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Subject: Re: \font-bug in UNIX-TeX
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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 15:11:40 (BST)
From: Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <199407291047.AA15575@terminus.cs.umb.edu> from "K. Berry" at Jul 29, 94 06:47:06 am
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> It's easy to do in its most trivial form -- \write18{foo} does
> system(foo). I think this is the first extension planned for e-tex,
> because it is so easy to implement.
>
I wouldn't call that an "extension" of TeX --
I'd call it a useful variation of system-dependent code!
I'd recommend going for it now,
rather than waiting for the 3rd Coming.
Tim