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Ray Raffurty wrote:
> This is off topic but perhaps someone can help. About once or twice a
> year I need to edit an Adobe PDF document. I have Adobe Acrobat Reader,
> but can not edit text with that program. I hate to shell out 200+ $ for
> Acrobat to use so infrequently.
>
> Does anyone know of a simple editor for PDF files, freeware, shareware or
> other, preferably with a free demo to test it. Must run under Windows
> 98. Or, is there anothew way to do this?
Ghostview/Ghostscript can read/display pdf files. It can convert
back to plain postscript. It can extract the text (to unformatted
ascii .txt file). Some programs can import postscript and/or
encapsulated postscript for further editing, e.g. Adobe Illustrator
and Corel Draw. A readme file is attached for the GS package. This
version is about a year old. Improvements/enhancements may be
available now.
The full Acrobat Exchange package can only make what I will call
minor changes to pdf files. I assume you know Reader can copy
text to the MS Win clipboard for pasting into any word processor.
Rod
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Title: GSview Readme
GSview Readme
GSview 4.0 - PostScript previewer. Needs Ghostscript 7.
Release date: 2001-06-02
Table of contents
Overview
Installation
Compilation
X11/Linux
Bugs
Updates
Obtaining Ghostscript
Copyright, Licensing and Registration
Other Useful Programs
Acknowledgements
Overview
GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript under MS-Windows,
OS/2 and Linux. Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page
description language used by laser printers.
For documents following the Adobe PostScript Document Structuring
Conventions, GSview allows selected pages to be viewed or printed.
GSview requires Ghostscript 7.00 - 7.99.
Features include:
Display and print PostScript and PDF files.
View pages in arbitrary order (Next, Previous, Goto).
Page size and Orientation are automatically selected from
DSC comments or can be selected using the menu.
Print selected pages using Ghostscript.
Convert pages to bitmap, PDF or PostScript.
Selectable display resolution, depth, alpha.
Single button zoom.
Extract selected pages to another file.
Copy display bitmap to clipboard.
Save clipboard bitmap as BMP file.
Add bitmap or user preview to EPS file
(Interchange, TIFF or Windows Metafile)
Graphically select and show bounding box for EPS file.
Extract bitmap preview or PostScript from DOS EPS file.
Extract text or search for text.
Can read gzip and bzip2 compressed PostScript and PDF files.
On-line help.
Win32, OS/2 and Linux/X11 executables. Older versions support Win16.
Can be run directly off a CD-ROM.
English, German, French, Italian and Spanish languages.
Per user initialisation files for Windows.
Includes setup program.
Free (Aladdin Free Public Licence).
Works with AFPL Ghostscript 7.00 - 7.99 (GSview checks the
Ghostscript version number). Older version of GSview will
work with Ghostscript 4.03 - 6.50.
Changes in version 4.0:
Uses new Ghostscript API on Windows, OS/2 and Linux.
pstoedit for OS/2.
Bug fixes:
Anti-aliased display is now the default.
File | Convert now processes only the requested pages.
GSview was written by Russell Lang at Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd.
Installation
First uninstall any previous versions of GSview.
Win32
Obtain GSview (gsv40w32.exe) from
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get40.htm
Obtain AFPL Ghostscript 7.00 (gs700w32.exe) from
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get700.htm
Install the AFPL Ghostscript self extracting archive gs700w32.exe
(or a later version).
Install the GSview self extracting archive gsv40w32.exe.
Run GSview.
Win32 location details
By default, GSview is installed in the directory
c:\Ghostgum, which creates the sub-directories
c:\Ghostgum\gsview, c:\Ghostgum\pstotext and
c:\Ghostgum\pstoedit. The GSview executable is
c:\Ghostgum\gsview\gsview32.exe.
By default, AFPL Ghostscript is installed in the directory
c:\gs, which creates the sub-directories
c:\gs\gsN.NN and c:\gs\fonts.
The AFPL Ghostscript executables are
c:\gs\gsN.NN\gswin32c.exe for console mode and
c:\gs\gsN.NN\gswin32.exe for windowing mode.
GSview normally locates AFPL Ghostscript using registry
entries created by the AFPL Ghostscript setup program.
If these do not exist, GSview will assume that Ghostscript
is in an adjacent directory to GSview, usually
c:\Ghostgum\gsN.NN and c:\Ghostgum\fonts.
OS/2
Obtain GSview (gsv40os2.zip) from
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get40.htm
Obtain AFPL Ghostscript 7.00 (gs700os2.zip) from
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get700.htm
Unzip
GSview to a temporary directory, place gs700os2.zip (or a later
version) in the same directory, and then run os2setup.exe.
If you do not already have EMX installed on your system, you will
also need to obtain the EMX Run Time library, emxrt.zip,
from one of
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/emx09d/emxrt.zip
ftp://ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/emx/v0.9d/emxrt.zip
If GSview refuses to run at all, make sure you do not have
an old version of the emx DLL on your system.
