keith@sequoia.UUCP (Keith Pyle) (08/25/89)
I noted that the question was recently asked as to whether a Postscript previewer existed for use on a Sun. The common response was to use NeWS for the Sun. We have several users of Sunview (Sun OS 4.0.1) who would like to view Postscript output before printing and we do not have nor likely will get NeWS. Is there a Sunview previewer, either PD or proprietary? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Pyle UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!execu!keith Manager, Data Processing Services Dept. Internet: execu!keith@cs.utexas.edu Execucom Systems Corp. keith%execu.uucp@cs.utexas.edu 9442 Capitol of Texas Hwy. N. Austin, Texas 78759 Ma Bell: 512-346-4980 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
scowles@lll-lcc.UUCP (Sid Cowles) (08/26/89)
In article <644@sequoia.UUCP> keith@sequoia.UUCP (Keith Pyle) writes: > ... Is there a Sunview previewer, either PD >or proprietary? keith, try xps from expo.lcs.mit.edu (18.30.0.212) or uunet.uu.net (192.48.96.2). i've had good success with it. sid ======================================================================= s cowles att: +1 415 423 0929 lawrence livermore national lab uucp: {backbone}!lll-lcc!scowles environmental sciences division internet: scowles@lll-lcc.llnl.gov p. o. box 5507; L-451 livermore, california 94550 =======================================================================
pusateri@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Thomas J. Pusateri) (08/30/89)
In article <644@sequoia.UUCP> keith@sequoia.UUCP (Keith Pyle) writes: >I noted that the question was recently asked as to whether a Postscript >previewer existed for use on a Sun. The common response was to use >NeWS for the Sun. We have several users of Sunview (Sun OS 4.0.1) who >would like to view Postscript output before printing and we do not >have nor likely will get NeWS. I don't think you understand SUN's commitment to the NeWS/X11 Server. You see, by the next major release of the OS, all Sunview applications will be running on top of NeWS/X11. That means you WILL likely have NeWS whether you want it or not. Most Sun users are running OS 4.0.3 which at one point was supposed to include NeWS/X11. Does SUN want to comment on when the NeWS/X11 server will be shipped? Will it retroactively be shipped to all 4.0.3 users? Anyway Crispin Goswell has a public domain postscript interpreter but it is hard to compile and half of the postscript code I tried doesn't resemble a printed page. On the other hand psview (a NeWS application) works very well and the screen looks identical to a printed page. Don't give up on NeWS so easily. It really is quite nice and if you have a little patience, it will be free. Tom Pusateri National Biomedical Simulation Resource Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710 pusateri@nbsr.mc.duke.edu
barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) (08/31/89)
In article <15428@duke.cs.duke.edu>, pusateri@romeo (Thomas J. Pusateri) writes: > I don't think you understand SUN's commitment to the NeWS/X11 >Server. You see, by the next major release of the OS, all Sunview >applications will be running on top of NeWS/X11. That means you WILL >likely have NeWS whether you want it or not. To clarify things (unofficially) I believe Sun will also provide SunView to those people who: 1) Don't want X, NeWS, X11/News, Xview, etc. 2) Have limited resources on their machine (Sun 3/50, Sun 2, etc.) They cannot FORCE someone to convert to X11/NeWS. So it will be an option. Eventually SunView will die out, Like Sun 2's. > Anyway Crispin Goswell has a public domain postscript >interpreter but it is hard to compile and half of the postscript code I >tried doesn't resemble a printed page. There were some patches that supposedly allows it to work in a sub-window instead of the frame buffer. These patches didn't work to well. Also - it used the Hersey fonts, I believe. -- Bruce G. Barnett <barnett@crd.ge.com> uunet!crdgw1!barnett
clh@tacitus.tfic.bc.ca (Chris Hermansen) (09/01/89)
Given that NeWS is less than CDN$200 (less than US$150??), I don't see how anyone who wants it can be too upset with the price :-) Our local Sun office did tell us recently (when I asked if I should buy NeWS for 4.0.3 so I could preview troff output) that it would be bundled in the next release of SunOS (4.1, I believe), and that if I didn't want it in the next few weeks, I should wait...
pjb@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter J. Bishop) (09/03/89)
In article <2578@lll-lcc.UUCP>, scowles@lll-lcc.UUCP (Sid Cowles) writes: > try xps from expo.lcs.mit.edu (18.30.0.212) or uunet.uu.net > (192.48.96.2). i've had good success with it. Could someone post the source of this to me (or the net) as I do not have access to either of the addresses given above. Thanks, -- Peter Bishop. <pjb@tcom.stc.co.uk> || ...!mcvax!ukc!stc!pjb STC TNDD, Access Systems Engineering, 20-22 Edinburgh Way, Harlow. Essex Phone : +44 279 626626 x2795