adam@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Marijan Adam) (08/19/90)
Are there any "dvi" file previewers for Xwindows (i.e. xtex, xdvi,etc.) that also display postscript figures included via "\special". If such previewers are around where can I get them? Any information is greatly appreciated. --Marijan Adam <adam@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu>
aglew@dwarfs.crhc.uiuc.edu (Andy Glew) (08/20/90)
>Are there any "dvi" file previewers for Xwindows (i.e. xtex, xdvi,etc.) >that also display postscript figures included via "\special". > >If such previewers are around where can I get them? > >Any information is greatly appreciated. > >--Marijan Adam <adam@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> Why not just use a Postscript previewer under X? I use dxpsview - unfortunately, that's DEC proprietary, I believe. There are some public domain X Postscript previewers, such as xps, although I haven't yet found any that will reliably preview my documents. Still, I haven't looked for a while. -- Andy Glew, a-glew@uiuc.edu [get ph nameserver from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu:net/qi]
grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu (Dirk Grunwald) (08/24/90)
>>>>> On 19 Aug 90 22:59:39 GMT, aglew@dwarfs.crhc.uiuc.edu (Andy Glew) said: >Are there any "dvi" file previewers for Xwindows (i.e. xtex, xdvi,etc.) >that also display postscript figures included via "\special". >If such previewers are around where can I get them? AG> Why not just use a Postscript previewer under X? -- Because postscript previewers are very slow, even on somethine like a DECstation-3100, a zippy machine. Currently, 'xtex' will use display postscript to display figures if your server supports it. I have displayed such images on a DECstation-3100 and an IBM RS/6000. I have only compiled xtex on a 3100, because I couldn't get X11R4 for the 6000 easily. Shortly, or so the person working on it says, similar functionality will be possible with any X11 server using GhostScript 1.4, when it's released. This may be desirable in some ways, because it (ghostscript) eventually goes away, releasing the swap space that Display Postscript consumes for all time. I do not know when this will be done, but a notice will be posted, so please don't send me mail about this.