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Date:	Tue, 03 Jul 2001 01:28:36 -0400
From:	"Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
CC:	Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry AT baikal DOT ru>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Need a ghostscript maintainer
References:	<20010628221547 DOT A3873 AT redhat DOT com> <20010629174426 DOT C9027 AT redhat DOT com> <02bd01c1020a$19687850$c6823bd5 AT dima> <068c01c1021e$9dccbe80$806410ac AT local>

Robert Collins wrote:

> 
> In fact it didn't use to be provided. Users asked for it. Check the
> archives. (Native ghostscript doesn't support cygwin paths for starters &&
> what about X support).
>


Actually, until cygwin-xfree becomes an official part of the 
setup.exe-supported cygwin platform, ghostscript should not be built 
with X support at all.  If ghostscript has X support, then it will 
*require* that users download & install the huge cygwin-xfree package 
(without the assistance of setup.exe) -- or else gs.exe will complain of 
missing dll's.

Thus, the "official" ghostscript package shouldn't have X 
support/dependency.

For the rest of the question, "Why provide a cygwin ghostscript?", 
Jerome's answer is good (paraphrase):

The ability to understand and use unixlike cygwin path constructs, and 
to call gs.exe from scripts are crucial in many cases, especially 'teTeX'.

--Chuck


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