jmay@lorbit.UUCP (System Account) (05/31/91)
This site does not yet support msg quoting but the question was whether
or not an Amiga version of GNU Ghostscript exists. The answer: yes.
The version I have is 1.2 and is quite old (circa 1989). It requires
a little more memory than POST and isn't as compatable as POST 1.5
but Ghostscript Amiga works.
According to one of the readme files accompanying the program, the source
is available from
Stephen Vermeulen
Apt. 6 - 2312 - 22 St. NW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2m 3W4
He requests $10 or $5 and 2 disks (is this legal under the GNU code?).
Also keep in mind that this is _old_ information so it may no longer be
accurate.
Personally, I prefer Post.
On a related note, does anyone know of a way to get Excellence v1.12 to
output better Postscript code? Currently, it seems too squat to look
"professional."
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In article <jmay.6538@lorbit.UUCP> jmay@lorbit.UUCP (System Account) writes: > >Personally, I prefer Post. > >On a related note, does anyone know of a way to get Excellence v1.12 to >output better Postscript code? Currently, it seems too squat to look >"professional." > >------ >Jimmie Mayfield I've been using Excellence V2.0 on my A3000 for several months now. Just THIS WEEK, I was looking through the manual and found something I'd missed earlier. DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN POSTSCRIPT MUST HAVE PITCH SET EQUAL TO 15!!! (That line may even be in all caps in the manual) For months people have commented that the postscript looked squat, it turned out to be because I had the pitch set equal to 10 (the default). To change the pitch, select the PAGE SETUP menu item in the PROJECT collumn, PITCH will be one of the buttons on the resulting requester. The postscript looks beautiful with the pitch set to 15. Perhaps this is your problem. Incidentally, I'd recommend to anyone using an older version of Excellence to upgrade. I never used it but heard it was buggy, unstable, and didn't release all it's resources. The new version is probably the best program I own (Handshake is a close second). The software is very idiot proof and hasn't crashed of it's own accord, at least not that I was able to tell. Standard disclamer: I don't work for Micro Systems Software. --George -- George L. Skank |Five years ago I couldn't spell engineer. /// Senior, Electrical Engineering |Now I are one. /// Iowa State University, Ames, IA | \\\ /// skank@iastate.edu |Phone: (515) 233-2165 \\X//