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Article #6498Re: {(%%[|0|]%%)=print flush}
From: Allen B
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:42
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:42
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In article <1k0c7bINN9gj@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
malle@rpksun1.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de (Bernhard Malle) writes:
> Hello,
>
> Is there any PostScript Guru that knows the meaning of the following
> statement:
> {(%%[|0|]%%)=print flush}
Sure. =print prints that string, and then flush makes
sure you see it.
=print is defined here on my NeXT to be:
{
dup type /stringtype ne {
=string cvs
} if
print
}
Like =string, =print isn't documented. In this case, you
could use print just as well.
> The interesting thing about the above mentioned statement is, that ghostview
can
> display the diagrams correctly, but sends an error message with just
> %%[|0|]%%
Yep.
> Does anyone knows how to avoid this command?
Just take it out. If you aren't watching the output
channel, you won't see it anyway.
ab
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