[comp.lang.postscript] probs with postscript and apple dictionary

coop8v11@bcarh340.bnr.ca (07/10/90)

I am trying to imbed Postscript generated on a Mac into a Publisher 
document, and am having problems which (I think!) originate in the 
Apple Dictionary.  

Before the beginning of the Mac text, Publisher attempts to disable 
the Showpage command with the line:
            /showpage  {} def
but the Apple dicitonary seems to have gotten around this by 
defining a command cp

"/cp{not{userdict/#copies 0 put}if ma 0 gt{{t1            
the{exit}if}loop}if{copypage}{showpage}ifelse pm restore}bdf"
 
then binding it immediately so that it  carries out the showpage 
function.    

I can get around this problem by manually inserting a showpage in 
the PUblisher postscript, but I want to know  if this will always work 
(ie are the situations when this just WILL NOT DO) and is there a 
better way to do this (so that users don't have to insert the command 
every time).

Thanks in Advance!!

Eleanor     

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