Hi Piersante,

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:07:35 UTC, piesse wrote:

> I notice that after more than a month that Ghostscript 8.61 was
> released, still there is not an os/2 binary available for download on
> SurceForge.
> Does that means that it only contains fixes which are unrelevant to os/2
> or that we have to build our own binaries from now on?
Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
build.

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:35:51 -0000, Paul Smedley wrote:

>Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
>build.

Sounds great. Looking forward to it!

Cheers
Andreas

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Announcement to follow.....

but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:01:37 UTC, "Andreas Ludwig"
wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:35:51 -0000, Paul Smedley wrote:
>
> >Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
> >build.
>
> Sounds great. Looking forward to it!
>
> Cheers
> Andreas
>


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Paul.

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:12:44 -0000, Paul Smedley wrote:

>Announcement to follow.....
>
>but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript

Great. I will give it a try tomorrow - need some sleep ,o)

Cheers
Andreas

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using PMINews 2 on eCS 1.2R German!
http://andreas-ludwig.info/

Great, thanks!

Piersante



Paul Smedley wrote:
> Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
> build.
>

Paul Smedley wrote:
> Announcement to follow.....
>
> but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
>

it includes a LIBCUPS.DLL instead of the usual gsdll2.dll...

Piersante

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:12:44 UTC, "Paul Smedley" wrote:

> Announcement to follow.....
>
> but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript

I don't find a way to use that with GSview as it doesn't contain
gsdll2.dll. There's libcups.dll (don't know if that is actually useful
on OS/2 without eCUPS installed but that explains why the package is so
big) but that doesn't have "gsapi_revision". I guess you just used the
/configure && make routine instead of the OS/2 makefiles?

I think it would be better to make a gs8.61 release just like the old
ones, based on EMX and the OS/2 makefile(s). I am trying but it seems
that my EMX environment is broken somehow...
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Thanks Paul .. question though ..

Paul Smedley wrote:
> Announcement to follow.....
>
> but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
>
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:01:37 UTC, "Andreas Ludwig"
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:35:51 -0000, Paul Smedley wrote:
>>
>>> Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
>>> build.
>> Sounds great. Looking forward to it!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Andreas
>>
>
>

I installed ghostscript through the process of installing Ghostview 4.8 for
OS/2 some time back. In this case the entire .ZIP file was just cited in the
installation routine for that. To help shorten the research time, can you tell
me quickly how to 'update' to this new version of ghostscript for testing here?

I suspect others might have this same question at this point.

Thanks.

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Hi Peter,

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:26:22 UTC, "Peter Weilbacher"
wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:12:44 UTC, "Paul Smedley" wrote:
>
> > Announcement to follow.....
> >
> > but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
>
> I don't find a way to use that with GSview as it doesn't contain
> gsdll2.dll. There's libcups.dll (don't know if that is actually useful
> on OS/2 without eCUPS installed but that explains why the package is so
> big) but that doesn't have "gsapi_revision". I guess you just used the
> /configure && make routine instead of the OS/2 makefiles?

OK I don't use gsview - so didn't worry too much about creating the
DLL. I hit problems making gsdll2.dll so stuck with a static build.

libcups is included only so that this build can be used with eCUPS and
to save me having to do 2 different builds...

I am actually used a hacked version of the OS2 makefiles

> I think it would be better to make a gs8.61 release just like the old
> ones, based on EMX and the OS/2 makefile(s). I am trying but it seems
> that my EMX environment is broken somehow...
Mine too - let me see if I can get the DLL stuff working with libc....
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Paul.

