ANNOUNCE
********

The Display Ghostscript System, version 0.5.8, is now available.

What is the Display Ghostscript System?
=======================================

   The Display Ghostscript System is functionally upward-compatible with
Adobe Display PostScript, but it has been written independently.  The
Display Ghostscript System provides a device-independent imaging model
for displaying information on a screen.  The imaging model uses the
PostScript language which has powerful graphics capabilities and frees
the programmer from display-specific details like screen resolution and
color issues.

   The Display Ghostscript System is composed of a PostScript language
interpreter (Ghostscript), the Client library, and the pswrap
translator.

   The Display Ghostscript System uses a client/server architecture.
Applications are linked with the Client library which communicates with
the PostScript interpreter residing in the server.  The application
utilizes the procedures and data structures in the Client library which
are independent of the actual PostScript interpreter.

   The pswrap translator allows you to take custom PostScript language
programs and wrap them with a C function interface thus allowing your
applications to call them directly.  pswrap programs are generally more
efficient then performing the same PostScript program purely with the
Client library procedures.

Is the Display Ghostscript System free software?
================================================

   Yes it is; though, the Display Ghostscript System is composed of many
different components, and each component has a different license.  You
should read the appropriate license for each component before making any
decisions about what you can and cannot do.

*DPS/README
     Adobe DPSclient library copyrighted by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

*gs/PUBLIC
     GNU Ghostscript using the GPL copyright.

*jpeg/README
     JPEG library copyrighted by Thomas G. Lane.

*png/png.h
     PNG library copyrighted by Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc.

*zlib/README
     ZLIB library copyrighted by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler

What's new in this release?
===========================

   The currently released version of the Display Ghostscript System is
`0.5.8'.

Changes since version `0.5.7'
=============================

   DGS can run on a machine with a different byte order from the one it
receives client data from.

   Multiple contexts and context switching has been implemented.

   DGS also launches a server faster (after the first one), by forking
a new server for the new process.

   Features:

  1. You can change mode of debug via arguments passed to dpsnx.agent.

     dpsnx.agent debug=n  # (n=unsigned int).  if n is zero, debug
     printing is disable (default).

  2. You can specify the port number when you call dpsnx.agent directly.

     dpsnx.agent tcp/N N means the port number.


How can I get support for this software?
========================================

   Look at the GNUstep Web Pages for more information regarding GNUstep
resources `http://www.gnustep.org'.  There is a GNOME mailing list
which can be subscribed to by emailing
`mailto:dps-hackers-request@gnome.org' (I don't think it is currently
active).

Where can you get it?  How can you compile it?
==============================================

   The dgs-0.5.8.tar.gz distribution file has been placed on
`ftp.gnu.org' in `gnu/gstep'.

   The program requires gcc 2.8.0 or higher.

   The `.tar' file is compressed with GNU gzip.  Gzip can be obtained by
anonymous ftp at any of the GNU archive sites.

   For info about FTP via email, send email to <ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com>
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two `quit'.

   The most recent (not necessarily tested) snapshots of the library
will be placed in `ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnustep/snap'.

Where do I send bug reports?
============================

   Bug reports can be sent to the GNUstep discussion list
<bug-gnustep@gnu.org>.

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