[comp.windows.x] X previewer for PostScript

mike@pcsbst.UUCP (mike) (11/15/89)

Hi there,

does anyone know if there are PostScript previewers for X11
around? Any pointers are appreciated!

Thanxinadvance
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klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee) (11/18/89)

In article <1142@pcsbst.UUCP>, mike@pcsbst.UUCP (mike) writes:
> does anyone know if there are PostScript previewers for X11
> around? Any pointers are appreciated!

The latest version of DECwindows (UWS2.2, announced earlier this month)
includes a PostScript previewer.  It's based on the Display PostScript
X server extension developed in conjunction with Adobe.  It plays all
PostScript documents I've thrown at it.  Non-DEC users may want to look
for one of these:

    Goswell's PostScript previewer - one of the older ones and
        reportedly much improved recently    
    GhostScript - from the GNU people   
    ScriptWorks - from Harlequin Limited, Cambridge, England

I haven't tried any of these, so don't know if they work.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
Internet: klee@decwrl.dec.com
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