GSview (gvpm.exe) will run under OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 Warp.
Win16
Use the older GSview 2.7 and Aladdin Ghostscript 4.03.
Win32s
For MS-Windows 3.1, it is recommended that you use the
Win32 version. You must have Win32s installed before
installing GSview. See
http://www.microsoft.com/
or
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/PW1118.EXE.
GSview and Ghostscript will not work with some versions
of Win32s. If it doesn't work with your version, try
updating to a later version of Win32s. Some computers
will work with Win32s v1.15, others will not.
For Win32s, you will need to manually install both
GSview and AFPL Ghostscript. The included setup
programs will not run under Win32s. The self extracting
archives can be unpacked with Info-ZIP
unzip.
X11/Linux
Copy gsview, gsview-help, epstool
and pstotext to a directory on your search path.
Copy gvx*.htm to the directory /usr/share/doc/gsview-N.N.
Copy printer.ini to directory /etc/gsview.
GSview stores configuration information in $HOME/.gsview.ini.
You must have the shared object version of Ghostscript 7.00 - 7.99.
You must first install Ghostscript 7, then the additional shared
object files.
These are available from
ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/AFPL/gs700/linux/
General
Make sure that the zip/exe files are transferred in binary mode.
The Ghostscript fonts are used by Ghostscript alone. Your system
Fonts folder will not be modified.
If you don't like automatic installation programs, it is
possible to install GSview and Ghostscript manually.
For Ghostscript, read the file
gsN.NN\doc\Install.htm.
For GSview, read the file
gsviewen.hlp
If you wish to use install GSview without any prompts, give
a destination directory on the command line. For example:
setup c:\ghostgum
This will not prompt for a destination directory and will
overwrite files without asking.
Configuration of GSview will occur the first time it is run.
See the
on-line help
for more details.
The 'Common Problems' topic is worth reading if GSview doesn't work.
Compilation
To compile GSview for Windows you need MS Visual C++ 5.0 (and
Borland C++ 4.5 for one 16-bit module).
For MSVC++, copy gvwinvc.mak to Makefile, edit Makefile to set
VCVER and DEVBASE as required, then type 'nmake'.
Borland C++ 4.5 (for 16-bit code) and Borland C++Builder 4
will compile most of GSview, but you will need to hand modify
some files.
For Borland C++, copy gvwin.mak to Makefile, edit Makefile to set
COMPBASE as required, then type 'make'.
To compile GSview for OS/2 you need IBM NMAKE.EXE and EMX/GCC 0.9d.
To create the GSview online help you need the IBM toolkit.
Copy gvpm.mak to Makefile and edit COMPBASE and EMXPATH as required.
Type 'nmake'
To compile GSview for Linux/X11 you need gcc and the GTK+ 1.2 toolkit.
Unzip the gsv40src.zip, to produce three other zip files.
Unzip these, converting the line endings:
unzip -a src.zip
Change to the src subdirectory and copy
gvx.mak to makefile.
Run make.
To install, run make install
See the X11/Linux topic for more notes
on X11 GSview.
X11/Linux
While the current version number is 4.0, the Linux version
really is an early release.
X11 GSview is written by a novice at X Windows programming.
It might have serious problems.
The GTK+ toolkit is used for most of the graphical interface,
with a small amount of Xlib for interfacing with Ghostscript.
GSview on Linux now uses the Ghostscript shared object.
Drawing (especially over a network when using anti-aliased
text) should be faster.
Unimplemented features
Many accelerator keys don't work.
The GtkItemFactory ignores some accelerators, including
'+', '-', BackSpace, F1. Don't know how to add accelerators
where there is no menu item. Don't know how to add multiple
accelerators to the same menu item.
Help uses HTML and netscape.
Gnome Help Browser is not used because it doesn't
support #topic on the command line. For example:
gnome-help-browser file:/path/gsview.htm#Page_Size
If you know of a way to tell the Gnome Help Browser to
jump to a particular topic, particularly without opening
another copy of the browser, please let me know.
Keyboard movement between widgets
Map scroll keys to scroll bars
Convert to vector format (pstoedit)
Full screen not implemented
Clipboard operations
PDF links
Sounds
Known problems
Fit window doesn't get the correct dimension of the scrolled window
client area, so the resize is slightly wrong.
At the moment we use the size of the scroll window less the two
two scroll bars.
GSview still includes lots of debugging code.
Requests
Suggestions from GTK+ programmers about how to improve GSview.
Bug reports. Use "gsview -d9" to get debugging messages on stdout.
Bugs
Send bug reports to Russell Lang at Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd,
gsview at ghostgum.com.au.
When reporting bugs, please include the version number and date of
GSview (from the Help | About box), the version number of Ghostscript,
and the exact wording of any error messages.
