True but GSview is user friendly with a windows interface and it provides
the easy front end to Ghostscript. It will also convert PS to PDF.


At 18:14 27/02/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Siebren,
>
> The only solution I can think of for the common names would
>be to edit the file COMM_LAB.NAM. By default, this has 294
>star names. Lop out the ones you don't want, and you'll be
>all set. You'll notice that they are labelled and sorted by PPM
>number; this is used inside Guide ("we're drawing star PPM
>XYZ; does that number appear in the list? It does? Let's
>show the name for it, if common names are turned on.")
>Don't remove the numbers, and leave the file sorted by
>PPM number when you're done.
>
> Philippe's thought of converting to .PDF got me to thinking
>(always a dangerous thing). The current version of GNU Ghostscript
>can convert PostScript to .PDF. You can already take a .PS
>file from Guide's "Make a PostScript" function and PDF-ize
>it in this manner.
>
> Problems are that Guide's PostScript files are always in
>black & white, and that Ghostscript is not entirely user-friendly.
>Aspects of it are downright user-abusive. Still, it's one path
>to contemplate (the other, more immediately useful one being
>the 16-bit version of Guide. You need not re-install Guide to
>use it; just copy \UTILS\GUIDE8A.EXE from the CD-ROM to
>your Guide directory.)
>
>-- Bill
>
>-- Bill
>
>
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