GSview 3.6 - PostScript previewer. Needs Ghostscript 6.
Release date: 2000-12-29
GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript under MS-Windows, OS/2 and Linux. Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page description language used by laser printers. For documents following the Adobe PostScript Document Structuring Conventions, GSview allows selected pages to be viewed or printed. GSview requires Ghostscript 4.03 - 6.99.
Features include:
Changes in version 3.6:
GSview was written by Russell Lang at Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd.
First uninstall any previous versions of GSview.
Obtain GSview (gsv35w32.exe) from
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get35.htm
Obtain AFPL Ghostscript 6.50 (gs650w32.exe) from
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get650.htm
Install the AFPL Ghostscript self extracting archive gs650w32.exe (or a later version). Install the GSview self extracting archive gsv35w32.exe. Run GSview.
By default, GSview is installed in the directory c:\Ghostgum, which creates the sub-directories c:\Ghostgum\gsview, c:\Ghostgum\pstotext and c:\Ghostgum\pstoedit. The GSview executable is c:\Ghostgum\gsview\gsview32.exe.
By default, AFPL Ghostscript is installed in the directory c:\gs, which creates the sub-directories c:\gs\gsN.NN and c:\gs\fonts. The AFPL Ghostscript executables are c:\gs\gsN.NN\gswin32c.exe for console mode and c:\gs\gsN.NN\gswin32.exe for windowing mode.
GSview normally locates AFPL Ghostscript using registry entries created by the AFPL Ghostscript setup program. If these do not exist, GSview will assume that Ghostscript is in an adjacent directory to GSview, usually c:\Ghostgum\gsN.NN and c:\Ghostgum\fonts.
Obtain GSview (gsv35os2.zip) from
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get35.htm
Obtain AFPL Ghostscript 6.50 (gs650os2.zip) from
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get650.htm
Unzip GSview to a temporary directory, place gs650os2.zip (or a later version) in the same directory, and then run os2setup.exe.
If you do not already have EMX installed on your system, you will also need to obtain the EMX Run Time library, emxrt.zip, from one of
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/emx09d/emxrt.zip
ftp://ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/emx/v0.9d/emxrt.zip
If GSview refuses to run at all, make sure you do not have an old version of the emx DLL on your system.
GSview (gvpm.exe) will run under OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 Warp.
Use the older GSview 2.7 and Aladdin Ghostscript 4.03.
For MS-Windows 3.1, it is recommended that you use the Win32 version. You must have Win32s installed before installing GSview. See http://www.microsoft.com/ or ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/PW1118.EXE. GSview and Ghostscript will not work with some versions of Win32s. If it doesn't work with your version, try updating to a later version of Win32s. Some computers will work with Win32s v1.15, others will not.
For Win32s, you will need to manually install both GSview and AFPL Ghostscript. The included setup programs will not run under Win32s. The self extracting archives can be unpacked with Info-ZIP unzip.
Copy gsview, epstool and pstotext to a directory on your search path. Copy gvx*.htm and printer.ini to /usr/share/gsview. GSview stores configuration information in $HOME/.gsviewrc.
Make sure that the zip/exe files are transferred in binary mode.
The Ghostscript fonts are used by Ghostscript alone. Your system Fonts folder will not be modified.
If you don't like automatic installation programs, it is possible to install GSview and Ghostscript manually. For Ghostscript, read the file gsN.NN\doc\Install.htm. For GSview, read the file gsviewen.hlp
If you wish to use install GSview without any prompts, give a destination directory on the command line. For example:
setup c:\ghostgum
This will not prompt for a destination directory and will overwrite files without asking.
Configuration of GSview will occur the first time it is run.
See the on-line help for more details. The 'Common Problems' topic is worth reading if GSview doesn't work.
To compile GSview for Windows you need MS Visual C++ 5.0 (and Borland C++ 4.5 for one 16-bit module). For MSVC++, copy gvwinvc.mak to Makefile, edit Makefile to set VCVER and DEVBASE as required, then type 'nmake'. Borland C++ 4.5 (for 16-bit code) and Borland C++Builder 4 will compile most of GSview, but you will need to hand modify some files. For Borland C++, copy gvwin.mak to Makefile, edit Makefile to set COMPBASE as required, then type 'make'.
To compile GSview for OS/2 you need IBM NMAKE.EXE and EMX/GCC 0.9d. To create the GSview online help you need the IBM toolkit. Copy gvpm.mak to Makefile and edit COMPBASE and EMXPATH as required. Type 'nmake'
To compile GSview for Linux/X11 you need gcc and the GTK+ 1.2 toolkit.
Unzip the gsv35src.zip, to produce three other zip files.
Unzip these, converting the line endings:
unzip -a src.zip
Change to the src subdirectory and copy
gvx.mak to makefile.
Run make.
To install, run make install
See the X11/Linux topic for more notes
on X11 GSview.
While the current version number is 3.6, the Linux version really ought to be called 0.36.
