[comp.windows.ms] MS windows Postscript previewing

allred@ut-emx.UUCP (Kevin L. Allred) (07/26/90)

 ccastdd@prism.gatech.EDU asked:
> Greetings-
> 	Has any one out there heard of a post script previewer for windows?
> I have found the dvi previewer by Doug McDonald very helpful but now need
> one for post script.  I think I have seen a comercial version somewhere but
> would prefer a shareware or better yet a public domain implementation (being
> the dirt poor student that I am).

I'm also curious about the same subject.  I know that Ghostscript from
the Free Software Foundation is beta testing version 1.4.  Version 1.3
worked on a PC, and would allow limited previewing of postscript on an
ega or vga display.  I think the code has been targeted for X-windows,
but maybe somebody with the SDK could try and get it running under
windows.  Version 1.3 was not a complete PS implementation.  I could
never get it to preview output from a dvi to PS type translator, but
it would preview tek2ps output and some other types of PS graphics
output.  I have seen postings in the gnu.ghostscript.bugs news group
that version 1.4 will preview dvi to PS output under X-windows (but
obviously with a few bugs).


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