how do i read documents

[Brad Robbins (BIO)]

On Fri, 5 Aug 1994, Andrea Giacomelli wrote:

> > i have unloaded the installGuide.ps.Z file onto my machine but i am
> > not sure which compression package puts a Z onto the end of the file,
> > anyone?
> > 
> > also, we know that we can print out postscript files, but how do we edit
> > them?

Andrea,
There are several "zipping" packages available that will uncompress your 
files.  Try an "unzip" or "gunzip" command. 

I found that you can edit postscript files using UNIX's vi editor.  The 
problem is reading the script.  It will take awhile but after spending some 
time you'll begin to make some sense out of the PS gibberish.  At the 
start of each page is a header listing the page numbers of the previous 
and next page.  Use these as guides to move around in the document.  

Good luck,
Brad Robbins
brobbins at chuma.cas.usf.edu