@c -*- texinfo -*-
@chapter ANNOUNCE
@ifset TEXT-ONLY
@include version.texi
@end ifset

The Display Ghostscript System, version @value{DGS-VERSION}, is now
available.

@section What is the Display Ghostscript System?

The Display Ghostscript System is functionally upward-compatible with
Adobe Display PostScript, but it has been written independently.  The
Display Ghostscript System provides a device-independent imaging model
for displaying information on a screen.  The imaging model uses the
PostScript language which has powerful graphics capabilities and frees
the programmer from display-specific details like screen resolution and
color issues.

The Display Ghostscript System is composed of a PostScript language
interpreter (Ghostscript), the Client library, and the pswrap
translator.

The Display Ghostscript System uses a client/server architecture.
Applications are linked with the Client library which communicates with
the PostScript interpreter residing in the server.  The application
utilizes the procedures and data structures in the Client library which
are independent of the actual PostScript interpreter.

The pswrap translator allows you to take custom PostScript language
programs and wrap them with a C function interface thus allowing your
applications to call them directly.  pswrap programs are generally
more efficient then performing the same PostScript program purely
with the Client library procedures.

@section What's new in this release?
@set ANNOUNCE-ONLY
@include news.texi
@clear ANNOUNCE-ONLY

@section Where can you get it?  How can you compile it?

@ifset DGS-FTP-MACHINE
The dgs-@value{DGS-VERSION}.tar.gz distribution
file has been placed on @samp{@value{DGS-FTP-MACHINE}} in
@samp{@value{DGS-FTP-DIRECTORY}}.
@end ifset
@ifset DGS-ALT-FTP-MACHINE
It is also available at @samp{@value{DGS-ALT-FTP-MACHINE}} in
@samp{@value{DGS-ALT-FTP-DIRECTORY}}.  However, there is currently a limit
on how much can be downloaded from this site, so please try to download
files from the main GNU ftp site or alternative GNU sites.
@end ifset

@ifclear DGS-FTP-MACHINE
The dgs-@value{DGS-VERSION}.tar.gz distribution
file has not been made available by anonymous ftp.
@end ifclear

The program requires gcc @value{DGS-GCC-VERSION} or higher.

The @samp{.tar} file is compressed with GNU gzip.  Gzip can be obtained by
anonymous ftp at any of the GNU archive sites.

The most recent (not necessarily tested) snapshots of the library will
be placed in 
@url{ftp://@value{DGS-SNAP-FTP-MACHINE}/@value{DGS-SNAP-FTP-DIRECTORY}}.

@ifset UPDATE_THIS

[ Most GNU software is packed using the GNU `gzip' compression program.
  Source code is available on most sites distributing GNU software.

  For information on how to order GNU software on tape, floppy or cd-rom, or
  printed GNU manuals, check the file etc/ORDERS in the GNU Emacs distribution
  or in GNUinfo/ORDERS on prep, or e-mail a request to: @email{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu}

  By ordering your GNU software from the FSF, you help us continue to
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  The above software will soon be at these ftp sites as well.
  Please try them before @samp{prep.ai.mit.edu} as @samp{prep} is very busy!

  thanx @email{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu}

@table @strong

@item ASIA:
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@item @url{ftp://utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ftpsync/prep}
@item @url{ftp://cair.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu}
@end itemize

@item AUSTRALIA:
@itemize @minus
@item @url{ftp://archie.au/gnu} (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet)
@end itemize

@item AFRICA:
@itemize @minus
@item @url{ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/gnu}
@end itemize

@item MIDDLE-EAST:
@itemize @minus
@item @url{ftp://ftp.technion.ac.il/pub/unsupported/gnu}
@end itemize

@item EUROPE:
@itemize @minus
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@item @url{ftp://ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk}
@item @url{ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/uunet/systems/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.ieunet.ie/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.eunet.ch}
@item @url{ftp://nic.switch.ch/mirror/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.denet.dk}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.stacken.kth.se}
@item @url{ftp://isy.liu.se}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://archive.eu.net}
@end itemize

@item SOUTH AMERICA:
@itemize @minus
@item @url{ftp://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu}
@end itemize

@item WESTERN CANADA:
@itemize @minus
@item @url{ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/mirror2/gnu}
@end itemize

@item USA:
@itemize @minus
@item @url{ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://labrea.stanford.edu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.kpc.com/pub/mirror/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://f.ms.uky.edu/pub3/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://jaguar.utah.edu/gnustuff}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://vixen.cso.uiuc.edu/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep}
@item @url{ftp://col.hp.com/mirrors/gnu}
@item @url{ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU}
@item @url{ftp://ftp.uu.net/systems/gnu}
@end itemize

@end table


@end ifset
