13ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 27dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Overview of Ghostscript 37dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 4*593dc095SDavid du Colombier This document is a roadmap to the Ghostscript documentation. After 5*593dc095SDavid du Colombier looking through it, if you want to install Ghostscript and not only 6*593dc095SDavid du Colombier use it, we recommend you read how to install Ghostscript, and how to 7*593dc095SDavid du Colombier compile Ghostscript from source code (which is necessary before 8*593dc095SDavid du Colombier installing it on Unix and VMS systems). 93ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier _________________________________________________________________ 107dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 117dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierTable of contents 127dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 137dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * Document roadmap by theme 143ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + What should I read if I'm a new user? 15*593dc095SDavid du Colombier + AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript 167dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier + Before building Ghostscript 173ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + What should I read if I'm not a new user? 183ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + What if I'm a developer? 193ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + What if I'm writing documentation? 207dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * Presence on the World Wide Web 213ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + Ghostscript's home pages 223ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + Adobe PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript, and PDF reference 233ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier documentation 243ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + Other material on the WWW 257dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * Which document contains what? 263ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + Primarily for users: 277dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 283ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Bug-form.htm 293ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Bug-info.htm 30*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Deprecated.htm 313ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Devices.htm 323ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Helpers.htm 333ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Humor.htm 343ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ps2epsi.htm 353ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ps2pdf.htm 36*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Ps2ps2.htm 373ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Readme.htm 383ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Unix-lpr.htm 393ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Use.htm 407dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 413ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + For both users and developers: 423ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 433ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Changes.htm 443ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Commprod.htm 453ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Copying.htm 463ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Fonts.htm 473ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Hershey.htm 483ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier History*.htm 493ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Install.htm 503ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Language.htm 513ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Make.htm 523ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier News.htm 533ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Psfiles.htm 543ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Public.htm 553ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 563ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier + Primarily for developers: 573ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 583ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier API.htm 593ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier C-style.htm 603ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier DLL.htm 613ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Develop.htm 623ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Drivers.htm 633ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Htmstyle.htm 643ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Issues.htm 653ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Lib.htm 663ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Maintain.htm 673ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Projects.htm 683ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ps-style.htm 693ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Release.htm 703ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Source.htm 71*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Testing.htm 723ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Xfonts.htm 733ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier _________________________________________________________________ 747dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 757dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierDocument roadmap by theme 767dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 777dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier What should I read if I'm a new user? 787dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 79*593dc095SDavid du Colombier * how to use Ghostscript. This includes both a quickstart 80*593dc095SDavid du Colombier introduction to the commandline version and more extensive 81*593dc095SDavid du Colombier reference material. 82*593dc095SDavid du Colombier * detailed information about specific devices that Ghostscript can 83*593dc095SDavid du Colombier use for output 843ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * information about reporting problems--but remember that 853ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript comes with NO WARRANTY and NO SUPPORT 86*593dc095SDavid du Colombier * more detailed information about how to use Ghostscript under Unix 87*593dc095SDavid du Colombier with lpr as a filter for printing 887dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 89*593dc095SDavid du Colombier AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript 907dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 91*593dc095SDavid du Colombier AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript are different releases. If you 92*593dc095SDavid du Colombier have AFPL Ghostscript, not the GPL Ghostscript releases, you should 93*593dc095SDavid du Colombier read (or at least skim through): 943ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * additional information about AFPL Ghostscript releases that is not 95*593dc095SDavid du Colombier relevant to GPL Ghostscript releases. 967dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 973ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier If you run into any questions, or if you are going to be using 983ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript extensively, you should at least skim, and probably 993ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier eventually read: 1003ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * about the fonts distributed with Ghostscript, including how to add 1013ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier or replace fonts 1023ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * a description of the Ghostscript language, and its differences 1033ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier from the documented PostScript language 1043ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * about the postscript files distributed with Ghostscript (other 1053ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier than fonts) 1067dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1077dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Before building Ghostscript 1087dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 109*593dc095SDavid du Colombier If you are going to compile Ghostscript from source, rather than just 110*593dc095SDavid du Colombier use an executable you got from somewhere, you may want to read: 1117dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * how to build Ghostscript and install it 1123ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier _________________________________________________________________ 1137dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1147dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierWhat should I read if I'm not a new user? 1157dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1163ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier If you have already used Ghostscript, when you receive a new release 1173ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier you should begin by reading this file, then 1183ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * News.htm, for incompatible changes and new features in the current 1193ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier release; 1203ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * if you wish, Changes.htm, for a detailed list of changes in the 1213ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier current release; 122*593dc095SDavid du Colombier * if you wish, History#.htm (currently History8.htm), for changes in 1237dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier other releases. 