ghostscript.5.50.1.README Sep 24, 1998 file: ghostscript.5.50.1.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: Aladdin ghostscript version 5.50 binary for NEXTSTEP 3.x (and OpenStep for Mach 4.2). Includes all (most) output targets/drivers. sum: 05271 2527 md5sum: bafa55aff3dfd3e37d0505c434127ee5 file: ghostscript.5.50.1.m.NIS.b.tar.gz desc: Aladdin ghostscript version 5.50 binary for OpenStep for Mach 4.2 only (supports dynamic linking with required frameworks listed below). Includes all (most) output targets/drivers. sum: 60554 2411 md5sum: 5e3985099b64e799cd06d305ead3a3c9 required frameworks: Zlib framework (v >= 1.0.4.0) JPEG framework (v >= 62.0.0.2) (62.0.0.1 doesn't properly handle some jpeg encoded postscript files) PNG framework (v >= 1.0.0.0) frameworks can be found at: http://www.peak.org/openstep/sourcelibrary/frameworks file: ghostscript.5.50.1.s.tar.gz desc: slightly modified source code sum: 62513 3333 md5sum: f45a046667385e1e8b360abfe374abc9 (*** To be placed at http://www.peak.org/next/apps/graphics/postscript http://www.peak.org/openstep/apps/graphics/postscript ***) OVERVIEW About Aladdin Ghostscript: An interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language, and, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that implement the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive operations in the PostScript language, and, an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. INSTALLATION Unpack the binary distributions > gnutar xzf ghostscript.5.50.1.NIS.b.tar.gz And, as root, install the resulting Installer.app package. The package contains two scripts: ghostscript.pre_install: provides support for gzipped packages. ghostscript.post_install: Creates a folder, /LocalLibrary/Fonts/outlines, and creates the links necessary for ghostscript to use any fonts installed there. BTW, ghostscript does not support fonts installed to ~/Library/Fonts The source code distribution is just a gzipped tarball of the source code I used in this port. It comes included with no warrantee (ie, don't ask me about it). (-; GHOSTSCRIPT DIAGNOSTICS > gs --help Aladdin Ghostscript 5.50 (1998-9-16) Copyright (C) 1998 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...] Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =) -dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages -gx page size in pixels | -r pixels/inch resolution -sDEVICE= select device | -dBATCH exit after last file -sOutputFile= select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe, embed %d or %ld for page # Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF Available devices: bmpmono epson eps9high eps9mid epsonc ibmpro deskjet djet500 laserjet ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet4 cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj550 cdj670 cdj850 cdj890 cdj1600 pj pjxl pjxl300 uniprint st800 stcolor bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800 faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 dfaxlow dfaxhigh pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pkm pkmraw tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc tiff24nc psmono psgray psrgb bit bitrgb bitcmyk pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m jpeg jpeggray pdfwrite bbox pswrite epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor nullpage Search path: . : /usr/local/share/ghostscript/5.50 : /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts : /usr/share/share/ghostscript/5.50 : /usr/share/share/ghostscript/fonts : /NextLibrary/Fonts/outline : /LocalLibrary/Fonts/outline For more information, see /usr/local/share/ghostscript/5.50/doc/Use.htm. Report bugs to ghost@aladdin.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm. SOURCE NOTES In order to build ghostscript, you need the following support libraries: zlib, libpng, libjpeg. You can either use the Zlib, PNG, and JPEG frameworks (referenced above) or build home grown versions yourself. The source for these libraries is available from the ghostscript home page (see CREDITS). Building with dynamic linking and optimization -O1, the compiler (cc 2.7.2.1) apparently produces bad code for the file gdevm1.c (and creates a gs executable that crashes a lot) . Compiling this with -O0 (or -static) fixed it. CREDITS Source Aladdin Enterprises Aladdin Ghostscript http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ hp8xx driver http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/~bonk/software.html Port and Packaging Rex Dieter Computer System Manager Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/