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From: dsl@rti.UUCP (Doug Lowman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.os.vms
Subject: Looking for a POSTSCRIPT previewer for VMS under VWS.
Message-ID: <2927@rti.UUCP>
Date: 4 May 89 18:20:54 GMT
Reply-To: dsl@rti.UUCP (Doug Lowman)
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
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    In an attempt to do my part in preventing the senseless, and
    unnecessary generation of laser printer paper waste, I am
    in search of a POSTSCRIPT "previewer" that would allow
    me to view a POSTSCRIPT formatted file on a VAXstation 2000
    running VMS and DEC's Virtual Windowing System (VWS).
    
    We have a variety of uses for such a tool, since we have
    numerous packages that produce POSTSCRIPT output.
    
    I know that there is a POSTSCRIPT previewer that is part of
    DECwindows, but it may be a long while before we switch to
    DECwindows here because we are running certain applications
    that are *very* VWS dependent. 
    
    I'm interested in locating any of the following:
    
	1) a PREVIEWER already exists for VWS

    	2) A PREVIEWER that is so generic that it interprets 
           POSTSCRIPT and puts bits into a virtual memory bitmap
	   --- we could then write something that could drive
           the bitmap to the screen via VWS.
    
	3) Other helpful hints or ideas.

    I have found an X-version of a POSTSCRIPT previewer, but I'd
    prefer not to go to all the work of porting it to VMS, removing
    all of the X-isms and changing the X-routine calls to VWS.
    
    
    Please save the NET some traffic and send your responses directly
    to me, I will summarize them, and post them to the NET.
    
	Thanks
		        Doug Lowman	    ARPA : dsl@rti.rti.org
					    UUCP : decvax!mcnc!rti!dsl

		  Software R & D Department
             Center for Digital Systems Research
    Research Triangle Institute  Research Triangle Park, NC