The text in the "Ghostscript Messages" dialog can be copied
to the clipboard and pasted as text (not bitmap please!) into
an email message.
Do not send me large files (>100k bytes) unless requested.
If you get a SYS3175 or GPF, please send the address of the GPF - I can
use this to help locate the bug.
Please distinguish between bugs in GSview and bugs in Ghostscript,
by making sure that the problem only occurs when using GSview,
and not when using Ghostscript alone.
Don't expect a fast response - the work I'm paid to do has a higher
priority.
For a list of known bugs, see
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/bugs.htm
Updates
A World Wide Web home page for Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview is at
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
The latest version of GSview should be available from
ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/gsview*.zip
or by mail (see next section) on a CD-ROM.
Obtaining Ghostscript
Ghostscript can be downloaded from the Internet, or obtained on
CD-ROM.
To download, go to the
Ghostscript home page
then follow the link to Obtaining AFPL Ghostscript.
To obtain the latest version of GSview and AFPL Ghostscript
on CD-ROM, send the order form
and payment to the address on the order form.
Payment may be credit card or cheque for USD$50 drawn on a
USA bank or equivalent drawn on your local bank.
For surface delivery within Australia, send a cheque for AUD$70
drawn on an Australian bank.
The CD-ROM (actually a CD-R) will contain ready to run
and ready to install copies of GSview and AFPL Ghostscript for
Windows and OS/2, plus a number of other PostScript utilities.
The CD-ROM will be dispatched by air-mail.
This offer is valid until 30 June 2002. If this date has
passed, send mail to
gsview at ghostgum.com.au.
to find out if the offer is still valid.
For more details see the page
http://www.ghostgum.com.au/cd.htm
Copyright, Licensing and Registration
GSview is copyright by Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd.
GSview is distributed with the Aladdin Free Public Licence.
This licence is contained in the file
LICENCE
.
The Aladdin Free Public Licence does not require any payment to the author;
however the author would welcome any registrations of GSview to cover costs
and time involved in developing and maintaining GSview.
The registration fee is currently AUD$40.
GSview can be registered online
at http://www.ghostgum.com.au/
or by faxing or mailing the registration form.
Ghostgum Software prefers that you use the online registration.
On registration you will be sent a registration code to disable
the nag screen.
The postal address for Ghostgum Software is:
Russell Lang
Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd
218 Gallaghers Rd
GLEN WAVERLEY VIC 3150
AUSTRALIA
GSview uses Ghostscript to display the contents of the PostScript
files. Ghostscript is a separate program from GSview; it is
written and owned by Aladdin Enterprises, not by Ghostgum
Software Pty Ltd.
AFPL Ghostscript comes with a licence that is more restrictive
than the GNU Licence; in particular, it restricts the distribution of
AFPL Ghostscript in commercial contexts. Please see the file
PUBLIC that accompanies AFPL Ghostscript for more details.
GSview uses pstotext in an external DLL. pstotext was written by
Andrew Birrell and Paul McJones. It is
Copyright (C) 1995-1996, Digital Equipment Corporation.
See the licence in pstotext.txt or pstotext.zip for more details.
If you do not agree to the pstotext licence, delete pstotext.zip,
pstotxt2.dll and pstotxt3.dll.
See
http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/virtualpaper/pstotext.html
GSview can convert PostScript or PDF file to an editable vector
using pstoedit in an external DLL.
pstoedit is Copyright by Wolfgang Glunz and is licensed with
the GNU Public Licence (GPL). Binaries are included in
GSview with the permission of Wolfgang Glunz.
The home page of pstoedit is
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/1958/pstoedit/
.
Source code can be obtained from this site.
The manual for pstoedit
is included with GSview.
GSview uses zlib 1.0.4 in an external DLL. zlib is
Copyright (C) 1995-1996 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
See
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/
GSview uses bzip2 in an external DLL. bzip2 is
Copyright 1996-2000 by Julian Seward.
See
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/index.html
The installation programs may use an
unzip
decompression library (DLL)
by the Info-ZIP group. The original sources are freely available
from
ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/
Other Useful Programs
GSPRINT is a command line tool
for printing using Windows GDI printer drivers.
EPSTOOL is a command line tool
for adding and removing previews from EPS files.
Acknowledgements
L. Peter Deutsch, for writing Ghostscript and for making changes to
Ghostscript to support GSview.
Tim Theisen, who wrote Ghostview for X11 which provided the inspiration
for GSview.
Paul McJones and Andrew Birrell of DEC, for making pstotext available
and making changes to it for use with GSview.
Thomas Pfeiffer and Mrs. Stefanie Kolweyh for translating GSview into
German/Deutsch.
Cyrille Chevallet for translating GSview into French/Français.
Antonio Guadagnin for translating GSview into Italian/Italiano.
Pascual Lucas for translating GSview into Spanish/Español.
End of Readme
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