GSView - Ghostscript interface

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GSView - Ghostscript interface

#1 Post by Hydaral »

Added to the database:

http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1764

GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript under MS-Windows or OS/2. Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page description language used by laser printers. For documents following the Adobe PostScript Document Structuring Conventions, GSview allows selected pages to be viewed or printed. GSview requires Ghostscript 7.04-9.19.

- Display and print PostScript and PDF files.
- View pages in arbitrary order (Next, Previous, Goto).
- Page size and Orientation are automatically selected from DSC comments or can be selected using the menu.
- Print selected pages using Ghostscript.
- Convert pages to bitmap, PDF or PostScript.
- Selectable display resolution, depth, alpha.
- Single button zoom.
- Extract selected pages to another file.
- Copy display bitmap to clipboard.
- Save clipboard bitmap as BMP file.
- Add bitmap or user preview to EPS file (Interchange, TIFF or Windows Metafile)
- Graphically select and show bounding box for EPS file.
- Extract bitmap preview or PostScript from DOS EPS file.
- Extract text or search for text.
- Can read gzip and bzip2 compressed PostScript and PDF files.
- On-line help.
- Win32, OS/2 and Linux/X11 executables. Older versions support Win16.
- Can be run directly off a CD-ROM or USB memory stick (Portable Application).
- English, Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish languages.
- Per user initialisation files for Windows.
- Includes setup program.
- Free (Aladdin Free Public Licence).
- Works with Ghostscript 7.04 - 9.99 (GSview checks the Ghostscript version number). There are older versions of GSview that will work with Ghostscript 4.03 - 7.00.

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#2 Post by I am Baas »

One may also delete un-necessary language and help files to save space.

Tnx. for submitting gsview but it was first suggested by payneCheng back in 2007.

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#3 Post by I am Baas »

Have you tested the 64-bit version for portability?

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I am Baas wrote:Have you tested the 64-bit version for portability?
I will, after work, tonight.

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#5 Post by Hydaral »

I don't have a 64 bit processor, so I'll leave that to others.

I don't see why it wouldn't be though.

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#6 Post by joby_toss »

GSview x64 and Ghostscript x64 do not work for me! At all!
x32 versions work and they are portable.

P.S. I'm not stupid! Just mad ATM!

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#7 Post by webfork »

Few suggestions about the entry:
  • More technical users may know what PostScript language for laser printers is, but I don't think the average user does so a little more explanation would help out.
  • A shorter, clearer description would also be good. For example don't need to know that is for MS WIndows and OS/2 since this is a Windows-only site. The license is already mentioned elsewhere on the description. Many of the graphics options, languages, and so forth can probably be summarized.
  • For the additional required program, I'd avoid mentioning it up top and just explain in the "how to extract" area to avoid confusion.

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#8 Post by Hydaral »

webfork wrote:Few suggestions about the entry:

More technical users may know what PostScript language for laser printers is, but I don't think the average user does so a little more explanation would help out.
I think of this as one of those apps that if you don't understand what it does, then you don't need it. I think the technical explanation weeds out those users that just want a PDF viewer.
webfork wrote:A shorter, clearer description would also be good. For example don't need to know that is for MS WIndows and OS/2 since this is a Windows-only site. The license is already mentioned elsewhere on the description. Many of the graphics options, languages, and so forth can probably be summarized.
I have simplified the feature list.
webfork wrote:For the additional required program, I'd avoid mentioning it up top and just explain in the "how to extract" area to avoid confusion.
Done.

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Re: GSView

#9 Post by NickR »

Now at Version V5.0 (2012-01-17)

? It now says:
...GSview release v5.0 2012-01-17, for GPL Ghostscript 9.01 or later.
...GSview release v4.9 2007-11-18, for GPL Ghostscript 8.64 or later.

I could not find a Change Description file

I used V5.0:

Extraction changes:
GSView as extracted was expecting gs.dll in ./gs7.04 and worked ok after gs904 was extracted into there.
and some of the 'Delete' files are no longer found

There are 2 Forum threads? GSView and GSview

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NickR wrote:Now at Version V5.0 (2012-01-17)

? It now says:
...GSview release v5.0 2012-01-17, for GPL Ghostscript 9.01 or later.
...GSview release v4.9 2007-11-18, for GPL Ghostscript 8.64 or later.

I could not find a Change Description file

I used V5.0:

Extraction changes:
GSView as extracted was expecting gs.dll in ./gs7.04 and worked ok after gs904 was extracted into there.
and some of the 'Delete' files are no longer found

There are 2 Forum threads? GSView and GSview
Thank you. I have updated the entry. :)

The changes are listed in the download page.
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