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Article #1199Re: Shaded Boxes in PIC
From: John Kennedy
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 00:10
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 00:10
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The facts as I understand them:
1) Pic generates input to troff, according to troff's input language.
2) Troff generates a device-independent output.
3) Various filters take the troff output and generate device-specific codes.
(I have Eroff, and it has filters to convert troff output to
HP LaserJet, Imagen Impress, and PostScript).
Therefore,
It is possible for pic drawings to appear on a PostScript printer.
However,
Features of PostScript, such as shading are not in the repertoire
of what troff handles, and thus, no output of pic can instruct
troff to generate the appropriate output.
Oh, well.
John
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John Kennedy johnk@opel.uu.uunet
Second Source, Inc.
Annapolis, MD
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!opel!johnk From: johnk@opel.uu.net (John Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Shaded Boxes in PIC Message-ID: <309@opel.uu.net> Date: 14 Nov 89 00:10:39 GMT References: <546@dcdwest.UUCP> <127725@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Reply-To: johnk@opel.UUCP (John Kennedy) Organization: Second Source, Inc., Annapolis, MD Lines: 30