1243ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier _________________________________________________________________ 1257dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1267dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierWhat if I'm a developer? 1277dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1283ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier If you are going to do any development on or with Ghostscript at all, 1293ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier you should at least look at 1303ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * the roadmap documentation for Ghostscript's source files and 1313ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier architecture 1327dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1333ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier If you are going to write a new driver for Ghostscript, you should 1343ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier read 1357dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * the guide to the Ghostscript source code 1367dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * the interface between Ghostscript and device drivers 1377dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * about the external font interface between Ghostscript and 138*593dc095SDavid du Colombier platform-supplied fonts 1397dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 140*593dc095SDavid du Colombier If you are considering distributing Ghostscript (either AFPL or GPL 1413ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier versions) in conjunction with a commercial product, you should read 1423ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier the license carefully, and you should also read 1433ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * additional clarification of the circumstances under which 1443ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript can be distributed with a commercial product 1457dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1463ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier If you intend to use Ghostscript in the form of a dynamic link library 1473ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier (DLL) under OS/2 or Microsoft Windows or in the form of shared object 1483ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier under Linux, read 1493ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * documentation on Ghostscript Interpreter API 1507dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1513ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier If you want to use Ghostscript as part of another program--as a 1523ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier callable PostScript language interpreter--and not as a DLL or as a 1533ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier self-contained executable application, you should begin by reading 1543ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier * the source file imain.h, the documented API for Ghostscript not as 1553ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier a DLL 1567dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1577dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier or if you are going to use only the Ghostscript graphics library, 1587dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * about the structure of the Ghostscript library and its interfaces 1593ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier _________________________________________________________________ 1607dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1617dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierWhat if I'm writing documentation? 1627dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1633ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier If you are editing or adding to Ghostscript's existing documentation 1643ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier in HTML format, or writing a new document, you should read 1657dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier * the coding and style guidelines for Ghostscript's HTML-based 1667dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier documentation. 1673ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier _________________________________________________________________ 1687dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1697dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierPresence on the World Wide Web 1707dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1717dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Ghostscript's home page 1727dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1733ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript has a home page on the World Wide Web with helpful 1743ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier information such as the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and a list of 1753ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier known problems and workarounds for the current AFPL Ghostscript 1763ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier release (in the "Obtaining" file for that release): 1777dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1787dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ 1797dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1803ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier More material about Ghostscript can be found at 1817dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1827dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier http://www.ghostscript.com/ 1837dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1843ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Adobe PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript, and PDF reference documentation 1857dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1863ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Adobe makes a wealth of technical documentation available over the 1873ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Web, including the PostScript Language Reference Manual (Third 1883ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Edition); the Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Format Specification 1893ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier version 3, including Encapsulated PostScript Interchange (EPSI) 190*593dc095SDavid du Colombier format; the PDF Reference manuals. The Acrobat SDK contains pdfmark 191*593dc095SDavid du Colombier and Acrobat Distiller parameters documentation. Some of these 192*593dc095SDavid du Colombier documents are also available at Adobe's ftp site, but not necessarily 193*593dc095SDavid du Colombier under the same filenames. 1947dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1957dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Other material on the WWW 1967dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1973ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Much other material about Ghostscript is available on the World Wide 1983ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Web, both as web pages and as archived Usenet and mailing list 1993ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier discussions. Use the well-known search engines to find such material. 2007dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2013ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier There is a translation of the Ghostscript 'man' pages into Czech at: 2023ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 2033ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier http://www.volny.cz/rebus/ghostscript/ 2043ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier _________________________________________________________________ 2057dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2067dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierWhich document contains what? 2077dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2083ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Here is the list in alphabetic order of Ghostscript documentation, 2093ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier with explanations of the contents. 2103ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 2113ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier API.htm 2123ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier On MS-Windows and OS/2, Ghostscript is compiled as a dynamic 2133ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier link library (DLL). On Linux, Ghostscript can be compiled as a 2143ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier shared object. This describes how to use it. For developers. 