On 12/27/07 08:17 am, Paul Smedley wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:26:22 UTC, "Peter Weilbacher"
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:12:44 UTC, "Paul Smedley" wrote:
>>
>>> Announcement to follow.....
>>>
>>> but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
>> I don't find a way to use that with GSview as it doesn't contain
>> gsdll2.dll. There's libcups.dll (don't know if that is actually useful
>> on OS/2 without eCUPS installed but that explains why the package is so
>> big) but that doesn't have "gsapi_revision". I guess you just used the
>> /configure && make routine instead of the OS/2 makefiles?
>
> OK I don't use gsview - so didn't worry too much about creating the
> DLL. I hit problems making gsdll2.dll so stuck with a static build.
>
> libcups is included only so that this build can be used with eCUPS and
> to save me having to do 2 different builds...
>
> I am actually used a hacked version of the OS2 makefiles
>
>> I think it would be better to make a gs8.61 release just like the old
>> ones, based on EMX and the OS/2 makefile(s). I am trying but it seems
>> that my EMX environment is broken somehow...
> Mine too - let me see if I can get the DLL stuff working with libc....

I should be able to build an emx version here including installer etc.
I'll try later and post results
Dave

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:39:35 UTC, Mike Luther
wrote:

> Thanks Paul .. question though ..
>
> Paul Smedley wrote:
> > Announcement to follow.....
> >
> > but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:01:37 UTC, "Andreas Ludwig"
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:35:51 -0000, Paul Smedley wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
> >>> build.
> >> Sounds great. Looking forward to it!
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Andreas
> >>
> >
> >
>
> I installed ghostscript through the process of installing Ghostview 4.8 for
> OS/2 some time back. In this case the entire .ZIP file was just cited in the
> installation routine for that. To help shorten the research time, can you tell
> me quickly how to 'update' to this new version of ghostscript for testing here?
>
> I suspect others might have this same question at this point.
>
> Thanks.
>

I renamed the ghost script file to the same convention as gsview
expected, gs861os2.zip. Unfortunately, PMPDF exits with an error code
-255, and it is my main usage for ghost.

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Hi Again,

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:17:22 UTC, "Paul Smedley"
wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:26:22 UTC, "Peter Weilbacher"
> wrote:
> > I think it would be better to make a gs8.61 release just like the old
> > ones, based on EMX and the OS/2 makefile(s). I am trying but it seems
> > that my EMX environment is broken somehow...
> Mine too - let me see if I can get the DLL stuff working with libc....

Please try http://download.smedley.info/gs861os2.zip - still built
with libc - but tested as working with gsview 4.9

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Paul.

Hi Mike,

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:39:35 UTC, Mike Luther
wrote:

> Thanks Paul .. question though ..
>
> Paul Smedley wrote:
> > Announcement to follow.....
> >
> > but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:01:37 UTC, "Andreas Ludwig"
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:35:51 -0000, Paul Smedley wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
> >>> build.
> >> Sounds great. Looking forward to it!
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Andreas
> >>
> >
> >
>
> I installed ghostscript through the process of installing Ghostview 4.8 for
> OS/2 some time back. In this case the entire .ZIP file was just cited in the
> installation routine for that. To help shorten the research time, can you tell
> me quickly how to 'update' to this new version of ghostscript for testing here?
>
> I suspect others might have this same question at this point.

Please try http://download.smedley.info/gs861os2.zip - this comes with
a gsdll2.dll and a directory structure the same as the gsview
installer expects. I've tested by installing gsview 4.9 with
Ghostscript 8.61

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Cheers,

Paul.

Hi Chuck,

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:57:05 UTC, "Chuck McKinnis"
wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:39:35 UTC, Mike Luther
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Paul .. question though ..
> >
> > Paul Smedley wrote:
> > > Announcement to follow.....
> > >
> > > but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
> > >
> > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:01:37 UTC, "Andreas Ludwig"
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:35:51 -0000, Paul Smedley wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
> > >>> build.
> > >> Sounds great. Looking forward to it!
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Andreas
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I installed ghostscript through the process of installing Ghostview 4.8 for
> > OS/2 some time back. In this case the entire .ZIP file was just cited in the
> > installation routine for that. To help shorten the research time, can you tell
> > me quickly how to 'update' to this new version of ghostscript for testing here?
> >
> > I suspect others might have this same question at this point.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> I renamed the ghost script file to the same convention as gsview
> expected, gs861os2.zip. Unfortunately, PMPDF exits with an error code
> -255, and it is my main usage for ghost.

I suspect that PMPDF needs the DLL version of Ghostscript - this is
contained in http://download.smedley.info/gs861os2.zip

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Paul.

