usr/othersrc/public/ghostscript-2.4.1/man.doc

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For an overview of Ghostscript and a list of the documentation files, see
README.

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.TH GS 1
.SH NAME
gs \- ghostscript previewer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gs
[
gs_statd.ps
]
[
.I file ...
]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
Ghostscript is a programming language similar to Adobe Systems'
PostScript (tm) language, which is in turn similar to Forth.
.I Gs
reads
.I file
and displays it as a Ghostscript file.
It then interprets commands from standard input until an end of file
character (^D or CTRL-D) is typed.
The `quit' character (^C) also terminates Ghostscript execution.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
dvi2ps(1), lpr(1)
.SH BUGS
Beta Software.
See the netnews group ``gnu.ghostscript.bugs''.