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diff --git a/doc/Readme.htm b/doc/Readme.htm index df69c6ac..2726f7ea 100644 --- a/doc/Readme.htm +++ b/doc/Readme.htm @@ -1,57 +1,25 @@ <!doctype html> -<html> +<html lang="en"> <head> -<meta charset="UTF-8"> -<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> -<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro" rel="stylesheet"> -<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="../../images/favicon.png"> -<title>Overview of Ghostscript</title> - <!-- Originally: README --> -<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> -<link href="gs-style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> + <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=yes, initial-scale=1, width=device-width"> + <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:200,200i,300,300i,400,400i,600,600i,700,700i,900,900i" rel="stylesheet"> + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.svg"> + <title>Overview of Ghostscript</title> + <link href="default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> + <header><div class="title"><a href="index.html"><h1 aria-label="title">Ghostscript documentation</h1><h2 aria-label="version"></h2></a></div><a href="Search.htm" aria-label="Search" id="searchSite"><div class="search"></div></a></header> + <main> + <article> + <div class="outer"> - <div class="header"> - <div class="row"> - <div class="col-lt-6 logo"><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/"><img src="images/ghostscript_logo.png" width="108" height="119" alt=""></a></div> - <div class="col-6"><div class="row"><div class="artifexlogo"><a href="https://artifex.com" target="_blank"><img src="images/Artifex_logo.png" width="194" height="40" alt=""></a></div> - <div class="col-12"><div class="button button1"><a href="https://artifex.com/contact-us/" title="Contact Us" target="_blank">Contact Us</a></div> - <div class="button button2 hidden-xs"><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/download.html" title="Download">Download</a></div></div></div> - </div> - </div> - </div> - - <div class="banner"> - <div class="row"> - <div class="col-12">Overview of Ghostscript</div> - </div> - </div> - - <div class="main"> - <div class="row"> - <div id="sidebar"> - <div class="sidebar-item"></div> - <div class="col-2 leftnav"> -<ul> - <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/">Home</a></li> - <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/license.html">Licensing</a></li> - <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/releases.html">Releases</a></li> - <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/documentation.html" title="Documentation">Documentation</a></li> - <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/download.html" title="Download">Download</a></li> - <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/performance.html" title="Performance">Performance</a></li> - <li><a href="http://jbig2dec.com/" title="jbig2dec">jbig2dec</a></li> - <li><a href="http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=summary">Source</a></li> - <li><a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/">Bugs</a></li> - <li><a href="https://www.ghostscript.com/faq.html" title="FAQ">FAQ</a></li> - </ul> - </div> - </div> - <div class="col-10 page"> - + <div class="inner"> <!--START EDITING HERE--> +<h1>Introduction</h1> + <p> This document is a roadmap to the Ghostscript documentation. After looking through it, if you want to install Ghostscript and not only @@ -62,87 +30,105 @@ source code (which is necessary before installing it on Unix and VMS <!-- [1.3 end hint] ======================================================== --> -<hr> + <!-- [1.2 begin table of contents] ========================================= --> -<h2>Table of contents</h2> -<ul> -<li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm">What is Ghostscript?</a></li> -<ul> -<li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostPDF">What is GhostPDF?</a></li> -<li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostPCL">What is GhostPCL?</a></li> -<li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostXPS">What is GhostXPS?</a></li> -<li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostSVG">What is GhostSVG?</a></li> -<li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostPDL">What is GhostPDL?</a></li> -</ul> -<li><a href="#Theme_roadmap">Document roadmap by theme</a></li> -<ul> -<li><a href="#New_users">What should I read if I'm a new user?</a></li> -<li><a href="#Two_Ghostscripts">GPL Ghostscript and commercial Ghostscript</a></li> -<li><a href="#Before_building">Before building Ghostscript</a></li> -<li><a href="#Not_a_new_user">What should I read if I'm not a new user?</a></li> -<li><a href="#Developer">What if I'm a developer?</a></li> -<li><a href="#Writer">What if I'm writing documentation?