Macghostview windows#
all the hits I get when I Google for GSview OSX, even those that include the string "OSX" or "OS X" in the title, are actually for Windows executables.
Macghostview download#
(A set of instructions for building and installing the app from the contents of this download would be an entirely acceptable answer to this question.)
Macghostview zip#
More precisely, the little Unix-oriented information I was able to find in the download seems to be entirely obsolete, since it mentions files names that do not remotely resemble the files in the downloaded zip file, etc. I downloaded the source code, hoping to be able to build the executable, but AFAICT the download does not include any instructions or scripts for installing under OS X (or even under Unix).
I downloaded a copy of MacGSView_2.0b3_Installer.bin, but when I click on it, an error message tells me that it can't be opened because "the Classic environment is no longer supported.".(If it does not work, try to copy the JavaApplicationStub file from. It has been reported to work also on 10.2.8, it probably works whenever there is a Java implementation > 1.4.1 available. (BTW, I already have the ghostscript-9.05 recipe installed AFAICT, this recipe did not include GSview.) The application bundle JaxoDraw.app was built on the following system: It might not work on other systems (Please let us know if it does). I searched for a Homebrew recipe for GSview, but I didn't find one.Thank you for looking into this issue with/for me and if you happen to find a reliable EPS conversion tool, I'd appreciate the recommendation.Does anyone know where I can find a copy of GSview that will run on OSX? Suitcase doesn't play friendly with AD or AP - but that's a separate issue. Which also have run into some conversion issues, as far as fonts are concerned. Believe me I understand that the EPS I am playing around with is absolute crap, but it sets my baseline for worst case, and solving this problem, at least for my sanity, will help me with conversions of my own created works.
Macghostview pdf#
and I've tried the PDF route on that particular file with horrible results. An online converter may well be able to convert that eps to PDF. I have one application other than AI that can open that EPS faithfully. AD cannot open the AI portion nor open an AI file that is not saved with PDF compatibility. The reason why the AI file can be opened is because it was saved as a PDF compatibility (Illy's default) and AD is only opening the PDF portion of the AI file. The reason why that EPS can be opened faithfully in AI is because most of the guts of it is pure AI data in the private data section. I attached the original EPS I had downloaded from my subscription site and the AI file I saved out from illustrator so you can see for yourself. So I have been searching for an app that can convert EPS files to AI or other to fill the void until Serif can resolve the issue internally. The funny thing is that if I open the EPS file into Illustrator and save it out as an AI file instead and then open it into AD, it works 100% awesome! But, obviously that is not a viable solution. Details on this can be found here.A probably easier alternative would be to use pdflatex and skip PostScript entirely. If you are creating the files yourself you should make sure dvips uses PostScript Type 1 fonts. I really want to cancel my Adobe CC account, but detail issues like this make is so difficult to step away. This might be a problem that results from the standard way dvips works. the copy and paste works great and you understand the crappy work-around that I figured out last night which was convert the EPS to a PDF and then it places or opens better - not without problems, but better. This is exactly the problem I am explaining - thank you! The screen shots I took show what it looks like in wireframe. Adding the ability to open AI data would be a bonus.
Macghostview free#
If that eps is from a free site, perhaps link to it so Serif can look at it and/or attach it here.ĮPS, both in and out, of AD needs work. The copy/paste is then (depending on preferences) copying the data into a pdf format and that is something AD can understand as the structures are changed in the process to what a PDF can accept. However, there may well be certain features written into the EPS that is AI data so AI can interpret properly. That is because an eps file cannot contain such items. I cannot tell from the screen shots with the graphic in AI, but if there certain transparencies used on the gradients, certain blend modes, and if there are any mesh fills, AD will always rasterize upon import.