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Article #3745Re: A question about //add
From: Kenneth Porter
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 15:46
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 15:46
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orthlieb@adobe.UUCP (Carl Orthlieb) writes:
> It is suggested that // not be used, use bind or load
> depending on the effect you want.
// is particularly useful for re-defining system operators in
heavily nested situations:
/showpage { stuff //showpage more-stuff } def
The problem here is that one has to test for whether the system operator
has be re-defined before; if so, then an exec has to be added after
the name:
/systemname load operatortype { /systemname { //systemname } def } if
Ken (shiva@well.sf.ca.us)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!well!shiva From: shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: A question about //add Summary: // and systemdict operators Message-ID: <21745@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 21 Nov 90 15:46:48 GMT References: <1990Nov12.195235.13908@light.uucp> <321@heaven.woodside.ca.us> <1990Nov14.170020.16233@light.uucp> Lines: 19