readme.htm

GhostScript的源代码

<ul>
<li> the <a href="Htmstyle.htm">coding and style guidelines</a> for
Ghostscript's HTML-based documentation.
</ul>

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<h1><a name="Web_presence"></a>Presence on the World Wide Web</h1>

<h2><a name="Web_home_page"></a>Ghostscript's home page</h2>

<p>
Ghostscript has a home page on the World Wide Web with helpful information
such as the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and a list of known problems
and workarounds for the current Aladdin Ghostscript release (in the
"Obtaining" file for that release):

<blockquote>
<a href="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/">http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/</a>
</blockquote>

<h2><a name="Aladdin_home_page"></a>Aladdin's home page</h2>

<p>
More material about Ghostscript can be found on Aladdin Enterprises' World
Wide Web site at

<blockquote>
<a href="http://www.ghostscript.com/">http://www.ghostscript.com/</a>
</blockquote>

<h2><a name="Web_other"></a>Other material on the WWW</h2>

<p>
Much other material about Ghostscript is available on the World Wide Web,
both as web pages and as archived Usenet and mailing list discussions.  Use
the well-known search engines to find such material.

<p>
There is a good manual for Ghostscript available in PDF form,
in English and German (and soon in Japanese), at:

<blockquote>
<a href="http://www.ifconnection.de/~tm">http://www.ifconnection.de/~tm</a>
</blockquote>

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<h1><a name="Ordered_roadmap"></a>Which document contains what?</h1>

<p> Here is the list in alphabetic order of Ghostscript documentation,
with explanations of the contents.

<dl>
<dt><a name="Bug-form"></a><a href="Bug-form.htm"><b>Bug-form.htm</b></a>
<dd> A form to fill out and send to Aladdin to
<a href="New-user.htm#Reporting_bugs">report a bug</a> in Aladdin
Ghostscript -- but remember that Ghostscript comes with <b>NO
WARRANTY</b> and <b>NO SUPPORT</b>. Please read the
<a href="New-user.htm#Reporting_bugs">guidelines</a> before reporting a
bug.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="C-style"></a><a href="C-style.htm"><b>C-style.htm</b></a>
<dd> Aladdin's guidelines and style for C coding, which you should follow
if, for example, you <a href="#Drivers">write a new driver</a> or add or
change something in Ghostscript. For developers.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Commprod"></a><a href="Commprod.htm"><b>Commprod.htm</b></a>
<dd> The conditions under which Ghostscript may be distributed in a
commercial context.  See also the <a href="#Public">Aladdin Free Public
License</a>.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Copying"></a><a href="Copying.htm"><b>Copying.htm</b></a>
<dd> A reminder that Aladdin Ghostscript is governed <b>NOT</b> by
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/">Free Software Foundation's</a> GNU
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">General Public License</a>
but by the <a href="#Public">Aladdin Free Public License</a>.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Current"></a><a href="Current.htm"><b>Current.htm</b></a>
<dd> Problems and new features in the current release of Ghostscript.
See also the <a href="#News">latest news</a> of changes.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="DLL"></a><a href="DLL.htm"><b>DLL.htm</b></a>
<dd> On OS/2, MS Windows-16 and MS Windows-32 platforms, Ghostscript is
compiled as a dynamic link library (DLL).  This describes how to use it.
For developers.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Devices"></a><a href="Devices.htm"><b>Devices.htm</b></a>
<dd> Detailed information about some specific devices for which Ghostscript
can produce output. Run "<b><tt>gs&nbsp;-h</tt></b>" to see which
devices a particular version of Ghostscript is built to use.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Drivers"></a><a href="Drivers.htm"><b>Drivers.htm</b></a>
<dd> Describes the interface between Ghostscript and device drivers.  If
you do this, you should also read and use the <a href="#C-style">C style
and coding guidelines</a>. Necessary to develop a new driver. For
developers.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Fonts"></a><a href="Fonts.htm"><b>Fonts.htm</b></a>
<dd> All about fonts freely available for Ghostscript, and how to add and
use new fonts. For both users and developers.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Helpers"></a><a href="Helpers.htm"><b>Helpers.htm</b></a>
<dd> A note of thanks to people who have helped in the development of
Ghostscript.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Hershey"></a><a href="Hershey.htm"><b>Hershey.htm</b></a>
<dd> Part 1 of the five-part original Usenet distribution of the free
Hershey fonts, giving the terms of use and describing their encoding.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="History"></a><b>History*.htm</b>
<dd> The history of changes in older Ghostscript releases:
<blockquote>
<a href="History4.htm">History4.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 4.n<br>
<a href="History3.htm">History3.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 3.n<br>
<a href="History2.htm">History2.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 2.n<br>
<a href="History1.htm">History1.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 1.n
</blockquote>
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Htmstyle"></a><a href="Htmstyle.htm"><b>Htmstyle.htm</b></a>
<dd> The guidelines and style for HTML coding of Ghostscript's
documentation, which you should follow if, for example, you change existing
HTML documentation or write new documents. For writers and editors.

