On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Robert Tennent wrote:
> >You can also preview using
> > >xdvi, which will give you better displays than gv and save you the dvips
> > >step.
> >
> > Except that I have found xdvi to be a bit flakey. Some elements get
> > partially masked behind invisible boxes (this is the only explanation I can
> > come up with) but if I view with gv I see everything.
>
> Be sure that Netscape or other color-map-gobbling applications aren't
> running, or start up Netscape with option -ncols 64 .
I usually start Netscape with -install ...
However, that won't help if you're running X windows with a colour depth
of 15bit or more. Xdvi works best with 8bit (PseudoColor) displays. On
TrueColor displays quality is much poorer (especially when previewing
scores). GV on the other hand can handle TrueColor displays.
To put it in a nutshell: make sure you're running X in 8bit mode and start
xdvi before you run Netscape.
Regards,
Stefan.
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