2157dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2167dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Bug-form.htm 2173ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A form to fill out and email to report a problem with AFPL 2183ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript--but remember that Ghostscript comes with NO 2193ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier WARRANTY and NO SUPPORT. Please read the instructions before 2203ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier reporting a bug. 2213ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 2223ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Bug-info.htm 2233ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Information about how to report problems with AFPL 2243ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript--but remember that Ghostscript comes with NO 2253ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier WARRANTY and NO SUPPORT. Please read this before reporting a 2263ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier problem. 2277dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2287dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier C-style.htm 2293ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Guidelines and style for C coding, which you should follow if, 2303ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier for example, you write a new driver or add or change something 2313ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier in Ghostscript. For developers. 2323ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 2333ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Changes.htm 2343ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A detailed list of all code changes in the current release or 2353ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier pre-release, generated mechanically from the CVS logs. For 2363ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier developers. 2377dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2387dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Commprod.htm 2397dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier The conditions under which Ghostscript may be distributed in a 2407dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier commercial context. See also the Aladdin Free Public License. 2417dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2427dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Copying.htm 2433ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A reminder that AFPL Ghostscript is governed NOT by the Free 2443ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Software Foundation's GNU General Public License but by the 2453ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Aladdin Free Public License. 2467dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2477dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier DLL.htm 2483ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier On OS/2, MS Windows-16 and MS Windows-32 platforms, Ghostscript 2493ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier is compiled as a dynamic link library (DLL). This describes how 2503ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier to use it. For developers. This DLL interface is obsolete. Use 2513ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier API.htm instead. 2523ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 2533ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Develop.htm 2543ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Code orientation for developers. Contains a detailed breakdown 2553ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier of the source files by functional group, and overviews of the 2563ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier major architectural features and services. 2577dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 258*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Deprecated.htm 259*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Documention for deprecated devices and features. Features 260*593dc095SDavid du Colombier described here will be removed in future versions of 261*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript. 262*593dc095SDavid du Colombier 2637dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Devices.htm 2643ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Detailed information about some specific devices for which 2653ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript can produce output. Run "gs -h" to see which 2663ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier devices a particular version of Ghostscript is built to use. 2677dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2687dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Drivers.htm 2693ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Describes the interface between Ghostscript and device drivers. 2703ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier If you do this, you should also read and use the C style and 2713ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier coding guidelines. Necessary to develop a new driver. For 2723ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier developers. 2737dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2747dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Fonts.htm 2753ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier All about fonts freely available for Ghostscript, and how to 2763ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier add and use new fonts. Also describes how to use Ghostscript 2773ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier fonts as X Windows fonts. For both users and developers. 2787dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2797dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Helpers.htm 2803ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A note of thanks to people who have helped in the development 2813ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier of Ghostscript. 2827dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2837dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Hershey.htm 2843ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Part 1 of the five-part original Usenet distribution of the 2853ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier free Hershey fonts, giving the terms of use and describing 2863ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier their encoding. 2877dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 2887dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier History*.htm 2897dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier The history of changes in all Ghostscript releases: 2907dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 291*593dc095SDavid du Colombier History8.htm for Ghostscript versions 8.n 2923ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier History7.htm for Ghostscript versions 7.n 2937dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier History6.htm for Ghostscript versions 6.n 2947dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier History5.htm for Ghostscript versions 5.n 2957dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier History4.htm for Ghostscript versions 4.n 2967dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier History3.htm for Ghostscript versions 3.n 2977dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier History2.htm for Ghostscript versions 2.n 2987dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier History1.htm for Ghostscript versions 1.n 2997dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3007dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Htmstyle.htm 3017dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier The guidelines and style for HTML coding of Ghostscript's 3023ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier documentation, which you should follow if, for example, you 3033ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier change existing HTML documentation or write new documents. For 3043ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier writers and editors. 3057dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3067dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Humor.htm 3077dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Another Ghostscript interpreter. 3087dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3097dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Install.htm 3107dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier How to install Ghostscript. See also how to build it. 3117dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3123ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Issues.htm 3133ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A list of outstanding open issues in Ghostscript. These include 3143ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier known limitations, minor bugs, performance issues, differences 3153ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier from Adobe implementations, and others. 3163ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 3177dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Language.htm 3183ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier The relationship between the Ghostscript interpreter and the 3193ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier PostScript language as defined by Adobe. 