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<h1>Overview of Ghostscript</h1>
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This document is a roadmap to the Ghostscript documentation.
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After looking through it, if you want to install Ghostscript and not only
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use it, we recommend you read <a href="Install.htm">how to install
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Ghostscript</a>, and <a href="Make.htm">how to compile Ghostscript</a> from
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source code (which is necessary before installing it on Unix and VMS
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<h2>Table of contents</h2>
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<li><a href="#Theme_roadmap">Document roadmap by theme</a>
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<li><a href="#New_users">What should I read if I'm a new user?</a>
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<li><a href="#Two_Ghostscripts">AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript</a>
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<li><a href="#Before_building">Before building Ghostscript</a>
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<li><a href="#Not_a_new_user">What should I read if I'm not a new user?</a>
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<li><a href="#Developer">What if I'm a developer?</a>
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<li><a href="#Writer">What if I'm writing documentation?</a>
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<li><a href="#Web_presence">Presence on the World Wide Web</a>
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<li><a href="#Web_home_page">Ghostscript's home pages</a>
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<li><a href="#Adobe_documentation">Adobe PostScript, Encapsulated
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PostScript, and PDF reference documentation</a>
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<li><a href="#Web_other">Other material on the WWW</a>
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<li><a href="#Ordered_roadmap">Which document contains what?</a>
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<li>Primarily for users:
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<blockquote><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
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<tr><td valign=top>
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<a href="#Bug-form">Bug-form.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Bug-info">Bug-info.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Deprecated">Deprecated.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Devices">Devices.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Helpers">Helpers.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Humor">Humor.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Ps2epsi">Ps2epsi.htm</a><br>
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<td> <td valign=top>
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<a href="#Ps2pdf">Ps2pdf.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Ps2ps2">Ps2ps2.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Readme">Readme.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Unix-lpr">Unix-lpr.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Use">Use.htm</a><br>
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<li>For both users and developers:
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<a href="#Changes">Changes.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Commprod">Commprod.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Copying">Copying.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Fonts">Fonts.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Hershey">Hershey.htm</a><br>
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<td> <td valign=top>
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<a href="#History">History*.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Install">Install.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Language">Language.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Make">Make.htm</a><br>
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<td> <td valign=top>
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<a href="#News">News.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Psfiles">Psfiles.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Public">Public.htm</a><br>
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<li>Primarily for developers:
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<a href="#API">API.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#C-style">C-style.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#DLL">DLL.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Develop">Develop.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Drivers">Drivers.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Htmstyle">Htmstyle.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Issues">Issues.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Lib">Lib.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Maintain">Maintain.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Projects">Projects.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Ps-style">Ps-style.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Release">Release.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Source">Source.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Testing">Testing.htm</a><br>
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<a href="#Xfonts">Xfonts.htm</a><br>
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<h2><a name="Theme_roadmap"></a>Document roadmap by theme</h2>
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<h3><a name="New_users"></a>What should I read if I'm a new user?</h3>
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<li>how to <a href="Use.htm">use Ghostscript</a>. This includes both
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a quickstart introduction to the commandline version and more extensive
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reference material.
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<li>detailed information about <a href="Devices.htm">specific
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devices</a> that Ghostscript can use for output
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<li>information about <a href="Bug-info.htm">reporting problems</a>--but
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remember that Ghostscript comes with <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong> and <strong>NO
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SUPPORT</strong>
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<li>more detailed information about how to use Ghostscript under
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Unix with <tt>lpr</tt> <a href="Unix-lpr.htm">as a filter</a>
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for printing
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<h3><a name="Two_Ghostscripts"></a>AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript</h3>
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AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript are <a href="Commprod.htm">different releases</a>.
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If you have AFPL Ghostscript, not the GPL Ghostscript releases, you should
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read (or at least skim through):
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<ul>
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<li>additional information about <a href="Public.htm">AFPL Ghostscript
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releases</a> that is not relevant to GPL Ghostscript releases.
