Subject: New/updated Unix software: Java, gs, gv, xpdf, tth, pine, pico, etc.
 
 We have installed or upgraded several programs and software packages on the
 chemistry Unix server and other Unix hosts in the Department. Here is a brief
 discussion.
 
  - Java: the default Java version on the chemistry Unix server is Java 1.1.
    You can run the Java 1.2 interpreter via the command
 
 	/usr/java1.2/bin/java
 
    The corresponding man page can be viewed with the command
 
 	myman /usr/java1.2/man/man1/java
 
    Note that there are more executables in /usr/java1.2/bin/ and more
    man-pages in /usr/java1.2/man/man1/.
 
 
  - ghostscript and related applications (on Solaris):
 
     o gs (upgraded to GNU ghostscript 5.10): application to view postscript
       (ps) and pdf files.
 
     o ps2ascii, ps2epsi, ps2pdf, pdf2dsc, pdf2ps: scripts that use gs to
       convert ps format to ascii, encapsulated postscript interchange format
       (epsi), and pdf, as well as pdf format to a ps page list and ps
       format.
 
    See the respective man pages for more information on each utility.
 
  - gv version 3.5.8 (new): front-end GUI for gs to view ps and pdf files
    (on Solaris).
    For more information, see the man page and the online web documentation
    in the Manuals section of our web pages.
 
  - ghostview version 1.5 (unchanged): alternative front-end GUI for gs to
    view ps and pdf files (on Solaris)
 
  - xpdf version 0.9 (new): stand-alone GUI to view pdf files and related
    applications (on Solaris):
 
     o pdfinfo, pdftopbm, pdftops, pdftotext: programs to extract pdf document
       information, convert pdf to portable bitmap (pbm), and convert pdf to
       postscript as well as to ASCII text.
 
    For more info, see the respective man pages.
 
 
  - tth version 2.60 (upgraded): application to convert TeX and LaTeX to HTML
    (available on Solaris and AIX).
 
     o ps2gif, ps2png, latex2gif: scripts that use gs, latex and dvips for
       related conversions.
 
    For more information, see the man page and the online web documentation
    in the Manuals section of our web pages.
 
  - pine version 4.21, pico version 3.7 (upgraded): available on Solaris, AIX,
    IRIX, DUnix