MacGhostView

Name: MacGhostView
Price: 15.00 $
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)

5.1

21 November 2014

Postscript and PDF viewer.

Overview

MacGhostView is an application for previewing Postscript and encapsulated Postscript files and converting them to other formats. It implements the command line tools gv (ghostview) and gs (ghostscript). Multiple files can be previewed at the same time, each one displayed in its own gv window. Unlike Apple's Preview program, MacGhostView does not convert Postscript files to PDF format and then display the PDF file.

What's new in MacGhostView

Version 5.1: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

15 MacGhostView Reviews

See all

It is quite similar to the ghostview program found on Unix BUT IT IS NOT FREE. Anyway why use this paying and slow application when Apple Preview works faster and Acrobat Reader is free? POINTLESS

Like (1)

Version 2.9.4

The included macps2pdf is extremely useful: converts ps->eps, fixes eps, does other conversions (handy for TeX, etc). The author gave me an unlock code, after I paid my shareware fee, in 2003 and it still works, two full versions later! PS Viewing is immediate, unlike Preview and Xwin, and zooms in on parts of the figure with a click of the mouse. For my work, the package has been indispensable.

Like (1)

Version 4.4

I don't see the advantage of this over the "gv" ports in Darwinports and Fink, which work great and are free.

Like (1)

Version 3.2

1 answer(s)

Anonymous

06 April 2005

To some, like me, it may be an advantage that MGV is OSX native :)

Like (1)

Version 4.0

If you don't need the Postscript stuff, you might want to take a look at PDFpen before buying this. It is done by the same people who did PageSender, that brilliant piece of Fax software that finally brought a supported working Fax product to Mac OS X - until Panther came out and stole some of its thunder. For a few dollars more ($30), it not only does what this, Preview and Acrobat does, but allows you to insert text into PDF files, such as to fill out forms. That IS something none of the rest do.

Version 2.9.5

2 answer(s)

Anonymous

01 December 2004

Acrobat does allow you to fill out forms, just not save them

Version 3.1

Jan-rybar

18 February 2008

PDFpen is extremly expensive + you must pay upgrade and can't see any new feature in a new version. :(

Version 4.5

It is quite similar to the ghostview program found on Unix BUT IT IS NOT FREE. Anyway why use this paying and slow application when Apple Preview works faster and Acrobat Reader is free? POINTLESS

Like (1)

Version 2.9.4

2 answer(s)

Wormwood

04 February 2004

MacGhostView also views PostScript documents, not just PDFs. Especially under shops still using OS 9 workflows, it allows end users to more easily get an accurate preview without bothering with Distiller. Even under OS X, Quartz only renders PDFs; being able to hand edit or read a PostScript can be handy in some business sectors.

Version 2.9.5

Anonymous

15 December 2004

Acrobat isn't free and adobe reader can't view postscript

Version 3.1

Wouhou! This version solves the nasty bug that transforms quotation marks into two commas when you use Times New Roman font in your postscript file.

Version 2.8.1

I just tried out MacGhostView 2.7 for OS X. Sorry to say it is very slow - not really useful for large ps graphic outputs from scientific computations (with scores of frames). Would be OK for an occasional look at small ps files I suppose. Really needs an order of magnitude boost in speed. GUI for controls would also be nice - like the real UNIX ghostview.

Version 2.7

MacGhostView

Overview

What's new in MacGhostView

15 MacGhostView Reviews

Apps you might also like