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Archive-name: auto/comp.sys.sgi/Free-PostScript-previewer-New-Revision


Preview PostScript without DPS! 

I've placed inst'able images of the Ghostview/Ghostscript PostScript
previewer on sgi.sgi.com (192.48.153.1) in ~ftp/sgi/ghost.  These
images are built from ***Ghostview 1.4/Ghostscript 2.5.2*** and should 
work on any IRIX 4.0 based SGI system.  These programs should also
be able to render from an SGI system onto any X display (even X terminals).

I made no changes to the authors' original source code, I've simply 
compiled it and made IRIX installable (inst'able) images from the 
result.  The source code to both Ghostview and Ghostscript is included 
as part of the images.

Just to be explicit;  The authors do not work for SGI.

Both Ghostscript and Ghostview and are free software and are being 
redistributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 
published by the Free Software Foundation.

A portion of the README from the ~ftp/sgi/ghost directory follows below.

...robert 


	This software is provided without support and without any obligation
	on the part of Silicon Graphics, Inc. to assist in its use,
	correction, modification or enhancement.  There is no guarantee
	that this software will be included in future software releases.

	THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND
	INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR
	A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR
	TRADE PRACTICE.

        In no event will Silicon Graphics, Inc. be liable for any lost
        revenue or profits or other special, indirect and consequential
        damages, even if Silicon Graphics, Inc.  has been advised of the
        possibility of such damages.


Contents:

	ghost.tar
	    A tar archive containing the necessary images to install 
	    executable copies of ghostscript and ghostview on an SGI
	    workstation running IRIX 4.0+.


Description:

	Ghostscript and Ghostview together provide a simple X based means
	for previewing PostScript documents.
	

Instructions:

	Copy ghost.tar to /usr/tmp.

	    % su
	    # mkdir /usr/local/dist
	    # cd /usr/local/dist
	    # tar xvf /usr/tmp/ghost.tar
	    # inst -f /usr/local/dist

	Then follow the instructions from inst.  To find out more about
	inst, consult the inst(1M) man page.


	The inst images of "ghost" in /usr/local/dist can be used by 
	networked machines to install from.  On the remote machine:

	    % su
	    # inst -f guest@"machine with images":/usr/local/dist

	Then follow the instructions from inst again.


...robert keller (rck@sgi.com)