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- From: ceerm@cee.hw.ac.uk (Rod MacLean)
- Subject: Re: Wanted postscript interpreter and viewer
- Message-ID: <Do7G0z.Mr0@cee.hw.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Dept of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University
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- References: <313F1BB2.6933@dimi.uniud.it> <hwollman-0803961748190001@hwollman.mitre.org>
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:00:34 GMT
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- In article <hwollman-0803961748190001@hwollman.mitre.org>,
- hwollman@mitre.org (Herbert Wollman) writes:
- >From: Herbert Wollman hwollman@mitre.org
- >
- >In article <313F1BB2.6933@dimi.uniud.it>, Roberto Fabbri
- ><fabbri@dimi.uniud.it> wrote:
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- >> I need a good postscript interpreter and viewer. I've tried Post1.7 but
- >> it gives me error (unrecognized command ---get---) when I load
- >> postscript files generated with Word under Mac. I think Post1.7 is too
- >> old and doesn't support new postscript versions. Is this possible? If
- >> yes give me please the name of a good postscript interpreter.
-
- >When in doubt ALWAYS blame Microsoft, and/or Word, and/or the Mac, not post.
- >Post really does recognise the command get under normal conditions, unless
- >the postscript file has done something really dumb, (which is typical of
- >Word).
-
- Yup, Word is notorious around my university for printing out a blank
- sheet instead of an entire document. It seems it doesn't follow the
- standards too closely and gets it all wrong!
-
- Rod
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- | R.MacLean@hw.ac.uk | Rod told |
- | ceerm@cee.hw.ac.uk | me to skin |
- | ceerm@bonaly.hw.ac.uk | to skin |
- | ceerm@pp.hw.ac.uk | you alive! |
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