Documentation notes

The primary Communicator online documentation is now context-sensitive NetHelp. To access NetHelp, start Communicator and select Help, then Help.

To access these release notes online, use SCOhelp (or your existing Netscape browser). To use SCOhelp:

• Enter scohelp& at the command line in an xterm window on your desktop.

• On the CDE desktop, select the Help menu (above the help icon in the Control Panel), then select SCO Help.

• On the Panorama desktop, pull down the Root menu and select Help.

Online documentation is also available at the SCO Internet Family Documentation page.

Because the Netscape products are supported by several operating systems, their documentation includes information specific to other operating systems. You can ignore such information.

The Release Notes entry in the Communicator Help sends you to the general Netscape release notes. Issues relevant to SCO platforms are covered in the SCO release notes.

For more information on Communicator documentation resources, see the Netscape Communicator Library.

Printing from Netscape Communicator to a non-PostScript printer

Use gs (Ghostscript), included on Skunkware, to print from Netscape Communicator to a non-PostScript printer. To do this:

1. Download ghostscript to a temporary directory (such as /tmp) from Skunkware.

2. Select gs.pkg.gz.

3. Use gunzip to extract the tarfile:
   
   cd /tmp
   /usr/bin/gunzip gs.pkg.gz

   See ``Downloading gunzip''.

4. Use the Application Installer or pkgadd(1M) to install ghostscript:

   If you are using pkgadd, make sure you are in the download directory and enter:
   
   pkgadd -d /tmp/gs.pkg

   If you are using the Application Installer:

   1. In the ``Install From'' field, select Other.

   2. In the ``Folder'' field, enter the full pathname of the .pkg file, including the filename (for example, /tmp/gs.pkg).

   3. Click on Update View to see the packages that are available to install.

   4. Select the package and click on Install.

      Repeat this step for each package you want to install.

   5. When you have installed all desired packages, select Actions->Exit.

      See ``Installing, managing, and removing software'' for details.

   
   

5. Create a file called gslp and include the following text:

   #!/bin/sh
   if [ $# = "0" ]
   then
      gs -q -sOutputFile="|lp -oraw" -sDEVICE=devname -dNOPAUSE -
   else
      for i in $*
      do
      cat $i | gs -q -sOutputFile="|lp -oraw" -sDEVICE=devname -dNOPAUSE -
      done
   fi
   

   Change devname to match your printer device. For example, use -sDEVICE=cdj550 for HP Color Deskjet 550C and 560C printers.

   For more information on the Ghostscript printer devices, see the devices.doc file installed on your system. For the location of this file, enter gs -? and scroll to the bottom of the help file.

6. Make gslp executable.

7. Change the Netscape printer setup by selecting File->Print and changing the ``Print Command'' field to gslp.

Downloading gunzip

You must use gunzip to uncompress files distributed with Skunkware. To download and install the gunzip utility:

1. Point your browser at:
   
   http://www.sco.com/documentation/postscript/bin/gunzip_uw7.tar

   Download gunzip_uw7.tar to a temporary directory.

2. Enter:
   
   tar xvf gunzip_uw7.tar

   This extracts the gunzip binary into the /usr/bin directory.

To download the entire gzip package from Skunkware:

1. Point your browser at:
   
   http://www.sco.com/skunkware/uw7/shellutil/gzip/

2. Download gzip.pkg to a temporary directory, such as /tmp.

3. Use pkgadd(1M) to install the package:
   
   pkgadd -d /tmp/gzip.pkg