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From: grue@caen.engin.umich.edu (Paul Howell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Postscript Previewer for DS3100
Keywords: postscript
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Date: 29 Aug 90 18:20:04 GMT
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>moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes) writes:
!>ssdken@watson.Claremont.EDU (Ken Nelson) writes:
!>I have tried xps, but it doesn't work too well.  Are 
!>there any other tools (PD or commercial) that allow me to view
!>Postscript files under X11R4??

>xps users will probably find ralpage
>(expo.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/ralpage.tar.Z) a significant step up.  On a
>DS3100, I found it faster than dxpsview (the Display PS based
>thingmajig) for the demos I tried.

>Note that using a PostScript previewer to preview either TeX or troff
>output (which is frequently what people ask for PS previewers for) is
>not a good idea unless you have embedded PostScript in the document.
>Specialized TeX or troff previewers invariably do a better job. (xdvi,
>xtex or xditview, xproof, xtroff).

	>Mark.

I ftp'd ralpage to give it a try since I'm using X11R4 on a DECStation 3100
and not DECwindows.

However, there is an include file missing, fontstruct.h.  Does anybody
know where I can get a copy?


Thanks.

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Paul Howell
grue@caen.engin.umich.edu