From: gibson james <jgibso1 AT umbc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: postscript files, what are they and how do i read them
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 01:09:43 -0500
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On 7 Dec 1997, Dale James Thompson wrote:

> gibson james <jgibso1 AT umbc DOT edu> wrote:
> > There are certainly good reasons to go to Linux, but reading Postscript
> > files with the cruddy screen fonts you get with a Linux distribution is
> > not one of them.
> 
> One could try using the Type 1 font that come with ghostscript4 and
> higher under X.  This would remove the "cruddy" screen font problem.
> -- 
> Dale James Thompson (tdale AT okstate DOT edu)
> 
I'm sure you're right, and perhaps my choice of words could have been
better, but...

If you'll recall, the original poster wrote in saying that he didn't know
what postscript files were and wanting to know how to view them. I
asssumed:
a) He is using some flavor of windows or os/2, and
b) He wanted an out-of-the-box solution.
Given this, it seemed to me that suggesting he go to linux was suggesting
he swat flies with a shotgun. Besides which, having used GSView under
win95 and ghostview and gv under linux, I've found GSView a much more
attractive and enjoyable frontend to use than either of the linux options.

None of which is meant to denigrate linux, which is a great system for
networking and development. The desktop applications are more spotty,
however, nd it seems to me that if people used to windows come to linux
expecting something else, they are likely to be turned off to its real
virtues.

James >