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From: cortesi@infmx.UUCP (David Cortesi)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Mac previewer for PostScript(tm)
Keywords: mac previewer interactive debug test develop
Message-ID: <3588@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 90 17:37:45 GMT
Organization: Informix Software Inc., Menlo Park, CA.
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Recently several postings have asked for information on PostScript(tm)
previewers.  I have recently discovered one, have ordered it but not
yet tried it.  It is "PostShow," a PostScript development environment from
	Lincoln & Company
	29 Domino Drive
	Concord, MA 01742
	508-369-1441  or  800-223-7469

The following is based on a phone conversation with a sales rep
at the company.  The product includes an interactive PS interpreter
so you can type PS statements and see the output on the screen of
your Macintosh.  The preview window can be zoomed and scrolled.  You
can also have windows showing the current graphics state and the 
state of the execution stack, and watch these things change as
statements are executed.  There is a cursor location tool so you
can point in the preview window and see a readout of the x-y location
of any point.  There is a program editor that allows you to include
PS code written by other applications.  The product uses Type 3 fonts
supplied by the company for screen output; these are substituted
for the standard fonts automatically during preview. Character size
and shape is claimed to be indistinguishable from Adobe's
at the 72dpi resolution of the screen.  Of course the real fonts
will be used when you send the code to the printer.

The product does not, repeat not, require an attached printer; it
has its own PS interpreter.  This is good in that you can develop
away from a printer; potentially risky in that you are relying on the
accuracy of their interpretation of the language.

Price is $224.95 with the basic 13 fonts, or $294.95 with the 35 fonts
needed for LW+ compatibility.  They support the Mac SE and up but
recommend 2 megs of RAM if you use multifinder.  I didn't ask about
big screen or color support.

Again, the above is from my notes of a phone conversation with a sales
rep.  If you are interested, you should call the company and ask about
the details that interest you.

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