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- From: ronis@onsager.ai.mit.EDU (David Ronis)
- Subject: Viewing troff under ghostscript
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.220635.9864@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
- Organization: McGill University
- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:06:35 GMT
- Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- I'm trying to use ghostscript (version 2.5.2) to view the output of
- Chris Lewis' troff->ps program on a PC runing DV/X.
- Ghostscript puts the entire 8.5 X 11''
- page on the screen at once, which results in extremely small letters.
-
- I tried playing with the geometry settings, but all that does is to
- make the window size change, with no effect on the scale.
-
- I also tried to change the scale manuall; i.e., I cut down the
- page length in my troff code to 5.5i and input the following at the
- gs prompt:
-
- 1 2 scale
- (psfilename) run
-
- This works correctly for the first page, but reverts to the preceding
- behavior thereafter (although now I get 2 miniature troff pages per
- screen).
-
- Is this a bug? If not, how do I get the scale to "stick" for the entire
- ps file? Finally, is someone working on scrolling capablility like found
- in xtroff, suntroff, or like pageview? This clearly is the way to go.
-
- Thanks in advance
-
- David Ronis
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