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dvips preview / pc tex verions (was:Re: include postcript in emTeX?

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From: brownt1
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 23:39
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In article <1992Aug10.204636.1@ducvax.auburn.edu>, hank@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
>  2. To get to the screen or to the HP use dvips and GhostScript, as in
>       tex -> dvips -> ghostscript -> HP
>     GhostScript can be found for PCs on simtel20.army.mil in
>      pd1:<msdos.postscript>. Look at ftp-os2 for an os2 version (may still
>      be in pub/downloads). Ghostscript can send to other devices also.

I've had ghostscript bomb on dvips output that a postscript printer, and 
Post, an amiga postscript previewer/interpreter both accepted quite 
happily.  It would do text alright, but died on graphics elements like 
those produced by \rule.  It also died in the middle of rendering an eps, 
so i think maybe it's a ghostscript problem, the error is \VMerror 
something.  Is anyone having no problems, and if so, which version are you 
using (I'm using 2.3)

While I'm here :-), I'm having no problems with sbtex, but everyone always 
refers to emtex, so i wonder if that would have been a better choice?  
Any comments?

Thanks, tb
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Subject: dvips preview / pc tex verions (was:Re: include postcript in emTeX?
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Date: 12 Aug 92 11:39:25 +1200
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