[lug] gv questions

[David L. Anselmi]

Gary Hodges wrote:
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> The problem...  The postscript files I produce have a title on each page 
> that includes information I need to see while viewing the files.  gv is 
> now leaving this part off.  When I view the file it seems the upper 
> portion of the page has been cropped.  When I open the files with gs the 
> title is there.  It is also there with ggv.  gs and gv don't work well 
> for my needs though, so I'd like to figure out what the issue is with gv.

Paper size maybe?  Sounds like a default that's been changed on you. 
You could compare the versions between SuSE and Kubuntu and perhaps look 
at the source packages for different configure settings.

> Also, gv is noticeably slower under Kubuntu than SuSE (same hardware).  
> I'm viewing some postscript files with 500 or pages.  I used to be able 
> to rapidly page through with <ENTER> or <BACKSPACE>, but now I have to 
> wait until an image is rendered before moving to the next (or previous) 
> page.  Is this an xfree86 vs xorg issue?  Would a faster video card 
> "fix" this?

I doubt a faster card would help.  I doubt it's xfree86 vs. xorg.  Do 
you have the same amount of free memory under both?  Were you using KDE 
on SuSE?  If something else is using all your memory now that would slow 
down big documents.

For both of these I'd google them (that will pick up Ubuntu forums as 
well as the Debian and gv mailing lists).  You might check the Debian 
bug tracker too (and the Kubuntu one, if they have a separate one).  Or 
ask on the gv lists.

Dave