Hi Piersante,

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:59:25 UTC, piesse wrote:
> Paul Smedley wrote:
> > Announcement to follow.....
> >
> > but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
> >
>
> it includes a LIBCUPS.DLL instead of the usual gsdll2.dll...

Please try http://download.smedley.info/gs861os2.zip

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Paul.

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:53:06 UTC, "Paul Smedley" wrote:

> Please try http://download.smedley.info/gs861os2.zip - still built
> with libc - but tested as working with gsview 4.9

Thanks Paul, we're getting there. gsos2.dll now depends on libcups.dll
to be on LIBPATH, and so at least for me GSview still doesn't run,
unless of course I copy libcups.dll to the LIBPATH or add the gs8.61\bin
path to it which I don't really want to do. Any way to change it to
search in the directory of gsos2.dll (haven't looked at the sources...)
or remove the requirement of cups support from gsos2.dll?

You could also lxlite all exes and dlls in the package to save 1.9 MB (I
usually use /ydd /yxd /d to keep chkdll32 working).

Btw, has anybody asked Russell Lang if he will make a 8.61 version?
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OK - tried it but ..

Paul Smedley wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:39:35 UTC, Mike Luther
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Paul .. question though ..
>>
>> Paul Smedley wrote:
>>> Announcement to follow.....
>>>
>>> but try http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/ind...ge=ghostscript
>>>
>>> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:01:37 UTC, "Andreas Ludwig"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:35:51 -0000, Paul Smedley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dunno - but I have it built here - if I get time today, I'll upload a
>>>>> build.
>>>> Sounds great. Looking forward to it!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>>>
>> I installed ghostscript through the process of installing Ghostview 4.8 for
>> OS/2 some time back. In this case the entire .ZIP file was just cited in the
>> installation routine for that. To help shorten the research time, can you tell
>> me quickly how to 'update' to this new version of ghostscript for testing here?
>>
>> I suspect others might have this same question at this point.
>
> Please try http://download.smedley.info/gs861os2.zip - this comes with
> a gsdll2.dll and a directory structure the same as the gsview
> installer expects. I've tested by installing gsview 4.9 with
> Ghostscript 8.61
>
> --
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.

I just downloaded this from the URL as cited above. I went to the site and got
the gsview 4.9 version for OS/2. I did as instructed and 'installed' it with
your new Ghostscript 8.61 over the already installed 4.8 version that was
working here.

Now, whenever I try to view any file, which was kept in the previous file
roster of viewing for the old 4.8 version, I get an error "Can't load
Ghostscript DLL" and the program will go no further...

What now?



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Mike Luther

Added data for your note on nonloaded DLL

Paul Smedley wrote:

> Please try http://download.smedley.info/gs861os2.zip - this comes with
> a gsdll2.dll and a directory structure the same as the gsview
> installer expects. I've tested by installing gsview 4.9 with
> Ghostscript 8.61
>
> --
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.

Paul, I've checked. The proper path and so on in my case is:

D:\GS\gs8.61\bin

and the file post install is there:

Directory of D:\GS\gs8.61\bin

12-28-07 10:57a 3758692 0 gsdll2.dll

Yet I still get the failure to load error I cited in the previous message.


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Mike Luther

Hi Mike,
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:58:04 UTC, Mike Luther
wrote:

> Added data for your note on nonloaded DLL
>
> Paul Smedley wrote:
>
> > Please try http://download.smedley.info/gs861os2.zip - this comes with
> > a gsdll2.dll and a directory structure the same as the gsview
> > installer expects. I've tested by installing gsview 4.9 with
> > Ghostscript 8.61
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul.
>
> Paul, I've checked. The proper path and so on in my case is:
>
> D:\GS\gs8.61\bin
>
> and the file post install is there:
>
> Directory of D:\GS\gs8.61\bin
>
> 12-28-07 10:57a 3758692 0 gsdll2.dll
>
> Yet I still get the failure to load error I cited in the previous message.

Try copying the libcups.dll from D:\GS\gs8.61\bin to somewhere in the
libpath....

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Paul.