What is the deal with ghostscript?

FINITE · Guru Joined: 10 May 2002 Posts: 449

I cannot view PDF files anymore. Prior to reinstalling gentoo I was able to but now I can't. Not sure what verion of ghostscript I was using then but now its 7.05.3-r1. When I try and use ghostview to view pdf files I get an error in ghostscript (unrecoverable). I was trying to copy the whole error over but it wouldn't let me for some reason and I don't feel like typing the whole thing out word for word. Other people out there have to be having this very same problem but I could not fine anything by searching the forum. I did fine problems with Kghostview but I had figured that out a week or so ago, simple realy. So with ghostview and ghost script the problem must be the same. It doesn't know what interpreter to use nor how x wants things displayed. Is there a config file that can be eddited to add this information or change the information that is already there?

Thanks,
Paul

reverius42

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Or emerge acroread (Acrobat Reader). It is the better PDF viewer (IMHO)... maybe it's because it is their specification

TGL · Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 4:02 pm Post subject:

...or emerge "gv", which is an improved "ghostview". The original Ghostview can't open pdf files, and it's not a bug, it's a non-feature.
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ghostview/
You can also give "ggv" a try (it's a gnome port).

roderickvd · Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 5:56 pm Post subject:

Please try to copy at least part of the error message. Without it, we don't really have any clues as to what's bugging you.

I would advise against using Adobe Acrobat Reader, at least version 5.0. It's known to use insecure temporary files and has a number of other potentially serious security issues. If you decide to use it after all, go for version 4.0.

zagarna · Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 9:13 pm Post subject:

sorry if this is a stupid question

i'm trying to get ggv (or any ghostscript viewer) to diplay the index with titles etc in the left sidebar the way you get it in windows

I seem to get only the page numbers, while looking at the same ghostscript file in windows using GView i get a nice expandable index with page titles etc.

is this possible ?

thanks

rac · Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 9:37 pm Post subject: