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|Name=Ghostview
 
|Name=Ghostview
 
|Short description=An X11 user interface for ghostscript.
 
|Short description=An X11 user interface for ghostscript.
|Full description=Ghostview is full function user interface for ghostscript 2.4 and later.
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|Full description=Ghostview is a full function user interface for ghostscript 2.4 and later.
  
 
Brief list of features:
 
Brief list of features:
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     Conventions.
 
     Conventions.
 
   - Page size is automatically determined from the Document Structuring
 
   - Page size is automatically determined from the Document Structuring
     Comments. The user is able to override the values from the comments.
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     Comments. The user is able to override the values from the comments.
 
   - Window size is set to the bounding box for Encapsulated PostScript figures.
 
   - Window size is set to the bounding box for Encapsulated PostScript figures.
 
   - Default page size is Letter and can be changed via Xresources or
 
   - Default page size is Letter and can be changed via Xresources or
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   - Scrollbars appear when necessary.
 
   - Scrollbars appear when necessary.
 
   - Page orientation is automatically determined from the Document Structuring
 
   - Page orientation is automatically determined from the Document Structuring
     Comments. The user is able to override the values from the comments.
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     Comments. The user is able to override the values from the comments.
 
   - Ability to view at 4 orientations: Portrait, Landscape, Upside-down,
 
   - Ability to view at 4 orientations: Portrait, Landscape, Upside-down,
 
     and Seascape (for those who rotate landscape the other direction).
 
     and Seascape (for those who rotate landscape the other direction).
   - Ability to restrict rendering to grayscale or monochrome.   (Requires
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   - Ability to restrict rendering to grayscale or monochrome. (Requires
 
     ghostscript 2.6.1.)
 
     ghostscript 2.6.1.)
   - Ability to mark pages for printing, or saving. (Good for people that
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   - Ability to mark pages for printing, or saving. (Good for people that
 
     printed a 100 page document and lost page 59 due to a printer jam.)
 
     printed a 100 page document and lost page 59 due to a printer jam.)
   - Can popup zoom windows at printer resolution
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   - Can popup zoom windows at printer resolution  
 
     (1 display dot = 1 printer dot).
 
     (1 display dot = 1 printer dot).
  
The Ghostview distribution includes a Ghostview Widget that people are encouraged to use in other programs.
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The Ghostview distribution includes a Ghostview Widget that people  
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are encouraged to use in other programs.
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
 
|Is High Priority Project=No

Revision as of 04:54, 23 November 2018


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Ghostview

https://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/
An X11 user interface for ghostscript.

Ghostview is a full function user interface for ghostscript 2.4 and later.

Brief list of features:

 - Ghostview parses any known version of Adobe's Document Structuring
   Conventions.
 - Page size is automatically determined from the Document Structuring
   Comments. The user is able to override the values from the comments.
 - Window size is set to the bounding box for Encapsulated PostScript figures.
 - Default page size is Letter and can be changed via Xresources or
   application defaults file to A4 (or any other valid size) for our
   European friends.
 - Scrollbars appear when necessary.
 - Page orientation is automatically determined from the Document Structuring
   Comments. The user is able to override the values from the comments.
 - Ability to view at 4 orientations: Portrait, Landscape, Upside-down,
   and Seascape (for those who rotate landscape the other direction).
 - Ability to restrict rendering to grayscale or monochrome. (Requires
   ghostscript 2.6.1.)
 - Ability to mark pages for printing, or saving. (Good for people that
   printed a 100 page document and lost page 59 due to a printer jam.)
 - Can popup zoom windows at printer resolution 
   (1 display dot = 1 printer dot).

The Ghostview distribution includes a Ghostview Widget that people are encouraged to use in other programs.





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Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Timothy O. Theisen developer
Erik M. van der Poel developer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ghostview
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
Downloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/ghostview/


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