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In article <1992Aug2.001052.23580@cco.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
|In article <3668@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>, clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
|>While things that are DSC compliant will lead off with %!PS-Adobe-, you're
|>being much too strict.  By convention, PostScript always starts with
|>%!.  So if the file starts with %!, you can assume it to be PostScript.
|>Regardless of whether the file claims to be DSC compliant or not.

|>Almost all applications use this convention.  Though, there are some stupid
|>broken ones.  Ie: WP apparently leads files with <control-D>%!.

|Which is, in my opinion, a reasonable thing to do, as it's the only way to
|guarantee that the previous PostScript program has ended before yours starts.

A much better way is to fix the spooler to always emit the ^D at the end of
jobs.  Applications should *not* be generating ^Ds.
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