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- Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!panix.com!bergman
- From: bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman)
- Subject: Re: Viewing troff under ghostscript
- Message-ID: <9212240317.AA01224@raisin-nut>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:34:12 GMT
- Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu
- Lines: 71
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- In article <1992Dec21.220635.9864@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> ronis@onsager.ai.mit.EDU (David Ronis) writes:
- >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
- >
- >
-
- >From bergman Wed Dec 23 01:54 EST 1992
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- id AA00065; Wed, 23 Dec 92 01:53:53 EST
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 01:53:53 EST
- From: bergman (Mark Bergman)
- Message-Id: <9212230653.AA00065@panix.com>
- To: ronis@onsager.ai.mit.EDU
- Subject: Re:Viewing troff under ghostscript
- Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug
- In|Reply|To: <1992Dec21.220635.9864@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
- Cc:
- Status: RO
-
- I'm currently using Ghostscript and the distributed
- binary version of groff (compiled with PostScript support
- only) on my PC (under DV). I can preview and print to my HP
- Laser, though the printing is kinda crude--being a
- (Ghostscript prepared) bitmap, rather than using the HP
- fonts. I was really interested in the troff->ps package you
- mentioned. Did you port psroff (please say yes) or is this
- Chris Lewis's (very old) precursor to psroff, jetroff.
-
- I started a psroff port, and Chris said it shouldn't be
- hard, but I got hung up in other things.
-
- BTW:
-
- Mail to "ronis@onsager.ai.mit.edu" bounces badly.
- "onsager.ai.mit.edu" is unknown (both here at panix and at
- the nic whois server). Give a real mail address next time.
-
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- Mark Bergman
- 718-855-9148
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