> I would just like to mention that the safedir mode (which was introduced, AFAIK, in gv 3.7.0) causes gv 3.7.1, on Mac OS X 10.5 with GhostScript 8.71, to open its window and wait forever when one tries to view a PostScript file. The safe directory gets created in /tmp but is it empty. Pressing q closes the window of gv (and the safe directory remains).
> Launching gv with the -nosafedir option solves the problem.
Additionally, launching gv with the -safedir option (or with no option) on a PDF document triggers another problem:
the error message "Chdir to 9999 x 9999 failed" appears, as if gv were passing wrong arguments (or in a wrong order) to the shell/to gs/whatever: like passing an image size instead of the name of the safe directory.
Best wishes,
Christophe