From: xiaofei@einstein.physics.buffalo.edu (XiaoFei Wang)
Subject: Re: Read postscript file?
Organization: UB
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 05:23:51 GMT

* If there are some softwares which can be used to read the postscript file 
* directly on PC or UNIX system?
* Any help are appreciate.

The answer, my friend, is Ghostscript. Please read the following
announcement. 

Disclaimer: the poster has connection with Ghostscript. 

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From: ghost%ka.cs.wisc.edu@cs.wisc.edu (L. Peter Deutsch)
Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug,comp.lang.postscript,gnu.announce
Subject: Ghostscript 2.5.2 is released

Ghostscript 2.5.2 is now released.  The main purpose of this release is to
fix the DeskJet and LaserJet drivers, which were still broken in 2.5.1.
As usual, see readme.doc in the fileset for a somewhat more detailed list;
see the NEWS file for a very detailed list.  Note that only a subset of
the available drivers and features are included in the PC executables
distributed as GNU software: read the individual makefiles to find out
which drivers and features are included in which executables.

Ghostscript 2.5.2 may be obtained from the usual GNU distribution points.
One good place to get it is ftp.cs.wisc.edu:/pub/X/ghostscript-*2.5.2*.
This is a 24-hour-access site that allows anonymous FTP and is not heavily
loaded.

Context diffs from Ghostscript 2.5.1 to 2.5.2 have been provided.
Ghostscript 2.5.1 has been left on-line, as well as 2.4.1.  2.5 has been
deleted, although diffs from 2.4.1 -> 2.5 -> 2.5.1 have been left on-line
to help users upgrade.  Both 2.4.1 and 2.5.1 will be deleted in the near
future, but the diffs will be left on-line indefinitely.

Suggestions for what should go in Ghostscript 2.6 are more than welcome.
The only new feature definitely scheduled for inclusion is the ability to
use the platform's fonts (e.g., the X bitmap fonts) when possible.
Leading candidates for other features are Type 0 (Chinese/Japanese) font
capability, the Level 2 'pattern' facility, and a major overhaul of the
general rasterizing algorithm for increased performance.  Please send
suggestions directly to ghost@aladdin.com.

I would like to thank the users who helped test this release on very short
notice, and especially George Cameron for help with the printer drivers.

					L. Peter Deutsch


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