mcmullen@seqp4.ORG (Jim McMullen) (10/30/90)
We (Sequoia Systems) are installing Documentor's Workbench 3.1
and want (would like to?) to bring up the PostScript previewer
mentioned in the promo literature. I looked through the
accompanying AT&T documentation and could not find any mention
of this component, which lead me to believe that the PostScript
previewer like the PostScript laser printer is a user responsibility.
OK, I am taking responsbility. My question to the comp.text and
comp.lang.postscript communities is: "Is there a commercially
available PostScript previewer that can divert troff/postscript
output to an X Open Look Window?"
- Thanx
Jim Mc Mullen
Sequoia's Tech Publican
Usual disclaimers apply.
npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) (10/30/90)
In article <663@seqp4.UUCP>, mcmullen@seqp4.ORG (Jim McMullen) writes: > We (Sequoia Systems) are installing Documentor's Workbench 3.1 > and want (would like to?) to bring up the PostScript previewer > mentioned in the promo literature. I looked through the > accompanying AT&T documentation and could not find any mention > of this component, which lead me to believe that the PostScript > previewer like the PostScript laser printer is a user responsibility. > Someone posted a SunOS (NeWS) postscript previewer a while back. There is a program called, I believe, xditview, on the X11R4 tape from MIT that previews troff under X. Internally we have a full PostScript interpreter which we use for various devices, especially the DMD 630 terminal. It basically works like a C compiler-- generic syntax/semantics front-end, then a custom-made backend for specific devices. We could make this a product if there were interest. We also may make xditview available as part of a future DWB release.
npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) (11/19/90)
In article <663@seqp4.UUCP>, mcmullen@seqp4.ORG (Jim McMullen) writes: > We (Sequoia Systems) are installing Documentor's Workbench 3.1 > and want (would like to?) to bring up the PostScript previewer > mentioned in the promo literature. I looked through the > accompanying AT&T documentation and could not find any mention > of this component, which lead me to believe that the PostScript > previewer like the PostScript laser printer is a user responsibility. > > OK, I am taking responsbility. My question to the comp.text and > comp.lang.postscript communities is: "Is there a commercially > available PostScript previewer that can divert troff/postscript > output to an X Open Look Window?" Gee, thought I'd answered this one-- pageview from Sun is a PostScript previewer, thus: troff ... | dpost | pageview On the X11R4 tape is a program called ditview we may include in future DWB releases, thus: troff -TX75 ... | ditview Internally (in AT&T) we have a PostScript interpreter for the blit-type terminals (5620, 630 and 730) that a lot of people use.