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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:53:02
Message-Id: bff5087c-cb25-7c43-1b0f-e7e667d116f1@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files by "Spackman
1 On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote:
2 > On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
3 >> I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1
4 >>
5 >> When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps
6 >> It works OK, but when I try to open same file in Xfce desktop it opens
7 >> and closes instantly.
8 >
9 > My guess would be that in XFCE, gs is successfully doing whatever
10 > (showing, interpreting, ??) in a terminal window and then immediately
11 > closing when done.
12 >
13 > Have you tried a GUI such as Okular or Evince? They both support viewing
14 > .ps files.
15 >
16 > In Thunar, just right click on the file and choose "Open with >" and
17 > either Okular or Evince if they are listed, or "Open with Other
18 > Application ..." if they aren't. (But if they aren't listed, you might
19 > have to install them, or a similar GUI viewer.)
20 >
21
22 When I try to open "ps" file with evince I'm getting an error:
23
24 evince W-9\ Form.ps
25
26 (evince:6866): dconf-CRITICAL **: 16:50:27.034: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.

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Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>