Troff (DWB 2.0) and real (!) device independence...

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From: Jos Vos
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1989 11:13

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As you might already know, DWB 2.0 preprocessors like eqn and pic
do not look at the DESC.out file for the device characteristics.
Instead, the supported devices (default only aps and i10) are listed
in the source with their resolution.

[ If you didn't know, just stop reading here a few seconds and cry !!! :-( ]

Troff itself does read it, I think (I hope...).

Does anyone having patches for DWB 2.0 so that the DESC.out file is
read everywhere where it should be?

There also seems to be a problem with the mmt command: only aps and i10
devices result in automatically calling the appropriate postprocessor
(as is suggested by the manual page). For other devices the postprocessor
d<devicename> should also automatically be invoked.

Also a patch for this behaviour would be nice...

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From: jos@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Jos Vos)
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Subject: Troff (DWB 2.0) and real (!) device independence...
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Date: 26 Jan 89 11:13:45 GMT
Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands
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