</a></li> -</ul> -<ul> - <li><a href="#Web_presence">Presence on the World Wide Web</a></li></ul> -<ul> -<li><a href="#Web_home_page">Ghostscript's home pages</a></li> -<li><a href="#Adobe_documentation">Adobe PostScript, Encapsulated -PostScript, and PDF reference documentation</a></li> -<li><a href="#Web_other">Other material on the WWW</a></li> -</ul> -<li><a href="#Ordered_roadmap">Which document contains what?</a></li><br> -<ul> -<li>Primarily for users:</li><br> -<table> -<tr colspan="3"> -<td width="33%"> -<a href="#Deprecated">Deprecated.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Devices">Devices.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Ps2epsi">Ps2epsi.htm</a></td> -<td width="33%"> -<a href="#Vector">VectorDevices.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Readme">Readme.htm</a></td> -<td width="33%"> -<a href="#Unix-lpr">Unix-lpr.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Use">Use.htm</a></td></tr> -</table><br> -<li>For both users and developers:</li><br> -<table> -<tr colspan="3"> -<td width="33%"> -<a href="#Commprod">Commprod.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Fonts">Fonts.htm</a><br> -<a href="#History">History*.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Install">Install.htm</a><br></td> -<td width="33%"> -<a href="#Language">Language.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Make">Make.htm</a><br> -<a href="#News">News.htm</a></td> -<td width="33%"> -<a href="#Psfiles">Psfiles.htm</a><br> -<a href="#COPYING">COPYING</a><br> -<a href="#THIRDPARTY">thirdparty.htm</a></td></tr> -</table><br> -<li>Primarily for developers:</li><br> -<table> -<tr colspan="3"> -<td width="33%"> -<a href="#API">API.htm</a><br> -<a href="#C-style">C-style.htm</a><br> -<a href="#DLL">DLL.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Internal">Internal.htm</a><br></td> -<td> -<a href="#Lib">Lib.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Develop">Develop.htm</a><br> - <a href="#Drivers">Drivers.htm</a></td> -<td> -<a href="#Ps-style">Ps-style.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Release">Release.htm</a><br> -<a href="#Source">Source.htm</a><br></td></tr> -</table> +<h2><a name="toc"></a>Table of contents</h2> +<ul class="toc"> + <li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm">What is Ghostscript?</a></li> + <li> + <ul> + <li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostPDF">What is GhostPDF?</a></li> + <li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostPCL">What is GhostPCL?</a></li> + <li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostXPS">What is GhostXPS?</a></li> + <li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostSVG">What is GhostSVG?</a></li> + <li><a href="WhatIsGS.htm#GhostPDL">What is GhostPDL?</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li><a href="#Theme_roadmap">Document roadmap by theme</a></li> + <li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#New_users">What should I read if I'm a new user?</a></li> + <li><a href="#Two_Ghostscripts">GPL Ghostscript and commercial Ghostscript</a></li> + <li><a href="#Before_building">Before building Ghostscript</a></li> + <li><a href="#Not_a_new_user">What should I read if I'm not a new user?</a></li> + <li><a href="#Developer">What if I'm a developer?</a></li> + <li><a href="#Writer">What if I'm writing documentation?</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li><a href="#Web_presence">Presence on the World Wide Web</a></li> + <li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#Web_home_page">Ghostscript's home pages</a></li> + <li><a href="#Adobe_documentation">Adobe PostScript, Encapsulated + PostScript, and PDF reference documentation</a></li> + <li><a href="#Web_other">Other material on the WWW</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li><a href="#Ordered_roadmap">Which document contains what?</a></li> + <li> + <ul> + <li>Primarily for users:</li> + <li> + <table> + <tr colspan="3"> + <td width="33%"> + <a href="Deprecated.htm">Deprecated.htm</a><br> + <a href="Devices.htm">Devices.htm</a><br> + <a href="Ps2epsi.htm">Ps2epsi.htm</a></td> + <td width="33%"> + <a href="VectorDevices.htm">VectorDevices.htm</a><br> + <a href="#Readme">Readme.htm</a></td> + <td width="33%"> + <a href="Unix-lpr.htm">Unix-lpr.htm</a><br> + <a href="Use.htm">Use.htm</a></td></tr> + </table> + </li> + <li> + <li>For both users and developers:</li> + <li> + <table> + <tr colspan="3"> + <td width="33%"> + <a href="Fonts.htm">Fonts.htm</a><br> + <a href="History9.htm">History*.htm</a><br> + <a href="Install.htm">Install.htm</a><br></td> + <td width="33%"> + <a href="Language.htm">Language.htm</a><br> + <a href="Make.htm">Make.htm</a><br> + <a href="News.htm">News.htm</a></td> + <td width="33%"> + <a href="Psfiles.htm">Psfiles.htm</a><br> + <a href="#COPYING">COPYING</a><br> + <a href="thirdparty.htm">thirdparty.htm</a></td></tr> + </table> + </li> + <li> + <li>Primarily for developers:</li> + </li> + <li> + <table> + <tr colspan="3"> + <td width="33%"> + <a href="API.htm">API.htm</a><br> + <a href="C-style.htm">C-style.htm</a><br> + <a href="DLL.htm">DLL.htm</a><br> + <a href="Internal.htm">Internal.htm</a><br></td> + <td> + <a href="Lib.htm">Lib.htm</a><br> + <a href="Develop.htm">Develop.htm</a><br> + <a href="Drivers.htm">Drivers.htm</a></td> + <td> + <a href="Ps-style.htm">Ps-style.htm</a><br> + <a href="Release.htm">Release.htm</a><br> + <a href="Source.htm">Source.htm</a><br></td></tr> + </table> + </li> + </ul> + </li> </ul> <br> <!