[pstricks] dvi for windows

[ipinelis at mtu.edu]

> On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 11:49:09AM -0400, ipinelis at mtu.edu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a dvi viewer for Windows where you can see pstricks pictures?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Iosif Pinelis
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> You could try the tetex distribution that comes with cygwin,
> xdvi certainly sees embeded ps although it sometimes gets
> cnfused with scaling and colors. Apropos, a really cool dvi
> viewr is advi, I don't know if it has ported to cygwin though.
>
> I am not sure if there is a "native" dvi viewer that displays
> embeded ps but I would look in to the TeXLive distribution, have
> a look at http://www.tug.org/texlive/
>
> Nikos
>

Thank you Nikos. I am unsure if I want to go as far as install cygwin.
Xdvi, indeed, works very well with pstricks on Unix and Linux. It's a pity
I don't know anything like that for Windows. In fact, I am using TeXLive
with Windows, but its windvi doesn't show ps graphics.

Iosif Pinelis
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