X11 GSview is written by a novice at X Windows programming. It might have serious problems. The GTK+ toolkit is used for most of the graphical interface, with a small amount of Xlib for interfacing with Ghostscript.
Suggestions from GTK+ programmers about how to improve GSview.
Bug reports. Use "gsview -d9" to get debugging messages on stdout.
Send bug reports to Russell Lang at Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd, gsview at ghostgum.com.au. When reporting bugs, please include the version number and date of GSview (from the Help | About box), the version number of Ghostscript, and the exact wording of any error messages. The text in the "Ghostscript Messages" dialog can be copied to the clipboard and pasted as text (not bitmap please!) into an email message. Do not send me large files (>100k bytes) unless requested. If you get a SYS3175 or GPF, please send the address of the GPF - I can use this to help locate the bug. Please distinguish between bugs in GSview and bugs in Ghostscript, by making sure that the problem only occurs when using GSview, and not when using Ghostscript alone. Don't expect a fast response - the work I'm paid to do has a higher priority. For a list of known bugs, see http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/bugs.htm
A World Wide Web home page for Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview is at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
The latest version of GSview should be available from ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/ghostgum/gsview*.zip or by mail (see next section) on a CD-ROM.
Ghostscript can be downloaded from the Internet, or obtained on CD-ROM.
To download, go to the Ghostscript home page then follow the link to Obtaining AFPL Ghostscript.
To obtain the latest version of GSview and AFPL Ghostscript on CD-ROM, send the order form and payment to the address on the order form. Payment may be credit card or cheque for USD$50 drawn on a USA bank or equivalent drawn on your local bank. For surface delivery within Australia, send a cheque for AUD$70 drawn on an Australian bank.
The CD-ROM (actually a CD-R) will contain ready to run and ready to install copies of GSview and AFPL Ghostscript for Windows and OS/2, plus a number of other PostScript utilities. The CD-ROM will be dispatched by air-mail. This offer is valid until 30 June 2001. If this date has passed, send mail to gsview at ghostgum.com.au. to find out if the offer is still valid. For more details see the page http://www.ghostgum.com.au/cd.htm
GSview is copyright by Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd. GSview is distributed with the Aladdin Free Public Licence. This licence is contained in the file LICENCE . The Aladdin Free Public Licence does not require any payment to the author; however the author would welcome any registrations of GSview to cover costs and time involved in developing and maintaining GSview.
The registration fee is currently AUD$40. GSview can be registered online at http://www.ghostgum.com.au/ or by faxing or mailing the registration form. Ghostgum Software prefers that you use the online registration.
The postal address for Ghostgum Software is:
Russell Lang
Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd
218 Gallaghers Rd
GLEN WAVERLEY VIC 3150
AUSTRALIA
GSview uses Ghostscript to display the contents of the PostScript files. Ghostscript is a separate program from GSview; it is written and owned by Aladdin Enterprises, not by Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd.
AFPL Ghostscript comes with a licence that is more restrictive than the GNU Licence; in particular, it restricts the distribution of AFPL Ghostscript in commercial contexts. Please see the file PUBLIC that accompanies AFPL Ghostscript for more details.
GSview uses pstotext in an external DLL. pstotext was written by Andrew Birrell and Paul McJones. It is Copyright (C) 1995-1996, Digital Equipment Corporation. See the licence in pstotext.txt or pstotext.zip for more details. If you do not agree to the pstotext licence, delete pstotext.zip, pstotxt2.dll and pstotxt3.dll. See http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/virtualpaper/pstotext.html
GSview can convert PostScript or PDF file to an editable vector using pstoedit in an external DLL. pstoedit is Copyright by Wolfgang Glunz and is licensed with the GNU Public Licence (GPL). Binaries are included in GSview with the permission of Wolfgang Glunz. The home page of pstoedit is http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/1958/pstoedit/ . Source code can be obtained from this site. The manual for pstoedit is included with GSview.
GSview uses zlib 1.0.4 in an external DLL. zlib is Copyright (C) 1995-1996 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. See http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/
GSview uses bzip2 in an external DLL. bzip2 is Copyright 1996-2000 by Julian Seward. See http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/index.html
The installation programs may use an unzip decompression library (DLL) by the Info-ZIP group. The original sources are freely available from ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/
GSPRINT is a command line tool for printing using Windows GDI printer drivers.
EPSTOOL is a command line tool for adding and removing previews from EPS files.
L. Peter Deutsch, for writing Ghostscript and for making changes to Ghostscript to support GSview.
Tim Theisen, who wrote Ghostview for X11 which provided the inspiration for GSview.
Paul McJones and Andrew Birrell of DEC, for making pstotext available and making changes to it for use with GSview.
Thomas Pfeiffer and Mrs. Stefanie Kolweyh for translating GSview into German/Deutsch.
Cyrille Chevallet for translating GSview into French/Français.
Antonio Guadagnin for translating GSview into Italian/Italiano.
Pascual Lucas for translating GSview into Spanish/Espal.