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PostScript is a stack based page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe in the mid 80s. It was based on a language called "Interpress" that was originally developed at Xerox. Inspired by GEM3 the Adobe company developed a version of PostScript that could be used to both describe printed pages and to control computer displays, called simply Display PostScript. It was used in NeXTStep and UNIX desktop environments.

Tools

Interpreters

Ghostscript
QMS UltraScript PC, UltraScript PC Plus

Document viewers

Magus PageTurner

Text editors with PostScript support

jEdit - Java based editor - PostScript syntax highlighting built in

Publications

Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook - Addison-Wesley 1985, ISBN 0-201-10179-3
David A. Holzgang: Understanding PostScript Programming - Sybex 1987, ISBN 0-89588-396-1
Stephen F. Roth: Real World PostScript - Addison-Wesley 1988, ISBN 0-201-06663-7
Ross Smith: Learning PostScript: A Visual Approach - Peachpit Press 1990, ISBN 0-938151-12-6
Glenn C. Reid: Thinking in PostScript - Addison Wesley 1990 - ISBN 0-201-52372-8
Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Language Reference Manual (2nd Edition) - Addison Wesley 1990, ISBN 0-201-18127-4
Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Language Reference Manual (3rd Edition) - Addison Wesley 1999, ISBN 0-201-37922-8 [1]

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-Stack based page description language developed by [[Adobe]] in the mid 80's and based on a language called "Interpress" that was originally developed at [[Xerox]]. Inspired by [[GEM]]3 the Adobe company developed a version of PostScript that could be used to both describe printed pages and to control computer displays, called simply '''Display PostScript''' but the only customer for that was [[NeXT]] and they quietly dropped that version around 1990 due to lack of sales.
+'''PostScript''' is a stack based page description language ([[PDL]]) developed by [[Adobe]] in the mid 80s. It was based on a language called "Interpress" that was originally developed at Xerox. Inspired by [[GEM]]3 the Adobe company developed a version of PostScript that could be used to both describe printed pages and to control computer displays, called simply '''Display PostScript'''. It was used in [[NeXTStep]] and UNIX desktop environments.
-====OS/2 text & programmers editors with PostScript support====
+==Tools==
-* [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - PostScript syntax highlighting built in - Current.
+;Interpreters
+*Ghostscript
+*QMS UltraScript PC, UltraScript PC Plus
+;Document viewers
+*Magus PageTurner
+;Text editors with PostScript support
+* [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - PostScript syntax highlighting built in
+==Publications==
+* Adobe Systems Inc.: ''PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook'' - Addison-Wesley 1985, ISBN 0-201-10179-3
+* David A. Holzgang: ''Understanding PostScript Programming'' - Sybex 1987, ISBN 0-89588-396-1
+* Stephen F. Roth: ''Real World PostScript'' - Addison-Wesley 1988, ISBN 0-201-06663-7
+* Ross Smith: ''Learning PostScript: A Visual Approach'' - Peachpit Press 1990, ISBN 0-938151-12-6
+* Glenn C. Reid: ''Thinking in PostScript'' - Addison Wesley 1990 - ISBN 0-201-52372-8
+* Adobe Systems Inc.: ''PostScript Language Reference Manual'' (2nd Edition) - Addison Wesley 1990, ISBN 0-201-18127-4
+* Adobe Systems Inc.: ''PostScript Language Reference Manual'' (3rd Edition) - Addison Wesley 1999, ISBN 0-201-37922-8 [http://lprng.com/RESOURCES/ADOBE/PLRM.pdf]
 ==Links==
+* [http://www.tailrecursive.org/postscript/postscript.html A First Guide to PostScript]
 * [http://www.prepressure.com/postscript/basics/history History of PostScript]
+[[Category:Page Description Language]]
-[[Category:Programming Languages]]