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From: jac@gandalf..llnl.gov (James Crotinger)
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Subject: Re: TeX previewer for OpenWindows?
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Date: 1 Oct 90 18:17:44 GMT
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In article <1990Sep27.220249.21156@odin.corp.sgi.com> cook@sgi.com (Doug Cook) writes:
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>I believe OpenWindows comes with a PostScript previewer; the one I've
>seen is quite good. You should have the ability to convert your dvi files
>to PostScript, since that's what most printers use. Then just preview 
>the PostScript file.

  Pageview does work nicely with the output from dvips, and will even
show psfig figures, of course. However it is not nearly as fast as
using xdvi, one of the available X-based .dvi previewers. 

  Jim



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