Re: Getting rid of cut marks in troff

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From: Chris Torek
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1986 02:08

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It is perhaps too late for old troff, but I wish to offer an
observation:

Cut marks, if any, should be generated not by the input macros,
nor by the formatter, but by the post processor.

(The formatter must, of course, tell the post processor where each
page break occurs.)
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Subject: Re: Getting rid of cut marks in troff
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