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If you run into any questions, or if you are going to be using Ghostscript
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extensively, you should at least skim, and probably eventually read:
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<li> about the <a href="Fonts.htm">fonts distributed with
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Ghostscript</a>, including how to add or replace fonts
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<li> a description of <a href="Language.htm">the Ghostscript language</a>,
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and its differences from the documented PostScript language
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<li> about the <a href="Psfiles.htm">postscript files distributed with
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Ghostscript</a> (other than fonts)
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<h3><a name="Before_building"></a>Before building Ghostscript</h3>
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If you are going to compile Ghostscript from source, rather than just use an executable
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you got from somewhere, you may want to read:
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<ul>
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<li> <a href="Make.htm">how to build Ghostscript</a> and
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<a href="Install.htm">install it</a>
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<h2><a name="Not_a_new_user"></a>What should I read if I'm not a new user?</h2>
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If you have already used Ghostscript, when you receive a new release you
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should begin by reading this file, then
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<li> <a href="News.htm">News.htm</a>, for incompatible changes and new
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features in the current release;
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<li> if you wish, <a href="Changes.htm">Changes.htm</a>, for a detailed list
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of changes in the current release;
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href="History8.htm">History8.htm</a>), for changes in other releases.
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<h2><a name="Developer"></a>What if I'm a developer?</h2>
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If you are going to do any development on or with Ghostscript at all, you
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should at least look at
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<ul>
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<li>the <a href="Develop.htm">roadmap documentation</a> for Ghostscript's
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source files and architecture
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If you are going to write a new driver for Ghostscript, you should read
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<li> the <a href="Source.htm">guide to the Ghostscript source code</a>
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<li> the interface between Ghostscript and <a href="Drivers.htm">device
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drivers</a>
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<li> about the <a href="Xfonts.htm">external font interface</a> between
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Ghostscript and platform-supplied fonts
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If you are considering distributing Ghostscript (either AFPL or GPL
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versions) in conjunction with a commercial product, you should read the
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<a href="Public.htm">license</a> carefully, and you should also read
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<li> additional clarification of the circumstances under which Ghostscript
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can be distributed <a href="Commprod.htm">with a commercial product</a>
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If you intend to use Ghostscript in the form of a dynamic link library
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(DLL) under OS/2 or Microsoft Windows or in the form of shared object
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under Linux, read
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<li> documentation on <a href="API.htm">Ghostscript Interpreter API</a>
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If you want to use Ghostscript as part of another program--as a callable
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PostScript language interpreter--and not as a DLL or as a self-contained
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executable application, you should begin by reading
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<li> the source file <b><tt>imain.h</tt></b>, the documented
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API for Ghostscript <em>not</em> as a DLL
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or if you are going to use only the Ghostscript graphics library,
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<li> about the structure of the <a href="Lib.htm">Ghostscript library</a>
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and its interfaces
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<h2><a name="Writer"></a>What if I'm writing documentation?</h2>
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If you are editing or adding to Ghostscript's existing documentation in
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HTML format, or writing a new document, you should read
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<li> the <a href="Htmstyle.htm">coding and style guidelines</a> for
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Ghostscript's HTML-based documentation.
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<h2><a name="Web_presence"></a>Presence on the World Wide Web</h2>
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<h3><a name="Web_home_page"></a>Ghostscript's home page</h3>
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Ghostscript has a home page on the World Wide Web with helpful information
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such as the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and a list of known problems
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and workarounds for the current AFPL Ghostscript release (in the
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"Obtaining" file for that release):
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<a href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/"
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More material about Ghostscript can be found at
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<a href="http://www.ghostscript.com/" class="offsite">http://www.ghostscript.com/</a>
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<h3><a name="Adobe_documentation"></a>Adobe PostScript, Encapsulated
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PostScript, and PDF reference documentation</h3>
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Adobe makes a wealth of technical documentation available over the Web,
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including the
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<a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/PLRM.pdf"
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PostScript Language Reference Manual (Third Edition)</a>; the
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<a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5002.EPSF_Spec.pdf"
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Encapsulated PostScript</a> (EPS) Format Specification version 3, including
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format; the
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<a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/pdf/index_reference.html"
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class="offsite">PDF Reference manuals</a>.
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The <a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/acrobat/sdk/index.html"
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class="offsite">Acrobat SDK</a> contains
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<a href="http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/acrobat/sdk/index_doc.html" class="offset">
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pdfmark and Acrobat Distiller parameters</a> documentation.
