From: rck@fangio.asd.sgi.com (Robert Keller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc
Subject: Re: a2ps & xpsview (Really: ghostview/ghostscript on sgi.com)
Date: 6 Jan 93 20:15:23 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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robin@resmel.bhp.com.au (Robin Brown) writes:
>schultz@halley.est.3m.com (John C. Schultz) writes:
>
>>You might also take a look at ghostview - a GNU postscript previewer.
>
>There is a version on sgi.com that can be installed using SG's inst program.
>All you have to do is run inst, no configuration, building or anything. 

Following below, is my "Free PostScript previewer!" blurb.

> It's
>a fairly recent version and I havn't had any problems yet.

Yes, It is completely up to date, as far as I'm aware,
	Ghostview 1.4.1
	Ghostscript 2.5.2

...robert

    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 1.4.1/Ghostscript 2.5.2*** and should 
    work on any IRIX 4.0 based SGI system.  These programs should also
    be able to render 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)