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Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)?

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youtube@beedwi.e4ward.com writes:

> Something I have been wishing for forever, is the ability to display
> PostScript files in my favorite browser (or any browser).  I mean, the
> ability to display PDF files now seems to be standard feature of
> modern browsers, so WHY NOT POSTSCRIPT? And no, I don't mean the
> behavior when you try to display a .ps file, it opens up that little
> Microsoft popup asking if you want to "Open with" or "Save with", and
> if you choose "Open with", then it just runs the file with GSView in
> its own separate window. I want it to be integrated into the browser
> so you see it as a separate page under a separate TAB.
>
> I mean this IS the preeminent Page Description Language isn't it?  And
> yet browsers don't know how to render it?  Shameful!

You can always patch Firefox.

Otherwise, there are in-browser pdf viewers, so you could convert your
ps to a pdf.  

-- 
__Pascal J. Bourguignon
http://www.informatimago.com

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Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? youtube@beedwi.e4ward.com - 2017-11-04 10:30 -0700
  Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-04 19:21 +0100
    Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? helbig@asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) - 2017-11-04 19:46 +0000
      Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-05 05:36 +0100
  Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2017-11-04 12:51 -0700
    Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? youtube@beedwi.e4ward.com - 2017-11-04 13:27 -0700
      Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2017-11-06 17:24 +0000
    Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2017-11-06 17:23 +0000
  Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2017-11-05 10:48 -0700
  Re: Why can't I view PostScript file in my browser (Firefox)? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2017-11-06 19:37 +0000

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