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Some of these documents
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are also available at <a href="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/"
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class="offsite">Adobe's ftp
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site</a>, but not necessarily under the same filenames.
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<h3><a name="Web_other"></a>Other material on the WWW</h3>
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Much other material about Ghostscript is available on the World Wide Web,
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both as web pages and as archived Usenet and mailing list discussions. Use
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the well-known search engines to find such material.
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There is a translation of the Ghostscript 'man' pages into Czech at:
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<a href="http://www.volny.cz/rebus/ghostscript/"
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class="offsite">http://www.volny.cz/rebus/ghostscript/</a>
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<h2><a name="Ordered_roadmap"></a>Which document contains what?</h2>
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<p> Here is the list in alphabetic order of Ghostscript documentation,
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with explanations of the contents.
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="API"></a><a href="API.htm"><b>API.htm</b></a>
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<dd> On MS-Windows and OS/2, Ghostscript is compiled as a dynamic
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link library (DLL). On Linux, Ghostscript can be compiled as
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a shared object. This describes how to use it.
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For developers.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Bug-form"></a><a href="Bug-form.htm"><b>Bug-form.htm</b></a>
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<dd> A form to fill out and email to report a problem with AFPL
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Ghostscript--but remember that Ghostscript comes with NO WARRANTY
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and NO SUPPORT. Please read the <a
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href="Bug-info.htm">instructions</a> before reporting a bug.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Bug-info"></a><a href="Bug-info.htm"><b>Bug-info.htm</b></a>
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<dd> Information about how to report problems with AFPL Ghostscript--but
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remember that Ghostscript comes with <b>NO WARRANTY</b> and <b>NO
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SUPPORT</b>. Please read this before reporting a problem.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="C-style"></a><a href="C-style.htm"><b>C-style.htm</b></a>
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<dd> Guidelines and style for C coding, which you should follow
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if, for example, you <a href="#Drivers">write a new driver</a> or add or
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change something in Ghostscript. For developers.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Changes"></a><a href="Changes.htm"><b>Changes.htm</b></a>
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<dd> A detailed list of all code changes in the current release or
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pre-release, generated mechanically from the CVS logs. For developers.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Commprod"></a><a href="Commprod.htm"><b>Commprod.htm</b></a>
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<dd> The conditions under which Ghostscript may be distributed in a
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commercial context. See also the <a href="#Public">Aladdin Free Public
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License</a>.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Copying"></a><a href="Copying.htm"><b>Copying.htm</b></a>
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<dd> A reminder that AFPL Ghostscript is governed <b>NOT</b> by
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the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/">Free Software Foundation's</a> GNU
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">General Public License</a>
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but by the <a href="#Public">Aladdin Free Public License</a>.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="DLL"></a><a href="DLL.htm"><b>DLL.htm</b></a>
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<dd> On OS/2, MS Windows-16 and MS Windows-32 platforms, Ghostscript is
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compiled as a dynamic link library (DLL). This describes how to use it.
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For developers. <b>This DLL interface is obsolete.</b>
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Use <a href="#API"><b>API.htm</b></a> instead.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Develop"></a><a href="Develop.htm"><b>Develop.htm</b></a>
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<dd> Code orientation for developers. Contains a detailed breakdown of
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the source files by functional group, and overviews of the major
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architectural features and services.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Deprecated"></a><a href="Deprecated.htm"><b>Deprecated.htm</b></a></dt>
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<dd> Documention for deprecated devices and features. Features described here
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will be removed in future versions of Ghostscript.</dd>
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Devices"></a><a href="Devices.htm"><b>Devices.htm</b></a>
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<dd> Detailed information about some specific devices for which Ghostscript
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426 |
can produce output. Run "<b><tt>gs -h</tt></b>" to see which
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|
427 |
devices a particular version of Ghostscript is built to use.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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<dt><a name="Drivers"></a><a href="Drivers.htm"><b>Drivers.htm</b></a>
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|
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<dd> Describes the interface between Ghostscript and device drivers. If
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433 |
you do this, you should also read and use the <a href="#C-style">C style
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|
434 |
and coding guidelines</a>. Necessary to develop a new driver. For
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435 |
developers.
