[Info-vax] Latest ghostscript now available for VMS

[Joukj]

Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2022-03-14 kl. 09:43, skrev Joukj:
>> Mark Berryman wrote:
>>> I have posted a zip file containing a port of Ghostscript 9.55.0 for 
>>> Alpha, IA64, and X86_64 at
>>> https://theberrymans.com/php_kits/ghostscript_9_55_0.zip
>>>
>>> This kit is fairly complete as shown below.
>>>
>>> $ gs -h
>>> GPL Ghostscript 9.55.0 (2021-09-27)
>>> Copyright (C) 2021 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>>> Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
>>> Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
>>>  -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer 
>>> messages
>>>  -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch 
>>> resolution
>>>  -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last 
>>> file
>>>  -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for 
>>> pipe,
>>>                                          embed %d or %ld for page #
>>> Input formats: postscript postscriptlevel1 postscriptlevel2 
>>> postscriptlevel3 pdf
>>> Default output device: x11alpha
>>> Available devices:
>>>    alc1900 alc2000 alc4000 alc4100 alc8500 alc8600 alc9100 ap3250 
>>> appledmp
>>>    atx23 atx24 atx38 bbox bit bitcmyk bitrgb bitrgbtags bj10e bj10v 
>>> bj10vh
>>>    bj200 bjc600 bjc800 bjc880j bjccmyk bjccolor bjcgray bjcmono bmp16 
>>> bmp16m
>>>    bmp256 bmp32b bmpgray bmpmono bmpsep1 bmpsep8 ccr cdeskjet cdj1600 
>>> cdj500
>>>    cdj550 cdj670 cdj850 cdj880 cdj890 cdj970 cdjcolor cdjmono cdnj500 
>>> cfax
>>>    chp2200 cif cljet5 cljet5c cljet5pr coslw2p coslwxl declj250 deskjet
>>>    devicen dfaxhigh dfaxlow display dj505j djet500 djet500c dl2100 
>>> dnj650c
>>>    docxwrite epl2050 epl2050p epl2120 epl2500 epl2750 epl5800 epl5900
>>>    epl6100 epl6200 eplcolor eplmono eps2write eps9high eps9mid epson 
>>> epsonc
>>>    escp escpage faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 fmlbp fmpr fpng fs600 gdi hl1240 
>>> hl1250
>>>    hl7x0 hpdj1120c hpdj310 hpdj320 hpdj340 hpdj400 hpdj500 hpdj500c 
>>> hpdj510
>>>    hpdj520 hpdj540 hpdj550c hpdj560c hpdj600 hpdj660c hpdj670c hpdj680c
>>>    hpdj690c hpdj850c hpdj855c hpdj870c hpdj890c hpdjplus hpdjportable 
>>> ibmpro
>>>    imagen inferno ink_cov inkcov itk24i itk38 iwhi iwlo iwlq jetp3852 
>>> jj100
>>>    jpeg jpegcmyk jpeggray la50 la70 la75 la75plus laserjet lbp310 lbp320
>>>    lbp8 lex2050 lex3200 lex5700 lex7000 lips2p lips3 lips4 lips4v lj250
>>>    lj3100sw lj4dith lj4dithp lj5gray lj5mono ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4
>>>    ljet4d ljet4pjl ljetplus ln03 lp1800 lp1900 lp2000 lp2200 lp2400 
>>> lp2500
>>>    lp2563 lp3000c lp7500 lp7700 lp7900 lp8000 lp8000c lp8100 lp8200c 
>>> lp8300c
>>>    lp8300f lp8400f lp8500c lp8600 lp8600f lp8700 lp8800c lp8900 lp9000b
>>>    lp9000c lp9100 lp9200b lp9200c lp9300 lp9400 lp9500c lp9600 lp9600s
>>>    lp9800c lps4500 lps6500 lq850 lxm3200 lxm5700m m8510 md1xMono md2k
>>>    md50Eco md50Mono md5k mgr4 mgr8 mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgrmono 
>>> miff24
>>>    mj500c mj6000c mj700v2c mj8000c ml600 necp6 npdl nullpage oce9050 
>>> oki182
>>>    oki4w okiibm oprp opvp paintjet pam pamcmyk32 pamcmyk4 pbm pbmraw 
>>> pcl3
>>>    pclm pcx16 pcx24b pcx256 pcxcmyk pcxgray pcxmono pdfimage24 
>>> pdfimage32
>>>    pdfimage8 pdfwrite pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw photoex picty180 pj pjetxl
>>>    pjxl pjxl300 pkm pkmraw pksm pksmraw plan plan9bm planc plang 
>>> plank planm
>>>    plib plibc plibg plibk plibm png16 png16m png256 png48 pngalpha 
>>> pnggray
>>>    pngmono pngmonod pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pr1000 pr1000_4 pr150 pr201
>>>    ps2write psdcmyk psdcmyk16 psdcmykog psdrgb psdrgb16 pxlcolor pxlmono
>>>    r4081 rinkj rpdl samsunggdi sj48 spotcmyk st800 stcolor t4693d2 
>>> t4693d4
>>>    t4693d8 tek4696 tiff12nc tiff24nc tiff32nc tiff48nc tiff64nc tiffcrle
>>>    tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tiffgray tifflzw tiffpack tiffscaled 
>>> tiffscaled24
>>>    tiffscaled32 tiffscaled4 tiffscaled8 tiffsep tiffsep1 txtwrite 
>>> uniprint
>>>    x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11cmyk2 x11cmyk4 x11cmyk8 x11gray2 x11gray4 
>>> x11mono
>>>    x11rg16x x11rg32x xcf xes xpswrite
>>> Search path:
>>>    $1$DGA2:[UTILITIES.GS.LIB] , $1$DGA2:[UTILITIES.GS.FONTS] ,
>>>    %rom%[Resource.Init] , %rom%[lib]
>>> Initialization files are compiled into the executable.
>>> For more information, see GS_DOC:Use.htm.
>>> Please report bugs to bugs.ghostscript.com.
>>>
>>> The only thing missing is the OCR device as that is written in C++ 
>>> and won't compile using the currently available VMS C++ compilers.
>>> (It may be that I am chomping at the bit a little bit awaiting the 
>>> completion of the compiler work currently being furiously worked on 
>>> at VSI).
>>>
>>> Mark Berryman
>>
>> Thanks Mark, but still a little disappointed you only released the 
>> binaries and not the source code, like the previous releases. 
>> Especially this package you probably want to compile different in 
>> Europe, because the different standard paper sizes.
>>
>>      Jouk
> 
> Personally, I find it a hard to complain over something I get for free. :-)
> 
For me this package is different, since up to about 15 years ago I made 
a lot of contributions to the procedure of building it on OpenVMS. After 
that others took over.

         Jouk