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From: dyson@sunfish.physics.uiowa.edu (Richard L. Dyson)
Subject: Re: GhostScript anyone?
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To: leinberger@axp621.gsi.de (Uwe Leinberger GSI Darmstadt)
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00:30 GMT
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In article <4e3mb2$1tjq@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>, leinberger@axp621.gsi.de (Uwe Leinberger GSI Darmstadt) writes:
> 
> In article <4e2tjv$c9t@NNTP.MsState.Edu>, asaucier@leo.usfs.msstate.edu (Gene Allen Saucier, Jr.) writes:
> >Hello.  I'm inquiring about Ghostscript on the Alpha unser OpenVMS.
> >Has anyone heard of such a thing?  I'm attempting to convert
> >Postscript files to gif files on the Alpha running under OpenVMS.
> >Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks ahead of time.
> >Allen Saucier
> >asaucier@leo.usfs.msstate.edu
> >
> >
> at Martin Zinser's klickable VMS SW-List:
> 
> 
> http://axp616.gsi.de:8080/www/vms/mzsw.html
> 
> you might also find XV 3.10, able to read  postscript. And able to write gif as 
> far as I know. So this probably can be used for simple ps->gif conversion.
> (I've not tried PS->gif this way yet, but other formats xv could read. Worked. 
> So it also should with PS it can display)

Yes, XV v3.10a-VMS does support GIF (XV started life as XGIF...) and YES,
XV does view PS files but it does it by using GS to convert the PS file
to a PPM format that it already knows how to view.  To view PS files with
more than one page or often, I would highly recommend the GhostView
v2.0.3 for VMS that is available.  The most recent XV for VMS fixes
little bugs here and there and is available from Hunter Goatley's FTP
site (ftp.wku.edu in the vms/unsupported directory).  I would recommend
you wait a day of two before you get it from him.  I am just about to
send him a new copy that fixes some little problems with the new DEC C
and some VAX/DECWindows combos...  Don't get the archive unless the date
is after 31 Jan 1996.

Also, GS v3.53 does compile and run for OpenVMS DEC C, though some little
changes are needed.  Peter D. has logged them and they should be fixed in
his next release.  To enable GIF output support, you only need to pick up
the GIF driver (GDEVGIF.C) from any of the old kits and edit the build
script to include building GIF.  It is a little clumsy, but just follow
the build sections for say the PCX driver and mimic it for GIF.

Note, UniSys may require a royalty payment from you if you write GIF
files...  Your decision.  That is why Peter dropped it from GhostScript
in the first place.  He does not want to get involved in any lawsuits.

Regards,
rick
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Richard L. Dyson               INTERNET:  dyson@sunfish.Physics.UIowa.EDU

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