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- This is GS26WGUI Rev. 3b July, 1994
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- A Command Line Graphical User Interface for the MS Windows program:
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- Ghostscript for Windows Ver. 2.6.0
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- (Should also work with Ghostscript for Windows 2.6.1 ... I have not had
- luck getting the GIF file generation of version 2.6.1 to give me GIF
- files my other software would always read successfully. Your mileage
- may vary.)
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- Its purpose is to make the use of Ghostscript for Windows more convenient,
- and to make its use feasible for the average user.
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- Ghostscript is a Postscript Interpreter. It can (1) display, (2) print
- on inexpensive printers, and (3) store in graphics image files the Postscript
- files (B&W or Coloured) intended to be printed on Postscript printers.
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- You may be able to get Ghostscript for Windows from the place where you
- found this file.
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- This interface makes the use of the MS Windows version of Ghostscript
- much easier.
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- If your printer is not supported directly, try specifying the Windows
- printer device. (This may be slow.)
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- This is a slight revision of this interface software. It improves on the
- interface gswngui2 for Ghostscript for Windows 2.5.2, eliminates a couple
- of bugs, enables the Ghostscript 2.6 device names and adds another feature
- or two. It is not compatible with GS 2.5.x because of the difference
- in some of the device names.
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- This software is freely redistributable. It is not to be sold.
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- Copyright (c) 1993 by P. Budgell, London, Ontario, Canada
- peter@engrg.uwo.ca
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- Documentation:
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- The accompanying gs26wgui.wri is a Windows Write file describing use of the
- program. It can be read or printed under Windows Write. It is 6 pages long.
- The images in it may not import properly into Word for Windows - use the
- Write program in the Accessories program group of MS Windows to view and
- print it.
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- Ghostscript sources:
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- The user will have to get the Ghostscript for Windows software from
- the Internet, or from a well stocked BBS.
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- On the Internet, one source of Ghostscript for the PC is:
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- wuarchive.wustl.edu
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- Look under the ftp directory:
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- systems/msdos/win3/util
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- and go digging to see where the software has been stored.
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- The Windows version of Ghostscript is gs260exe.zip (or 261) and support files
- may be needed as well. See my documentation.
-
- A good site for Windows software, and where I found gs260exe.zip is the
- Internet site:
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- ftp.cica.indiana.edu
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- somewhere under pub/pc/win3. Try pub/pc/win3/util.
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- Visual Basic Runtime Module:
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- The Visual Basic 2.0 runtime module vbrun200.dll will be needed for
- this software. It is available on many BBS's and the Internet. Under
- the Internet cica ftp site, look under pub/pc/win3/util for the file
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- vbrun200.zip
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- and unzip it. Place it in your Windows subdirectory.
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- This will probably be my last version of this interface software.
- Hopefully it is bug free and convenient to use.
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- The Ghostscript program accepts only a limited command line length.
- The @filename feature lengthens the possible command line length, although
- not without limit. Multiselecting too many files will generate an error
- message. The DOS version of Ghostscript accepts a longer @filename file.
-
- Peter
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