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</dl>
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<dl>
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|
439 |
<dt><a name="Fonts"></a><a href="Fonts.htm"><b>Fonts.htm</b></a> <dd> All
|
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|
440 |
about fonts freely available for Ghostscript, and how to add and use new
|
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|
441 |
fonts. Also describes how to use Ghostscript fonts as X Windows fonts. For
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442 |
both users and developers.
|
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|
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</dl>
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<dl>
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|
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<dt><a name="Helpers"></a><a href="Helpers.htm"><b>Helpers.htm</b></a>
|
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|
447 |
<dd> A note of thanks to people who have helped in the development of
|
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|
448 |
Ghostscript.
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|
449 |
</dl>
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|
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<dl>
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|
452 |
<dt><a name="Hershey"></a><a href="Hershey.htm"><b>Hershey.htm</b></a>
|
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|
453 |
<dd> Part 1 of the five-part original Usenet distribution of the free
|
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|
454 |
Hershey fonts, giving the terms of use and describing their encoding.
|
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|
455 |
</dl>
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|
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|
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<dl>
|
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|
458 |
<dt><a name="History"></a><b>History*.htm</b>
|
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|
459 |
<dd> The history of changes in all Ghostscript releases:
|
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|
460 |
<blockquote>
|
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|
461 |
<a href="History8.htm">History8.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 8.n<br>
|
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|
462 |
<a href="History7.htm">History7.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 7.n<br>
|
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|
463 |
<a href="History6.htm">History6.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 6.n<br>
|
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|
464 |
<a href="History5.htm">History5.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 5.n<br>
|
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|
465 |
<a href="History4.htm">History4.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 4.n<br>
|
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|
466 |
<a href="History3.htm">History3.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 3.n<br>
|
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|
467 |
<a href="History2.htm">History2.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 2.n<br>
|
|
|
468 |
<a href="History1.htm">History1.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 1.n
|
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|
469 |
</blockquote>
|
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|
470 |
</dl>
|
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|
471 |
|
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|
472 |
<dl>
|
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|
473 |
<dt><a name="Htmstyle"></a><a href="Htmstyle.htm"><b>Htmstyle.htm</b></a>
|
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|
474 |
<dd> The guidelines and style for HTML coding of Ghostscript's
|
|
|
475 |
documentation, which you should follow if, for example, you change existing
|
|
|
476 |
HTML documentation or write new documents. For writers and editors.
|
|
|
477 |
</dl>
|
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|
478 |
|
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|
479 |
<dl>
|
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|
480 |
<dt><a name="Humor"></a><a href="Humor.htm"><b>Humor.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
481 |
<dd> Another Ghostscript interpreter.
|
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|
482 |
</dl>
|
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|
483 |
|
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|
484 |
<dl>
|
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|
485 |
<dt><a name="Install"></a><a href="Install.htm"><b>Install.htm</b></a>
|
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|
486 |
<dd> How to install Ghostscript. See also <a href="#Make">how to build
|
|
|
487 |
it</a>.
|
|
|
488 |
</dl>
|
|
|
489 |
|
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|
490 |
<dl>
|
|
|
491 |
<dt><a name="Issues"></a><a href="Issues.htm"><b>Issues.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
492 |
<dd> A list of outstanding open issues in Ghostscript. These include
|
|
|
493 |
known limitations, minor bugs, performance issues, differences from
|
|
|
494 |
Adobe implementations, and others.
|
|
|
495 |
</dl>
|
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|
496 |
|
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|
497 |
<dl>
|
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|
498 |
<dt><a name="Language"></a><a href="Language.htm"><b>Language.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
499 |
<dd> The relationship between the Ghostscript interpreter and the
|
|
|
500 |
PostScript language as defined by Adobe.
|
|
|
501 |
</dl>
|
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|
502 |
|
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|
503 |
<dl>
|
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|
504 |
<dt><a name="Lib"></a><a href="Lib.htm"><b>Lib.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
505 |
<dd> A description of the Ghostscript library, a set of procedures to
|
|
|
506 |
implement the graphics and filtering capabilities that are primitive
|
|
|
507 |
operations in the PostScript language and in Adobe Portable Document Format
|
|
|
508 |
(PDF). For developers.
