Changeset a9fd38e

Timestamp:

08/08/2004 06:44:33 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

a0f03b0

Parents:

051a187

Message:

Added FTP download location and some minor changes to ESP Ghostscript

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2590 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• pst/printing/espgs.xml (modified) (9 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -25 +25 @@
 <listitem><para>August 8th, 2004 [randy]: Minor corrections to 
 Perl Modules instructions; added ESP Ghostscript to Sendmail 
-optional dependencies.</para></listitem>
+optional dependencies; added FTP download location and minor changes
+to ESP Ghostscript.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>August 7th, 2004 [randy]: Updated to 

pst/printing/espgs.xml

@@ -5 +5 @@
  
   <!ENTITY espgs-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/espgs/espgs-&espgs-version;-source.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY espgs-download-ftp  " ">
+  <!ENTITY espgs-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/slackware/slackware-current/source/ap/espgs/espgs-&espgs-version;-source.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY espgs-size          "5.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY espgs-buildsize     "116-140 MB (depends on if libgs.so is installed)">
+  <!ENTITY espgs-buildsize     "116-140 MB (depends if libgs.so is installed)">
   <!ENTITY espgs-time          "1.65-3.20 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="espgs" xreflabel="ESP Ghostscript-&espgs-version;">
+<sect1info>
+<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
+<date>$Date$</date>
+</sect1info>
 <?dbhtml filename="espgs.html"?>
 <title>ESP Ghostscript-&espgs-version;</title>
@@ -20 +24 @@
 <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>
+<application>ESP Ghostscript</application> 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>
@@ -43 +47 @@
 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>
 
@@ -49 +52 @@
 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
+<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>
@@ -61 +64 @@
 <title>Installation of <application>Ghostscript</application></title>
 
-<para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the following commands:</para>
+<para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the following 
+commands:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --without-gimp-print --without-omni &amp;&amp;
@@ -67 +71 @@
 make install</command></userinput></screen>
 
-<para>To install the shared library <filename>libgs.so</filename> you
+<para>To install the shared library 
+<filename class='libraryfile'>libgs.so</filename> you
 will need <xref linkend="GTK"/>.</para>
 
@@ -79 +84 @@
 
 <para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
-<filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename>.</para>
+<filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename> and ensure 
+the ownerships of the files are root:root.</para>
 
 </sect2>
@@ -86 +92 @@
 <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>
+<para><parameter>--without-gimp-print</parameter>: This switch disables
+the building of the <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> print 
+driver as a <application>Ghostscript</application> 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-omni</option>: This switch disables the
+omni driver support.</para>
 
 <para><option>--without-ijs</option>: This switch disables the
@@ -102 +111 @@
 <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>
+<para>The <application>Ghostscript</application> package contains 
+<command>gs</command>, the <filename class='libraryfile'>libgs</filename> 
+library and many 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> for information about the capabilities provided 
+by the package. <application><acronym>ESP</acronym> Ghostscript</application> 
+also provides the <filename>pstoraster</filename> 
+<application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application> print filter.</para>
 
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
-
 <title>Description</title>
 
 <sect3>
+<title>gs</title>
+<para><command>gs</command> invokes <application>Ghostscript</application>, an 
+interpreter of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format 
+(<acronym>PDF</acronym>) languages.</para></sect3>
+
+<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>
+<para><application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application> uses the 
+<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>