <434.247B5B38@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes: In article <2297UD092096@NDSUVM1>, UD092096@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes: >I've seen people ask this question before, but have never seen an answer. >Is an executable version for IBM-PC type machines available for anonymous >ftp somewhere? I know where to get the source code, but don't have a >Turbo-C compiler. I, on the other hand, do have a Turbo C compiler, but do not know where to find the source code. If it turns out that I can use it, and it's not overly large (ftp'ing anything over about 500K gets to be a real drag when it's your personal machine that's tied up, and it's done at 2400 baud), and not too much work is required to make it compile under TC2.0, I might consider compiling it. Could someone please let me know where it is? (Mailed replies will be fine...) What exactly is GhostScript? From what I've heard, it's some sort of Postscript clone. Right. What printers can it handle? None, at the moment. What, exactly, does it DO? Lets you preview PostScript output on your EGA screen. Do you have to feed it an on-disk file? Yes. Can you send it the printer output of a program through a pipe? No, but relatively straightforward C program would make it do that. Most importantly, will it work with my Star NX-10 printer? As above, no. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) I'm a right-to-lifer -- everyone has a right to earn a living sufficient to feed himself and his family.
lmg@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (lawrence.m.geary) (05/26/89)
Does anyone know if GhostScript is related to the commercial
product GoScript?
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lmg@hoqax.att.com Think globally ... Post locally att!hoqax!lmgmadd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost) (05/26/89)
In article <924@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> lmg@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (lawrence.m.geary) writes: |Does anyone know if GhostScript is related to the commercial |product GoScript? Yes. No. jim frost madd@bu-it.bu.edu
mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (05/26/89)
>Discussion about Ghostscript
Ghostscript is a partial Postscript clone. I have both the executable and
source fixed to compile under Microsoft C 5.1. I THINK (70% chance correct)
that it was from prep.ai.mit.edu.
In its present state Ghostscript is a toy. Mine works only to the
screen. And, it is VERY SEVERELY crippled: it lacks save and restore.
I have NEVER gotten a canned postscript file (from another program)
to work. On the other hand, hand-written postscript examples do run,
though the output is fairly poor. It is best to consider this thing
a work-in-progress. Oh yes, it lacks fonts.
And, the code is a nightmare. It looks like the writer was brained-
washed into believing that the more layers of subroutine calls
you force a given functionality through, the better. Surprisingly,
it is quite fast on my Model 80, faster than YAP on the NeXt.
A new, fuller version is promised.
Doug McDonaldzs04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Zachary T. Smith) (06/25/89)
Russ,
Ghostscript is a clone of the Adobe Postscript interpreter.
That is, it runs that language, writes stuff to a bitmap, and
controls when those bitmaps get dumped to a printer-- or to
EGA, which it supports under DOS.
I once tried for ~6 hours to compile the thing, to no avail.
To be honest, I don't plan on trying again, unless I happen to
buy an HP laserjet sans Postscript in the near future, which
is only about 50% likely.
If some good sole were to get this thing compiled and
functional, many people out there would be very grateful.
The program's basically gold. I.e., it promises to let Joe user
convert PS to other forms, which, if you'll notice, no other
graphic file conversion program will do.
It's a great example of what GNU can do for people.
-Zach (zs04@andrew.cmu.edu)