3207dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3217dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Lib.htm 3223ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A description of the Ghostscript library, a set of procedures 3233ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier to implement the graphics and filtering capabilities that are 3243ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier primitive operations in the PostScript language and in Adobe 3253ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Portable Document Format (PDF). For developers. 3263ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 3273ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Maintain.htm 3283ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Assorted Ghostscript maintenance procedures. For developers. 3297dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3307dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Make.htm 3313ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier How to build Ghostscript executables from the source code. See 3323ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier also how to install it. It's not necessary to be a highly 3333ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier experienced developer to build or install Ghostscript, but some 3343ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier experience is needed. 3357dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3367dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier News.htm 3373ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A brief description of the latest release or pre-release of 3383ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript, and a list of any incompatible changes in it. 3393ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Changes in older releases are described in the history files 3403ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier "History*.htm", which are usually installed in the 3413ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier documentation directory. Run "gs -h" to see where that is. 3423ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 3433ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Projects.htm 3443ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A list of Ghostscript development projects with which we would 3453ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier like help. 3463ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 3473ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ps-style.htm 3483ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier The guidelines and style for postscript coding in Ghostscript. 3493ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Some of Ghostscript is implemented in the postscript language 3503ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier itself, and various utilities and examples are distributed with 3513ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier it. You should follow these guidelines if you're extending or 3523ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier modifying those files. For developers. 3533ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 3543ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ps2epsi.htm 3553ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Detailed information on how to use Ghostscript through ps2epsi 3563ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier to convert PostScript to Adobe Encapsulated PostScript 3573ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Interchange (EPSI) format. 3587dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3597dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Ps2pdf.htm 3603ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Detailed information on how to use Ghostscript through ps2pdf 3613ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier to convert PostScript to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). 3627dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 363*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Ps2ps2.htm 364*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Detailed information on how to use Ghostscript through ps2ps2 365*593dc095SDavid du Colombier to convert Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) or Adobe 366*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Postscript Level 3 into Adobe Postscript Level 2. 367*593dc095SDavid du Colombier 3687dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Psfiles.htm 3697dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier A description of the PostScript files (other than font files) 3703ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier distributed with Ghostscript, including initialization 3713ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier routines, utility programs, and sample printable files. 3727dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3737dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Public.htm 3743ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier The Aladdin Free Public License, which states the conditions 3753ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier for using and redistributing AFPL Ghostscript. 3767dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3777dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Readme.htm 3787dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier This document. 3797dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3807dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Release.htm 3813ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A description of how to prepare and test a Ghostscript release. 3823ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Of interest only to developers who want to create new 3833ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript versions for distribution. 3847dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3857dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Source.htm 3863ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier A guide to the Ghostscript source code, for development and 3873ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier debugging. 3887dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 389*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Testing.htm 390*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Documentation for using the test scripts located in the 391*593dc095SDavid du Colombier toolbin/tests directory, and conventions for writing new 392*593dc095SDavid du Colombier testing scripts. 3937dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3947dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Unix-lpr.htm 3957dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier How to set up Ghostscript as a Unix lpr filter. 3967dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3977dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Use.htm 3983ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier Detailed instructions on how to use Ghostscript, including such 3993ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier matters as designating an output device; choosing a default 4003ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier paper size; how Ghostscript finds files, including font files; 4013ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier how it uses environment variables; notes on specific platforms, 4023ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier including the X Window System; and command-line options. 4037dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 4047dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Xfonts.htm 4057dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Ghostscript's external font interface to a host platform's 4067dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier font-rendering mechanism, for developers. 4073ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier _________________________________________________________________ 4087dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 409*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Copyright � 1996-2002 artofcode LLC. All rights reserved. 4107dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 411*593dc095SDavid du Colombier This software is provided AS-IS with no warranty, either express or 412*593dc095SDavid du Colombier implied. This software is distributed under license and may not be 413*593dc095SDavid du Colombier copied, modified or distributed except as expressly authorized under 414*593dc095SDavid du Colombier the terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE in this 415*593dc095SDavid du Colombier distribution. For more information about licensing, please refer to 416*593dc095SDavid du Colombier http://www.ghostscript.com/licensing/. For information on commercial 417*593dc095SDavid du Colombier licensing, go to http://www.artifex.com/licensing/ or contact Artifex 418*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Software, Inc., 101 Lucas Valley Road #110, San Rafael, CA 94903, 419*593dc095SDavid du Colombier U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861. 4207dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 421*593dc095SDavid du Colombier Ghostscript version 8.53, 20 October 2005 422