Changeset 73ddd1a0 for pst/printing/espgs.xml

Timestamp:

06/14/2004 03:45:00 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

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Message:

XML update for Chapter 41

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2318 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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• pst/printing/espgs.xml (modified) (1 diff)

pst/printing/espgs.xml

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+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
+   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+ 
+  <!ENTITY espgs-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/espgs/espgs-&espgs-version;-source.tar.bz2">
+  <!ENTITY espgs-download-ftp  " ">
+  <!ENTITY espgs-size          "5.3 MB">
+  <!ENTITY espgs-buildsize     "116-140 MB (depends on if libgs.so is installed)">
+  <!ENTITY espgs-time          "1.65-3.20 SBU">
+]>
+
 <sect1 id="espgs" xreflabel="ESP Ghostscript-&espgs-version;">
 <?dbhtml filename="espgs.html"?>
 <title>ESP Ghostscript-&espgs-version;</title>
 
-&espgs-intro;
-&espgs-inst;
-&espgs-exp;
-&espgs-desc;
+<sect2>
+<title>Introduction to <application>Ghostscript</application></title>
+
+<para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor for 
+PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets. 
+ESP Ghostscript is a customized version of <acronym>GNU</acronym> Ghostscript 
+that includes an enhanced configuration script, the <acronym>
+CUPS</acronym> raster driver to support <acronym>CUPS</acronym> raster printer 
+drivers, and additional patches and drivers from
+various Linux distributors.</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Package information</title>
+<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
+<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&espgs-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&espgs-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Download size: &espgs-size;</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &espgs-buildsize;</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &espgs-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
+<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
+<listitem><para>Standard fonts: <ulink
+url="ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz"/>
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Other fonts: <ulink
+url="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz"/>
+</para></listitem>
+<!-- Cyrillic fonts are now a part of ghostscript-fonts-std -->
+</itemizedlist></sect3>
+
+<sect3><title><application>Ghostscript</application>
+dependencies</title>
+<sect4><title>Optional</title>
+<para><xref linkend="cups"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref
+linkend="libpng"/>, X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>), <xref
+linkend="GLib"/>, <xref linkend="GTK"/> and
+<xref linkend="gimp-print"/>
+</para></sect4>
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Installation of <application>Ghostscript</application></title>
+
+<para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --without-gimp-print --without-omni &amp;&amp;
+make &amp;&amp;
+make install</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<para>To install the shared library <filename>libgs.so</filename> you
+will need <xref linkend="GTK"/>.</para>
+
+<para>Proceed with the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><command>make CFLAGS_SO='-fPIC $(ACDEFS)' so &amp;&amp;
+make soinstall</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<note><para>The shared library is only used in external programs like
+<xref linkend="gsview"/>.</para></note>
+
+<para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
+<filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename>.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Command explanations</title>
+
+<para><option>--without-gimp-print</option>: This switch disables
+the building of the <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> print driver
+as a Ghostscript device since this is deprecated.
+This driver may be still accessible via <acronym>IJS</acronym>
+or <application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application>,
+and this is the preferred way.</para>
+<!-- This also fails with Gimp-Print-4.2.6-rc1 or later -->
+
+<para><option>--without-ijs</option>: This switch disables the
+<acronym>IJS</acronym> driver support.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+
+<para>Ghostscript comes with a lot of filters to render
+PostScript/<acronym>PDF</acronym> files back and forth. Please 
+refer to the <acronym>HTML</acronym> documentation or try
+<command>man gs</command>. <acronym>ESP</acronym> Ghostscript provides 
+pstoraster too.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+
+<title>Description</title>
+
+<sect3>
+<title>pstoraster</title>
+<para><acronym>CUPS</acronym> uses <command>pstoraster</command> filter to convert
+PostScript to a generic raster image format that is acceptable as an input to
+drivers for non-PostScript printers (e.g., from
+<xref linkend="gimp-print"/>).
+It is built and installed only if 
+<xref linkend="cups"/> is found.</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
 
 </sect1>