|
|
|
509 |
</dl>
|
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|
510 |
|
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|
511 |
<dl>
|
|
|
512 |
<dt><a name="Maintain"></a><a href="Maintain.htm"><b>Maintain.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
513 |
<dd> Assorted Ghostscript maintenance procedures. For developers.
|
|
|
514 |
</dl>
|
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
516 |
<dl>
|
|
|
517 |
<dt><a name="Make"></a><a href="Make.htm"><b>Make.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
518 |
<dd> How to build Ghostscript executables from the source code. See also
|
|
|
519 |
<a href="#Install">how to install it</a>. It's not necessary to be a highly
|
|
|
520 |
experienced developer to build or install Ghostscript, but some experience
|
|
|
521 |
is needed.
|
|
|
522 |
</dl>
|
|
|
523 |
|
|
|
524 |
<dl>
|
|
|
525 |
<dt><a name="News"></a><a href="News.htm"><b>News.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
526 |
<dd> A brief description of the latest release or pre-release of
|
|
|
527 |
Ghostscript, and a list of any incompatible changes in it. Changes in older
|
|
|
528 |
releases are described in the history files "<b><tt>History*.htm</tt></b>",
|
|
|
529 |
which are usually installed in the documentation directory. Run
|
|
|
530 |
"<b><tt>gs -h</tt></b>" to see where that is.
|
|
|
531 |
</dl>
|
|
|
532 |
|
|
|
533 |
<dl>
|
|
|
534 |
<dt><a name="Projects"></a><a href="Projects.htm"><b>Projects.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
535 |
<dd> A list of Ghostscript development projects with which we would like
|
|
|
536 |
help.
|
|
|
537 |
</dl>
|
|
|
538 |
|
|
|
539 |
<dl>
|
|
|
540 |
<dt><a name="Ps-style"></a><a
|
|
|
541 |
href="Ps-style.htm"><b>Ps-style.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
542 |
<dd> The guidelines and style for postscript coding in Ghostscript. Some
|
|
|
543 |
of Ghostscript is implemented in the postscript language itself, and
|
|
|
544 |
various utilities and examples are distributed with it. You should
|
|
|
545 |
follow these guidelines if you're extending or modifying those files.
|
|
|
546 |
For developers.
|
|
|
547 |
</dl>
|
|
|
548 |
|
|
|
549 |
<dl>
|
|
|
550 |
<dt><a name="Ps2epsi"></a><a href="Ps2epsi.htm"><b>Ps2epsi.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
551 |
<dd> Detailed information on how to use Ghostscript through
|
|
|
552 |
<tt><b>ps2epsi</b></tt> to convert PostScript to Adobe
|
|
|
553 |
Encapsulated PostScript Interchange (EPSI) format.
|
|
|
554 |
</dl>
|
|
|
555 |
|
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|
556 |
<dl>
|
|
|
557 |
<dt><a name="Ps2pdf"></a><a href="Ps2pdf.htm"><b>Ps2pdf.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
558 |
<dd> Detailed information on how to use Ghostscript through
|
|
|
559 |
<tt><b>ps2pdf</b></tt> to convert PostScript to Adobe
|
|
|
560 |
Portable Document Format (PDF).
|
|
|
561 |
</dl>
|
|
|
562 |
|
|
|
563 |
<dl>
|
|
|
564 |
<dt><a name="Ps2ps2"></a><a href="Ps2ps2.htm"><b>Ps2ps2.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
565 |
<dd> Detailed information on how to use Ghostscript through
|
|
|
566 |
<tt><b>ps2ps2</b></tt> to convert Adobe
|
|
|
567 |
Portable Document Format (PDF) or Adobe Postscript Level 3
|
|
|
568 |
into Adobe Postscript Level 2.
|
|
|
569 |
</dl>
|
|
|
570 |
|
|
|
571 |
<dl>
|
|
|
572 |
<dt><a name="Psfiles"></a><a href="Psfiles.htm"><b>Psfiles.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
573 |
<dd> A description of the PostScript files (other than font files)
|
|
|
574 |
distributed with Ghostscript, including initialization routines, utility
|
|
|
575 |
programs, and sample printable files.
