Jack Byers byersj@xxxxxxxxxxx
2.6.17-1.2174_FC5
running
gs file.ps
gs file.pdf
or
ghostscript file.ps
ghostscript file.pdf
all fail to show the page , as if the connectin to X is broken
byers@bootp dsys]$ gs parted.pdf
ESP Ghostscript 815.02 (2006-04-19)
Copyright (C) 2004 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Processing pages 1 through 27.
Page 1
showpage, press <return> to continue<<
Page 2
showpage, press <return> to continue<<
[byers@bootp dsys]$
otoh, both
kghostview and xpdf display fine
xpdf also has the facility on pdf files to select arbitrary size rectangular
regions
and copy them into a textfile
which makes it very handy for doing selective copying on multicolumn pdf
files
any advice on on gs, ghostscript?
Jack
