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Article #539Re: psroff generates huge files
From: Gilles Detillieux
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:47
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:47
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In article <3395@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes: > Egods tho, CAT troff refuses to read the width tables for the width > of space. Oh crud. At least this won't be a problem with gtroff > or ditroff. On the other hand, this may be why a few people have > remarked that psroff's inter-word spacing is a little nicer (troff uses > 1/3 point size for space width. Postscript's space width is 1/3rd > narrower (12/432 @ 6 point versus 9/432 @ 6 point)) Couldn't you get PostScript to give you the exact space width you need to match troff's, by using the "widthshow" or "awidthshow" operator? -- Gilles Detillieux <Gilles@scrc.UManitoba.CA> Spinal Cord Research Centre or <grdetil@gilles.scrc.UManitoba.CA> Dept. of Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)788-6766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3 (Canada) Fax: (204)786-0932
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!news From: grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca (Gilles Detillieux) Subject: Re: psroff generates huge files Message-ID: <1992Apr15.194711.13589@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Sender: news@ccu.umanitoba.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: gilles.scrc.umanitoba.ca Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada References: <3395@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:47:11 GMT Lines: 17