source: pst/ps/gsview.xml@ b1623c2

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;
 
  <!ENTITY gsview-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/ghostscript/ghostgum/gsview-&gsview-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gsview-download-ftp  "ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/gsview-&gsview-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gsview-size          "895 KB">
  <!ENTITY gsview-buildsize     "19 MB">
  <!ENTITY gsview-time          "0.19 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gsview" xreflabel="GSview-&gsview-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="gsview.html"?>
<title>GSview-&gsview-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>GSview</application></title>

<para><application>GSview</application> is a viewer for PostScript and
<acronym>PDF</acronym> using <application>X</application>.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gsview-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gsview-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gsview-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&gsview-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gsview-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/gsview-&gsview-version;-pstotext-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/gsview-&gsview-version;-lang-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3>

<sect3><title><application>GSview</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="GTK"/> and <xref
linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/> (with libgs.so installed)</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>GSview</application></title>

<para><application>GSview</application> uses <command>netscape
</command> to browse through the online help. <acronym>BLFS</acronym>
does not install <application>Netscape</application>, but has other
browsers from which to choose. Simply edit <filename>srcunx/gvxreg.c</filename> 
using the following sed script with your browser's executable file name 
substituting for <replaceable>[browser]</replaceable>:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>sed -i s/netscape/<replaceable>[browser]</replaceable>/ srcunx/gvxreg.c</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Install <application>GSview</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>sed 's|GSVIEW_ROOT=/usr/local|GSVIEW_ROOT=/usr|' \
    srcunx/unx.mak &gt; Makefile &amp;&amp;
patch -Np1 -i ../gsview-&gsview-version;-pstotext-1.patch &amp;&amp;
patch -Np1 -i ../gsview-&gsview-version;-lang-1.patch &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>sed 's|GSVIEW_ROOT=/usr/local|GSVIEW_ROOT=/usr|'</command>: This 
command changes the default installation directory to 
<filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>GSview</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/gsview/*</filename></para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>GSview</application> package contains
<command>epstool</command>, <command>gsview</command> and
<command>gsview-help</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>epstool</title>
<para><command>epstool</command> is a tool for extracting preview
bitmaps in <acronym>EPS</acronym> files.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gsview</title>
<para><command>gsview</command> is a viewer for PostScript
(<acronym>PS</acronym>) and
<acronym>PDF</acronym> files.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gsview-help</title>
<para><command>gsview-help</command> is a script for displaying help
files in your chosen browser.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>