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pic preprocessor for troff

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From: Peter Crockett
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1989 23:17
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A professor came here with some troff source which uses a troff
preprocessor called pic.  He had the code for pic sent here, but it
generates a troff directive D which is not understood by any troff on
campus.  Anyone know anything about pic and/or the nature of this
mysterious directive?

Peter Crockett
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From: crockett@top.cis.syr.edu (Peter Crockett)
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Subject: pic preprocessor for troff
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Date: 13 Jan 89 23:17:02 GMT
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Organization: CIS Dept., Syracuse University
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