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- Copyright (C) 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved.
-
- This file is part of Aladdin Ghostscript.
-
- Aladdin Ghostscript is distributed with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. No author
- or distributor accepts any responsibility for the consequences of using it,
- or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he
- or she says so in writing. Refer to the Aladdin Ghostscript Free Public
- License (the "License") for full details.
-
- Every copy of Aladdin Ghostscript must include a copy of the License,
- normally in a plain ASCII text file named PUBLIC. The License grants you
- the right to copy, modify and redistribute Aladdin Ghostscript, but only
- under certain conditions described in the License. Among other things, the
- License requires that the copyright notice and this notice be preserved on
- all copies.
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- This file, psfiles.doc, describes the .ps files distributed with
- Ghostscript, other than fonts.
-
- For an overview of Ghostscript and a list of the documentation files, see
- README.
-
- System files
- ------------
-
- gs_init.ps - Ghostscript reads this automatically when it starts up. It
- contains definitions of many standard procedures and initialization for a
- wide variety of things.
-
- gs_btokn.ps - gs_init.ps reads this in if the btoken feature is included in
- the configuration. It provides support for binary tokens.
-
- gs_ccfnt.ps - gs_init.ps reads this in if the ccfonts feature is included
- in the configuration. It provides support for compiled fonts.
-
- gs_cmdl.ps - This file is not used yet. Eventually it will replace C code
- that parses the Ghostscript command line.
-
- gs_fonts.ps - gs_init.ps reads this in. It initializes Ghostscript's font
- machinery and provides some utility procedures that work with fonts.
-
- gs_kanji.ps - This file provides support for the Wadalab free Kanji font.
-
- gs_statd.ps - gs_init.ps reads this in. It creates a dummy statusdict and
- some other environmental odds and ends for the benefit of PostScript files
- that really want to be printed on a LaserWriter.
-
- gs_dps1.ps - gs_init.ps reads this in if the dps feature is included in
- the configuration. It provides support for various Display PostScript and
- Level 2 features.
-
- gs_lev2.ps - gs_init.ps reads this in if the Ghostscript interpreter
- includes Level 2 PostScript functions. It contains definitions of
- procedures and miscellaneous initialization for the Level 2 functions.
-
- gs_type0.ps - gs_init.ps reads this in if the Ghostscript interpreter
- includes composite (Type 0) font capability.
-
- gs_type1.ps - gs_init.ps reads this in if the Ghostscript interpreter
- includes Type 1 font capability (which it normally does).
-
- gs_*_e.ps - These files define the Encodings known to Ghostscript. All of
- them except gs_std_e.ps and gs_iso_e.ps are loaded only if referenced.
-
- Art
- ---
-
- chess.ps - A black-and-white chessboard.
-
- golfer.ps - A gray-scale picture of a stylishly dressed woman swinging a
- golf club.
-
- escher.ps - A colored version of a hexagonally symmetric Escher drawing of
- interlocking butterflies. Can be printed on monochrome devices, with
- somewhat less dramatic results.
-
- cheq.ps - A chessboard "font" used by chess.ps (obtained from the Adobe
- file server).
-
- snowflak.ps - A rectangular grid of intricate colored snowflakes.
- (Renders very slowly.)
-
- colorcir.ps - A set of nested ellipses made up of colored bars.
-
- tiger.ps - A dramatic colored picture of a tiger's head.
-
- Utilities
- ---------
-
- For more information on these utility programs, see the comments at the
- beginning of the files. The ones marked with * have batch files or shell
- scripts of the same name (e.g., bdftops, bdftops.bat) to invoke them
- conveniently.
-
- bench.ps - a file useful for running benchmarks.
-
- * bdftops.ps - a utility for converting BDF fonts to outline form: see
- fonts.doc for more information.
-
- * gslp.ps - a utility for doing "line printing" of plain text files.
-
- impath.ps - a utility for reconstructing outlines from bitmap images,
- used by bdftops.
-
- landscap.ps - a file that you can put in front of your own files to get
- them rendered in landscape mode.
-
- level1.ps - a file that turns off any Level 2 features.
-
- prfont.ps - a utility to print a font catalog.
-
- * ps2ascii.ps - a utility for extracting the ASCII text from PostScript
- source files. It redefines many operators. For more information, see the
- comments in the file.
-
- ps2ai.ps - a utility for converting an arbitrary PostScript file into a
- form compatible with Adobe Illustrator.
-
- * ps2epsi.ps - a utility for converting an arbitrary PostScript file into
- EPSI form.
-
- ps2image.ps - a utility for converting an arbitrary PostScript file into a
- .ps file consisting of just PostScript bitmaps, one per page.
-
- * pstoppm.ps - a utility for rendering PostScript files onto PPM (bitmap)
- files.
-
- quit.ps - a file containing just the word "quit". (The -c switch now makes
- this unnecessary; this file exists for backward compatibility.)
-
- showpage.ps - a file containing just the word "showpage". (The -c switch
- now makes this unnecessary; this file exists for backward compatibility.)
-
- viewgif.ps - a utility for displaying GIF files.
-
- waterfal.ps - a utility to print a "waterfall" of fonts at different
- sizes.
-
- Development tools
- -----------------
-
- decrypt.ps - a utility for decrypting the eexec section of a font.
-
- markpath.ps - a utility for showing the points on a path.
-
- mergeini.ps - a utility for merging all the initialization files into
- a single file.
-
- pcharstr.ps - a utility for printing out the CharStrings and Subrs in a
- Type 1 font.
-
- ppath.ps - a couple of utilities for printing out the current path, for
- debugging.
-
- traceop.ps - a utility for tracing uses of any procedure or operator
- for debugging.
-
- type1enc.ps - the Type 1 font format encryption and decryption
- algorithms written in PostScript.
-
- unprot.ps - a prologue to disable access checking.
-
- winmaps.ps - a utility for creating mappings between the Adobe encodings
- and the Microsoft Windows character sets.
-
- wrfont.ps - a utility for writing out an unprotected Type 1 font, such as
- the standard Ghostscript fonts.
-
- Odds and ends
- -------------
-
- lines.ps - a test program for line joins and caps.
-
- type1ops.ps - the Type 1 font format opcodes.
-