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From: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Postscript viewer on Sun
Keywords: Software
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Date: 24 Oct 89 03:15:33 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 175, message 3 of 17

In article <2314@brazos.Rice.edu> you write:
>X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 169, message 2 of 8
>
>We are looking for a way to view PostScript files on Sun workstations (Sun
>3s, Sun 4s, 386is and SparcStations).  Is there a commercial package or PD
>to do this?  Source available?

First you must install X (source available from expo.lcs.mit.edu).  Then
snarf ghostscript from prep.ai.mit.edu.  If you complain "but I want to
use SunView!" too bad.  SunView is supposed to become obsolete when Sun
gets XView working.  It is a nearly-sunview-compatible system that runs
under X, so you might as well start migrating to X now.  I think you can
run X from within SunView, and return to X when you are done, but I am not
sure.  Please let me know if you have any problems.  I think XView is
available from expo, but I was unable to get it working.  It is only an
alpha-test version, and a working version is supposed to be available
later this year.  I have no experience with Ghostscript, but I hope to in
the near future.  -David-

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