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From: pwatson@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Phil Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: problems in : (fred + tom) show
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Date: 15 Mar 90 06:23:12 GMT
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Reply-To: pwatson@mqccsuna.mqcc.mq.oz (Phil Watson)
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Withe something like the following command,

(fred + tom) show

Postscript will "crash" on the plus, what is needed is to do

(fred \+ tom) show

-- fair enough .....

BUT, on page 23 of the postscript reference manual, there is a list of all the
characters that need the slosh as a prefix - the plus symbol is not there.

My question is this : Are there any other of these symbols that have this
undocumented feature ???.

fanks awot,
		Phil,

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