Re: want a version of ditroff which generates PostScript directly

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From: Ron Natalie
Date: Sat, 21 May 1988 22:33

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> Can anyone explain why ditroff still generates its peculiar
> intermediate form in this day and age?

D=device I=independant.  That's why.  Not every printer understands
PostScript and vary few typesetters actually do.

-Ron

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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
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Subject: Re: want a version of ditroff which generates PostScript directly
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Date: 21 May 88 22:33:56 GMT
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