Re: keyboard input to gs 2.5

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From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 23:38

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Re <9208260114.AA29337@cookie-crisp>
<9208252257.AA09809@kodiak.cs.caltech.edu>:

> It seems that if the last "token" on a line given at the "GS>" prompt
> is a single character, then it is duplicated.  This did not happen in
> 2.4.1.

Yes, this is a new bug in 2.5, introduced in the course of speeding
up the token scanner.  It will be fixed in 2.5.1.

> Also, if one should happen to type "<space><return>" to the showpage
> prompt, then all subsequent showpage prompts will continue immediately.
> This was also true in 2.4.1.

This is a quasi-feature: the idea is that if you type anything except
a plain <return> in response to the showpage prompt, Ghostscript
assumes it is interpreter input to be processed after the last page.
Suggestions for what should happen in this case are welcome.

L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 voice ; no fax yet
	    "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."

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Subject: Re: keyboard input to gs 2.5
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