Changeset d891148c for pst/printing

Timestamp:

08/02/2009 07:24:37 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Guy Dalziel <gdalziel@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 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:

be7b3c2

Parents:

e355f3c6

Message:

Updated Ghostscript explanations.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@7926 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• pst/printing/gs.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

pst/printing/gs.xml

@@ -127 +127 @@
     <para>If you have <application>JasPer</application> installed on your system
     and you would like to use it with <application>GPL Ghostscript</application>,
-    then we must first remove the local copy and apply a patch:</para>
+    first remove the local copy and apply a patch:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>rm -rf jasper &amp;&amp;
@@ -144 +144 @@
     <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
+ln -sv /usr/share/ghostscript/&gs-version;/doc /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-&gs-version;
+</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To install the shared library
@@ -183 +185 @@
     <application>Ghostscript</application> interface headers in place to link
     to the shared library. These commands install the headers.</para>
+
+    <para><command>ln -sv ... /usr/share/doc/ghostscript-8.64</command>: This puts
+    the documentation where it is expected to be found.</para>
 
     <para><command>ln -v -s ghostscript /usr/include/ps</command>: Some
@@ -213 +218 @@
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 
-      <varlistentry id="afplgs-prog-gs">
+      <varlistentry id="gplgs-prog">
         <term><command>gs</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>invokes <application>Ghostscript</application>, an interpreter
-          of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format
-          (PDF) languages.</para>
-          <indexterm zone="gs afplgs-prog-gs">
+          <para>is an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document Format
+          (PDF).</para>
+          <indexterm zone="gs gplgs-prog">
             <primary sortas="b-gs">gs</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -225 +229 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="libgs.so">
+        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgs.so</filename></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>provides <application>Ghostscript</application> functionality
+          to other programs, such as <application>GSView</application>,
+          <application>ImageMagick</application>, and
+          <application>libspectre</application>.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="gs libgs.so">
+            <primary sortas="c-libgs.so">libgs.so</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
    </variablelist>
 
-    <para><application>GPL Ghostscript</application> provides many different
-    scripts used to render PostScript/PDF files back and forth. Please refer
-    to the HTML documentation or try <command>man gs</command> for information
-    about the capabilities provided by the package.</para>
+   <para><application>GPL Ghostscript</application> provides many different
+   scripts used to convert PostScript, PDF, and other formats. Please refer to 
+   the HTML documentation or the man pages for information about the 
+   capabilities provided.</para>
 
   </sect2>