GSview 2.6 Bugs

This is not the most recent version of GSview.

This file contains information about known bugs, and workarounds or fixes when available.

• (1998-09-21) (2.6) uniprint device doesn't work when long filenames used.
• (1998-09-22) (2.6) Ghostscript item on Start Menu doesn't work when a path containing spaces is used for Ghostscript.
• (1998-09-25) (2.6) Text extraction with pstotext does not work.
• (1998-10-07) (2.6) OS/2 gvpgs.exe crashes during printing.
• (1998-10-27) (2.6) pstotext crashes when Dvips Cork Encoding is selected.

Problem: (2.6) uniprint device doesn't work when long filenames used.

Workaround #1: Put quotes around the @filename.upp

Workaround #2: Change the Ghostscript include path to use short names.

Problem: (2.6) Ghostscript item on Start Menu doesn't work when a path containing spaces is used for Ghostscript.

Workaround #1: Put quotes around the Ghostscript EXE.

Workaround #2: Change the Ghostscript path to use short names.

Problem: (2.6) Text extraction with pstotext does not work.

Workaround #1: Use a later version of GSview.

Workaround #2: Use Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10.

Workaround #3: Disable pstotext with "Options | PStoText | Disabled".

Problem: (2.6) OS/2 gvpgs.exe crashes during printing.

Workaround: Use a later version of GSview.

Problem: (2.6) pstotext crashes when Dvips Cork Encoding is selected.

Workaround #1: This is a bug in GSview 2.6, not pstotext. Use the command line version of pstotext.

Workaround #2: Select "Options | PStoText | Normal".

Workaround #3: Recompile GSview with the line in gvcdll.c:
  pstotextSetCork(pstotextInit, TRUE);
changed to
  pstotextSetCork(pstotextInstance, TRUE);