pwatson@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Phil Watson) (03/15/90)
Withe something like the following command, (fred + tom) show Postscript will "crash" on the plus, what is needed is to do (fred \+ tom) show -- fair enough ..... BUT, on page 23 of the postscript reference manual, there is a list of all the characters that need the slosh as a prefix - the plus symbol is not there. My question is this : Are there any other of these symbols that have this undocumented feature ???. fanks awot, Phil, +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Philip Watson pwatson@mqccsuna.mqcc.mq.oz | | | | Statistical Laboratory | | Stat, Comp & Management Consultants | | Mac Uni, NSW, 2109 | | OZ | | TEL : (02) 805 8592, 805 8792 | | FAX : (02) 805 7433 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |... Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, | |my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any | |resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. | |The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold| |them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the | |existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god | |coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism | |is beyond the scope of this article.) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ D
zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) (03/16/90)
In article <276@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> pwatson@mqccsuna.mqcc.mq.oz (Phil Watson) writes: > (fred + tom) show > Postscript will "crash" on the plus, what is needed is to do > (fred \+ tom) show I just sent this program to my Laserwriter, without error: 100 100 moveto /Courier findfont 10 scalefont setfont (fred + tom) show showpage and got a piece of paper containing pretty much what one would expect... Respectfully suggest the problem is in your particular Postscript interpreter rather than in Postscript as a language. -- "It's all about Power, it's all about Control All the rest is lies for the credulous" -- Man-in-the-street interview in Romania one week after Ceaucescu execution.