[Info-vax] Latest ghostscript now available for VMS

[Mark Berryman]

On 3/14/22 2:43 AM, Joukj wrote:
> 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.

Download the kit (actually, wait until I find and fix the bug reported 
earlier).  It includes instructions for setting different paper sizes as 
your default without the need to recompile.

Mark Berryman