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From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
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Subject: Re: Postscript in an X window
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Date: 25 Jun 91 15:33:07 GMT
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>follow-up for one reason, I am not satisfied with existing no-cost PostScript
>previewers, eg, ghostscript v2.21, xps etc.

I'm amazed at how people still cling to xps despite wide knowledge of its
supercession by ralpage.

>this guy too :-) but when I compare their performance with SUN's PageView, there
>is simply no comparision!

That's right -- PageView needs the xnews server to run, and is therefore of
limited appeal.  Even so, it has a way giving you a mirror-image of a page,
and lacks even a clean way to exit.

>  The later [sic] is *blazingly fast*!!!!

You must have lots of memory and spare cycles.  Both the xnews server and
pageview need both to run even acceptably fast.

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Use your wheels: that is what they are for.
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