Ghostview

Introduction to Ghostview

Ghostview is a full function user interface for Ghostscript (versions 2.4 and later). Its features include:

Ghostview parses any known version of Adobe's Document Structuring Conventions.
Page size is automatically determined from the Document Structuring Comments. The user is able to override the values from the comments.
Window size is set to the bounding box for Encapsulated PostScript figures.
Default page size is Letter and can be changed via Xresources or application defaults file to A4 (or any other valid size).
Scrollbars appear when necessary.
Page orientation is automatically determined from the Document Structuring Comments. The user is able to override the values from the comments.
Ability to view at 4 orientations: Portrait, Landscape, Upside-down, and Seascape (for those who rotate landscape the other direction).
Ability to restrict rendering to grayscale or monochrome. (Requires Ghostscript 2.6.1 or later.)
Ability to mark pages for printing, or saving. (Good for people that printed a 100 page document and lost page 59 due to a printer jam.)
Can popup zoom windows at printer resolution (1 display dot = 1 printer dot).

Downloading Ghostview

Ghostview can be found on in the subdirectory /gnu/ghostview/ on your favorite GNU mirror. For other ways to obtain Ghostview, please read How to get GNU Software

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Updated: 15 Apr 2000 bkuhn