Re: [PLUG] PS format / viewing question

[LeRoy Cressy <leroy@lrcressy.com>]

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gv ghostview xdvi and there are some more that I have forgotten about. 
If you don't have any of these you might want to use

ps2pdf filename.ps filename.pdf and use either xpdf or acroread to view.

William H. Magill wrote:
> I recently dug out a couple of old postscript files sent to me by a friend
> ages ago. According to the header they were created around 1997 via 
> fig2dev,
> which I  believe is an nroff translator. They have the old %! header, and
> the file ends with "showpage
>                     $F2psEnd
>
> I haven't played with postscript for ages now, and I do not have the 
> source for  the files.
>
> What application SHOULD be able to display and print these? (No, I don't 
> have a NeXT box anymore.)
>
>
> T.T.F.N.
> William H. Magill
> # Beige G3 - Rev A motherboard - 768 Meg
> # Flat-panel iMac (2.1) 800MHz - Super Drive - 768 Meg
> # PWS433a [Alpha 21164 Rev 7.2 (EV56)- 64 Meg]- Tru64 5.1a
> magill@mcgillsociety.org
> magill@acm.org
> magill@mac.com
>
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