Re: Getting rid of cut marks in troff

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From: Robert Sleator
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1987 02:06

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In article <4880@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> 
> Cut marks, if any, should be generated not by the input macros,
> nor by the formatter, but by the post processor.

Which would probably make it a royal pain for the user to modify cutmarks
for smaller pages (e.g., five by nine inch pages).  It is relatively
easy for me to edit the macros.  I don't want to have to deal with psdit
or daps or whatever.

				Robert Sleator
				tektronix!tektools!robs

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From: robs@tektools.UUCP (Robert Sleator)
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Subject: Re: Getting rid of cut marks in troff
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Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 21:06:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  5 21:06:47 1987
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Summary: post-processor shouldn't generate cutmarks

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