|
|
|
576 |
</dl>
|
|
|
577 |
|
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|
578 |
<dl>
|
|
|
579 |
<dt><a name="Public"></a><a href="Public.htm"><b>Public.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
580 |
<dd> The Aladdin Free Public License, which states the conditions for using
|
|
|
581 |
and redistributing AFPL Ghostscript.
|
|
|
582 |
</dl>
|
|
|
583 |
|
|
|
584 |
<dl>
|
|
|
585 |
<dt><a name="Readme"></a><b>Readme.htm</b>
|
|
|
586 |
<dd> This document.
|
|
|
587 |
</dl>
|
|
|
588 |
|
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|
589 |
<dl>
|
|
|
590 |
<dt><a name="Release"></a><a href="Release.htm"><b>Release.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
591 |
<dd> A description of how to prepare and test a Ghostscript release. Of
|
|
|
592 |
interest only to developers who want to create new Ghostscript versions for
|
|
|
593 |
distribution.
|
|
|
594 |
</dl>
|
|
|
595 |
|
|
|
596 |
<dl>
|
|
|
597 |
<dt><a name="Source"></a><a href="Source.htm"><b>Source.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
598 |
<dd> A guide to the Ghostscript source code, for development and debugging.
|
|
|
599 |
</dl>
|
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
601 |
<dl>
|
|
|
602 |
<dt><a name="Testing"></a><a href="Testing.htm"><b>Testing.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
603 |
<dd> Documentation for using the test scripts located in the <a
|
|
|
604 |
href="../toolbin/tests">toolbin/tests</a> directory, and conventions for
|
|
|
605 |
writing new testing scripts.
|
|
|
606 |
</dl>
|
|
|
607 |
|
|
|
608 |
<dl>
|
|
|
609 |
<dt><a name="Unix-lpr"></a><a href="Unix-lpr.htm"><b>Unix-lpr.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
610 |
<dd> How to set up Ghostscript as a Unix <tt><b>lpr</b></tt>
|
|
|
611 |
filter.
|
|
|
612 |
</dl>
|
|
|
613 |
|
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|
614 |
<dl>
|
|
|
615 |
<dt><a name="Use"></a><a href="Use.htm"><b>Use.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
616 |
<dd> Detailed instructions on how to use Ghostscript, including such
|
|
|
617 |
matters as designating an output device; choosing a default paper size;
|
|
|
618 |
how Ghostscript finds files, including font files; how it uses environment
|
|
|
619 |
variables; notes on specific platforms, including the X Window System; and
|
|
|
620 |
command-line options.
|
|
|
621 |
</dl>
|
|
|
622 |
|
|
|
623 |
<dl>
|
|
|
624 |
<dt><a name="Xfonts"></a><a href="Xfonts.htm"><b>Xfonts.htm</b></a>
|
|
|
625 |
<dd> Ghostscript's external font interface to a host platform's
|
|
|
626 |
font-rendering mechanism, for developers.
|
|
|
627 |
</dl>
|
|
|
628 |
|
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|
629 |
<!-- [2.0 end contents] ==================================================== -->
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<!-- [3.0 begin visible trailer] =========================================== -->
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<hr>
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633 |
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634 |
<p>
|
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|
635 |
<small>Copyright © 1996-2002 artofcode LLC. All rights reserved.</small>
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636 |
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|
637 |
<p>
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|
638 |
This software is provided AS-IS with no warranty, either express or
|
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|
639 |
implied.
|
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|
640 |
|
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|
641 |
This software is distributed under license and may not be copied,
|
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|
642 |
modified or distributed except as expressly authorized under the terms
|
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|
643 |
of the license contained in the file LICENSE in this distribution.
|
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|
644 |
|
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|
645 |
For more information about licensing, please refer to
|
|
|
646 |
http://www.ghostscript.com/licensing/. For information on
|
|
|
647 |
commercial licensing, go to http://www.artifex.com/licensing/ or
|
|
|
648 |
contact Artifex Software, Inc., 101 Lucas Valley Road #110,
|
|
|
649 |
San Rafael, CA 94903, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861.
|
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|
650 |
|
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|
651 |
<p>
|
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|
652 |
<small>Ghostscript version 8.53, 20 October 2005
|
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<!-- [3.0 end visible trailer] ============================================= -->
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