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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. | Stack based page description language ([[PDL]]) 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. | ||
==Tools== | |||
;Interpreters | |||
*Ghostscript | |||
;Document viewers | ;Document viewers | ||
*Magus PageTurner | *Magus PageTurner | ||
; | ;Text editors with PostScript support | ||
* [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - PostScript syntax highlighting built in | * [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - PostScript syntax highlighting built in | ||
==Publications== | |||
* 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 | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.prepressure.com/postscript/basics/history History of PostScript] | * [http://www.prepressure.com/postscript/basics/history History of PostScript] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Page Description Language]] | ||
Revision as of 07:37, 18 November 2017
Stack based page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe in the mid 80's and 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 but the only customer for that was NeXT and they quietly dropped that version around 1990 due to lack of sales.
Tools
- Interpreters
- Ghostscript
- Document viewers
- Magus PageTurner
- Text editors with PostScript support
- jEdit - Java based editor - PostScript syntax highlighting built in
Publications
- 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