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GNU Ghostscript 2.6.2 AmiWin port
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This port requires:

- AmiWin, a shareware X11R6 server ported to the amiga by Holger Kruse.
  You can find an evaluation version of AmiWin on Aminet. I strongly recommend
  to register your version of AmiWin, it's a great software.

- An Amiga with at least a 68020 CPU and Kickstart 2.04 or higher.

- Approx. 5 MBytes of hard disk space available.

- The fifo.library and fifo-handler. You can find them on Aminet in the
  archive util/misc/fifolib374.lzh.

- The APipe-Handler. You can find it on Aminet in the archive
  util/shell/APipe_37_7.lha

I am including the sources of this port in a separate archive. They are ready
to be compiled on the Amiga with SAS/C 6.56. In the lib directory of the src
archive you will find a unix emulation link library for SAS/C 6.56. It was
adapted from the one in the sas-unix-lib.lha archive on Aminet.

In the bin directory of the src archive you can also find scc, a front-end to
sc using a semi-unix syntax (it was adapted from the package cc.lha on Aminet).
Finally in the include directory there are the includes needed by the unix
emulation library.

To recompile the sources you need the GNU make or have to adapt the Makefile
for smake.

Installation
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Open a shell and unpack the archive "GS-AmiWin.lha" somewhere on your hard
disk. This will create the directory "gs262" there. Let's assume that the full
path to this directory is "Work:gs262". Now edit your "S:User-Startup" file,
adding the following lines:

   Assign ghostscript: "Work:ghostscript"
   Path ghostscript:bin add

Save the file back to disk and reboot your machine.


Running ghostscript
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Start AmiWin and, in a shell, type "gs" and press return. The shell window
should display the following text:

   Initializing...

Switch to the AmiWin screen, position the ghostscript window and then return
to the Workbench screen. Now you should see:

   Initializing... done.
   Ghostscript 2.6.2 (4/19/95)
   Copyright (C) 1990-1995 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA.
     All rights reserved.
   Ghostscript comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details.
   GS>

At the command prompt, enter "(ghostscript:examples/golfer.ps) run" and
press return. When rendering is finished, the shell window will display the
following text:

   >>showpage, press <return> to continue<<

Press return to erase the contents of the ghostscript window on the AmiWin
screen and to continue. The interpreter will be in interactive mode again,
enter "quit" and press return to end this session.

For more information refer to the documentation files in the "ghostscript:doc"
directory.


About this port
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This port is based on Ghostscript 2.6.2. It was implemented using SAS/C 6.56.
Please, refer to the file "COPYING" for copying and licensing information.
The use of ghostscript is not very confortable (you have to switch between
screens etc.). It is really intended to be used in conjuction with ghostview,
a nice front end which is easily driven with the mouse. Have a look for the
archive Ghostview-AmiWin.lha on Aminet.

Enrico Forestieri

Email: enrico@com.unipr.it