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Article #1282Re: Ditroff question: what does \X do?
From: Ray Liere
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1989 18:04
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1989 18:04
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On our system, \X is a mechanism for sending something to the postprocessor --
it stands for "eXtended command". So I suppose your user has (inadvertently)
passed the MP command on to postscript ...
Ray Liere
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