An open API service indexing awesome lists of open source software.

https://github.com/alhadis/atom-postscript

Live previewing of PostScript/EPS files in Atom using GhostScript.
https://github.com/alhadis/atom-postscript

atom atom-package ghostscript postscript previewer

Last synced: 10 months ago
JSON representation

Live previewing of PostScript/EPS files in Atom using GhostScript.

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

          

PostScript support for Atom
===========================

Live previews of PostScript/EPS files using [GhostScript][].

![Figure 1: Structural formula rendering](./figure-1.png)

To preview an `.eps` or `.ps` file, press CTRL + Shift + M.

Installation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. **Install GhostScript if needed.**
[Download] a precompiled binary or install using a package manager.

On Linux, using [APT][], [DNF][], et al:
~~~shell
# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ghostscript

# RPM-based distros
sudo yum install ghostscript
~~~

On macOS, using [Homebrew][] or [MacPorts][]:
~~~shell
# Homebrew
brew install ghostscript

# MacPorts
sudo port install ghostscript
~~~

On Windows, using [Chocolatey][]:
~~~batchfile
choco install ghostscript
~~~

2. **Clone this repository to `~/.atom/packages` using [Git][].**
After checkout, install libraries needed by this package's UI:

On Linux and macOS:
~~~shell
cd ~/.atom/packages
git clone 'https://github.com/Alhadis/Atom-PostScript.git' postscript
cd postscript
apm install .
apm install --production file-icons
~~~

On Windows:
~~~batchfile
cd %HOMEPATH%\.atom\packages
git clone "https://github.com/Alhadis/Atom-PostScript.git"
ren Atom-PostScript postscript
cd postscript
apm install --production file-icons

:: Node.js is required on Windows due to a bug in APM
npm install --production .
~~~

[APT]: https://wiki.debian.org/AptCLI
[Chocolatey]: https://chocolatey.org/
[DNF]: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf/
[download]: https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html
[GhostScript]: https://www.ghostscript.com/
[Git]: https://git-scm.com/
[Homebrew]: https://brew.sh/
[MacPorts]: https://ports.macports.org/port/ghostscript/