PostScript serial line EOF indication

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From: Terry Friedrichsen
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 1990 20:27

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Thanks to everyone who sent me mail to let me know that control-D ist
the "standard" serial-line EOF indicator for the PostScript emulator.
A number of you pointed out that the information is in the Apple
LaserWriter appendix to the red book.  Explains why I couldn't find
it; my red book (PostScript Language Reference by Adobe) doesn't
HAVE such an appendix ...

At any rate, my emulator appears to work correctly now.  So let me
ask another question, if I may:

should my emulator terminate with a QUIT or STOP or some such, or
is it proper to simply allow the function to terminate execution
without an explicit return to the interpreter?

Again, thanks.

Terry R. Friedrichsen
uunet!sunquest!terry
TERRY@SUNQUEST.COM
TERRY@SDSC.EDU  (alternate address; I live and work in Tucson)

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Subject: PostScript serial line EOF indication
Keywords: EOF  end-of-file  control-D  thanks
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Date: 24 Jul 90 20:27:38 GMT
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