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- From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
- Subject: Re: {(%%[|0|]%%)=print flush}
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- References: <1k0c7bINN9gj@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:42:18 GMT
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- In article <1k0c7bINN9gj@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- malle@rpksun1.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de (Bernhard Malle) writes:
- > Hello,
- >
- > Is there any PostScript Guru that knows the meaning of the following
- > statement:
- > {(%%[|0|]%%)=print flush}
-
- Sure. =print prints that string, and then flush makes
- sure you see it.
-
- =print is defined here on my NeXT to be:
-
- {
- dup type /stringtype ne {
- =string cvs
- } if
- print
- }
-
- Like =string, =print isn't documented. In this case, you
- could use print just as well.
-
- > The interesting thing about the above mentioned statement is, that ghostview
- can
- > display the diagrams correctly, but sends an error message with just
- > %%[|0|]%%
-
- Yep.
-
- > Does anyone knows how to avoid this command?
-
- Just take it out. If you aren't watching the output
- channel, you won't see it anyway.
-
- ab
-