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On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Sindi wrote:

>> My gs does not support x11 as a device.  This keeps it smaller.  It 
>> only needs the one binary (2.7MB with a few devices including those 
>> needed by svp pdf viewer, a few printers, ps2pdf; 2.9 with default 
>> devices) and minimal fonts (not the 2-3GB package unless you want to 
>> print with a variety of fonts).  The Windows gs is 17MB download.  I 
>> did not compile in Chinese support.  GS8.60 is about twice the size.  I 
>> have not needed it. The Slackware 7 gs does not support some newer pdf 
>> formats.
>
> Not sure what "gs does not support x11 as a device" means. Does that 
> mean you can't print from any program that runs under X? That would be a
> serious limitation for me. Please clarify so that I'll know whether your
> package might work for me. (btw, I think you meant 2-3MB rather than
> 2-3GB, correct?)

I'm going to hold off on printing experiments until I hear back form you 
with some clarifications. I can run as root most of the time, though in 
case I ever need to print a web page I suppose user would need to be able 
to print as well. Please let me know what sort of permissions problems 
you've run into in trying to set up non-priviledged users and how it has 
affected printing and other aspects of system operation.

Another reason I wanted to hold off before experimenting is that I looked 
at your downloads page and there are several different gs packages there: 
I wasn't sure which might be best for the sort of setup I'll be 
attempting. By the way, you've got a great resource in that page--thanks 
for providing it. It's getting a bit long to be a single page and could 
perhaps be more usable if divided into separate pages. But it's very 
helpful even in its present form. (On a side note, I noticed an html error 
you might want to fix: it seems that in your zgv section you've left out 
an angle bracket for an href tag--should be obvious once you take a look 
at the page using a browser.)

Thanks for the input.

James