</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Humor"></a><a href="Humor.htm"><b>Humor.htm</b></a>
<dd> Another Ghostscript interpreter.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Install"></a><a href="Install.htm"><b>Install.htm</b></a>
<dd> How to install Ghostscript.  See also <a href="#Make">how to build
it</a>.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Language"></a><a href="Language.htm"><b>Language.htm</b></a>
<dd> The relationship between the Ghostscript interpreter and the
PostScript language as defined by Adobe.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Lib"></a><a href="Lib.htm"><b>Lib.htm</b></a>
<dd> A description of the Ghostscript library, a set of procedures to
implement the graphics and filtering capabilities that are primitive
operations in the PostScript language and in Adobe Portable Document Format
(PDF). For developers.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Make"></a><a href="Make.htm"><b>Make.htm</b></a>
<dd> How to build Ghostscript executables from the source code.  See also
<a href="#Install">how to install it</a>. It's not necessary to be a highly
experienced developer to build or install Ghostscript, but some experience
is needed.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="New-user"></a><a href="New-user.htm"><b>New-user.htm</b></a>
<dd> With this document, Essential information for new users of
Ghostscript.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="News"></a><a href="News.htm"><b>News.htm</b></a>
<dd> Changes in the latest releases of Ghostscript.  Changes in older
releases are described in the history files
"<b><tt>History*.htm</tt></b>", which are usually installed
in the documentation directory. Run "<b><tt>gs&nbsp;-h</tt></b>"
to see where that is.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Ps2pdf"></a><a href="Ps2pdf.htm"><b>Ps2pdf.htm</b></a>
<dd> Detailed information on how to use Ghostscript through
<tt><b>ps2pdf</b></tt> to convert PostScript to Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF).
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Psfiles"></a><a href="Psfiles.htm"><b>Psfiles.htm</b></a>
<dd> A description of the PostScript files (other than font files)
distributed with Ghostscript, including initialization routines, utility
programs, and sample printable files.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Public"></a><a href="Public.htm"><b>Public.htm</b></a>
<dd> The Aladdin Free Public License, which states the conditions for using
and redistributing Aladdin Ghostscript.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Readme"></a><b>Readme.htm</b>
<dd> This document.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Source"></a><a href="Source.htm"><b>Source.htm</b></a>
<dd> A guide to the Ghostscript source code, for development and debugging.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Unix-lpr"></a><a href="Unix-lpr.htm"><b>Unix-lpr.htm</b></a>
<dd> How to set up Ghostscript as a Unix <tt><b>lpr</b></tt>
filter.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Use"></a><a href="Use.htm"><b>Use.htm</b></a>
<dd> Detailed instructions on how to use Ghostscript, including such
matters as designating an output device; choosing a default paper size;
how Ghostscript finds files, including font files; how it uses environment
variables; notes on specific platforms, including the X Window System; and
command-line options.
</dl>

<dl>
<dt><a name="Xfonts"></a><a href="Xfonts.htm"><b>Xfonts.htm</b></a>
<dd> Ghostscript's external font interface to a host platform's
font-rendering mechanism, for developers.
</dl>

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<p>Copyright &copy; 1996, 1997, 1998 Aladdin Enterprises.  All rights reserved.

<p>This file is part of Aladdin Ghostscript.  See the
<a href="Public.htm">Aladdin Free Public License</a> (the "License") for
full details of the terms of using, copying, modifying, and redistributing
Aladdin Ghostscript.

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Ghostscript version 5.50, 16 September 1998

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