-- [1.2 end table of contents] =========================================== --> @@ -159,30 +145,30 @@ PostScript, and PDF reference documentation</a></li> <ul> -<li>how to <a href="Use.htm">use Ghostscript</a>. This includes both -a quickstart introduction to the commandline version and more extensive -reference material.</li> + <li>how to <a href="Use.htm">use Ghostscript</a>. This includes both + a quickstart introduction to the commandline version and more extensive + reference material.</li> -<li>detailed information about <a href="Devices.htm">specific -devices</a> that Ghostscript can use for output</li> + <li>detailed information about <a href="Devices.htm">specific + devices</a> that Ghostscript can use for output</li> -<li>more detailed information about how to use Ghostscript under -Unix with <code>lpr</code> <a href="Unix-lpr.htm">as a filter</a> -for printing</li> + <li>more detailed information about how to use Ghostscript under + Unix with <code>lpr</code> <a href="Unix-lpr.htm">as a filter</a> + for printing</li> -<li>for information about known problems or to report a new one, -please visit <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/">bugs.ghostscript.com</a> -but remember that free versions of Ghostscript come with with -<strong>NO WARRANTY</strong> and <strong>NO SUPPORT</strong></li> + <li>for information about known problems or to report a new one, + please visit <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/">bugs.ghostscript.com</a> + but remember that free versions of Ghostscript come with with + <strong>NO WARRANTY</strong> and <strong>NO SUPPORT</strong></li> </ul> <h3><a name="Two_Ghostscripts"></a>GPL and commercial Ghostscript</h3> <p> -GPL Ghostscript, Artifex Ghostscript and AFPL Ghostscript are <a href="Commprod.htm">different releases</a>.</p> +GPL Ghostscript, Artifex Ghostscript and AFPL Ghostscript are different releases.</p> <ul> -<li>additional information about <a href="COPYING">GPL Ghostscript -releases</a> that is not relevant to commercial versions.</li> + <li>additional information about <a href="COPYING">GPL Ghostscript + releases</a> that is not relevant to commercial versions.</li> </ul> <p> @@ -190,14 +176,14 @@ If you run into any questions, or if you are going to be using Ghostscript extensively, you should at least skim, and probably eventually read:</p> <ul> -<li> about the <a href="Fonts.htm">fonts distributed with -Ghostscript</a>, including how to add or replace fonts</li> + <li> about the <a href="Fonts.htm">fonts distributed with + Ghostscript</a>, including how to add or replace fonts</li> -<li> a description of <a href="Language.htm">the Ghostscript language</a>, -and its differences from the documented PostScript language</li> + <li> a description of <a href="Language.htm">the Ghostscript language</a>, + and its differences from the documented PostScript language</li> -<li> about the <a href="Psfiles.htm">postscript files distributed with -Ghostscript</a> (other than fonts)</li> + <li> about the <a href="Psfiles.htm">postscript files distributed with + Ghostscript</a> (other than fonts)</li> </ul> <h3><a name="Before_building"></a>Before building Ghostscript</h3> @@ -207,8 +193,8 @@ If you are going to compile Ghostscript from source, rather than just use an exe you got from somewhere, you may want to read:</p> <ul> -<li> <a href="Make.htm">how to build Ghostscript</a> and -<a href="Install.htm">install it</a></li> + <li> <a href="Make.htm">how to build Ghostscript</a> and + <a href="Install.htm">install it</a></li> </ul> <hr> @@ -217,14 +203,14 @@ If you are going to compile Ghostscript from source, rather than just use an exe <p> If you have already used Ghostscript, when you receive a new release you - should begin by reading this file, then</p> + should begin by reading this file, then:</p> <ul> -<li> <a href="News.htm">News</a>, for incompatible changes and new -features in the current release;</li> + <li> <a href="News.htm">News</a>, for incompatible changes and new + features in the current release;</li> -<li> if you wish, History#.htm (currently <a -href="History9.htm">History9.htm</a>), for changes in the current and earlier releases.</li> + <li> if you wish, History#.htm (currently <a + href="History9.htm">History9.htm</a>), for changes in the current and earlier releases.</li> </ul> <hr> @@ -233,21 +219,22 @@ href="History9.htm">History9.htm</a>), for changes in the current and earlier re <p> If you are going to do any development on or with Ghostscript at all, you -should at least look at</p> +should at least look at:</p> <ul> -<li>the <a href="Develop.htm">roadmap documentation</a> for Ghostscript's -source files and architecture</li> + <li>the <a href="Develop.htm">roadmap documentation</a> for Ghostscript's + source files and architecture</li> </ul> <p> - If you are going to write a new driver for Ghostscript, you should read</p> + If you are going to write a new driver for Ghostscript, you should read:</p> <ul> -<li> the <a href="Source.htm">guide to the Ghostscript source code</a></li> + <li> the <a href="Source.htm">guide to the Ghostscript source code</a></li> -<li> the interface between Ghostscript and <a href="Drivers.htm">device -drivers</a></li> + <li> the interface between Ghostscript and <a href="Drivers.htm">device + drivers</a></li> +</ul> <p> If you are considering distributing GPL Ghostscript in conjunction @@ -255,8 +242,8 @@ with a commercial product, you should read the <a href="COPYING">license</a> carefully, and you should also read</p> <ul> -<li> additional clarification of the circumstances under which Ghostscript -can be distributed <a href="Commprod.htm">with a commercial product</a></li> + <li> additional clarification of the circumstances under which Ghostscript + can be distributed with a commercial product</li> </ul> <p> @@ -265,26 +252,27 @@ If you intend to use Ghostscript in the form of a dynamic link library under Linux, read</p> <ul> -<li> documentation on <a href="API.htm">Ghostscript Interpreter API</a></li> + <li> documentation on <a href="API.htm">Ghostscript Interpreter API</a></li> </ul> <p> If you want to use Ghostscript as part of another program--as a callable PostScript language interpreter--and not as a DLL or as a self-contained -executable application, you should begin by reading</p> +executable application, you should begin by reading:</p> <ul> -<li> the source file <code>imain.h</code>, the documented -API for Ghostscript <em>not</em> as a DLL</li> + <li> the source file <code>imain.h</code>, the documented + API for Ghostscript <em>not</em> as a DLL</li> </ul> <p> -or if you are going to use only the Ghostscript graphics library,</p> +or if you are going to use only the Ghostscript graphics library:</p> <ul> -<li> about the structure of the <a href="Lib.htm">Ghostscript library</a> -and its interfaces</li> - </ul></ul> + <li> about the structure of the <a href="Lib.htm">Ghostscript library</a> + and its interfaces</li> + +</ul> <hr> @@ -365,12 +353,6 @@ change something in Ghostscript. For developers.</dd></dt> </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="#COPYING">GNU Affero General Public License</a>.</dd></dt> -</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. @@ -418,14 +400,6 @@ both users and developers.</dd></dt> <dd> The history of changes in all Ghostscript releases: <blockquote> <a href="History9.htm">History9.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 9.n<br> -<a href="History8.htm">History8.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 8.n<br> -<a href="History7.htm">History7.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 7.n<br> -<a href="History6.htm">History6.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 6.n<br> -<a href="History5.htm">History5.htm</a> for Ghostscript versions 5.n<br> -<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></dd></dt> </dl> @@ -556,7 +530,7 @@ command-line options.</dd></dt> <hr> <p> -<small>Copyright © 2000-2021 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.</small> +<small>Copyright © 2000-2022 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.</small> <p> This software is provided AS-IS with no warranty, either express or @@ -569,40 +543,18 @@ or contact Artifex Software, Inc., 1305 Grant Avenue - Suite 200, Novato, CA 94945, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861, for further information. <p> -<small>Ghostscript version 9.55.0, 27 September 2021 -<!-- [3.0 end visible trailer] ============================================= --> +<small>Ghostscript version 9.56.0, 29 March 2022 -<!--FINISH EDITING HERE--> - </div> - </div> - </div> - <div class="footer"> - <div class="row"> - <div class="col-7 footleft"> - <ul> - <li><a href="https://artifex.com/contact-us/" target="blank">CONTACT US</a></li> - <li><a href="https://artifex.com/about-us/" target="blank">ABOUT</a></li> - <li><a href="https://ghostscript.com/security.html">SECURITY</a></li> - </ul> - </div> - <div class="col-1 footcenter"> - <ul> - <li><a href="https://artifex.com/support/" target="blank">SUPPORT</a></li> - <li><a href="https://artifex.com/blog/artifex/" target="blank">BLOG</a></li> - <li><a href="https://artifex.com/privacy-policy/" target="blank">PRIVACY</a></li> - </ul> - </div> - <div class="col-ft-3 footright"><img src="images/Artifex_logo.png" width="194" height="40" alt=""/> <br> - © Copyright 2019-2021 Artifex Software, Inc. <br> - All rights reserved. - </div> - </div> - </div> - - <script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script> - <script src="index.js"></script> +<!-- [3.0 end visible trailer] ============================================= --> + +<!--FINISH EDITING HERE--> + </div><!-- close inner --> + </div><!-- close outer --> + </article> + </main> + <script src="site.js"></script> </body> </html> |