Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!mcdchg!ast!paynter From: paynter@ast.dsd.northrop.com (paynter ann m.) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: postscript back-slash escapes Message-ID: <663@ast.dsd.northrop.com> Date: 16 Jan 91 20:10:15 GMT Organization: Northrop ESD, Rolling Meadows, IL Lines: 77 I am having trouble with PostScript when using certain escape sequences (\). The ones that don't work for me are \b, \r, and \n. Also, when I print a multi-line string, it all ends up on one line. I have looked in numerous PostScript books (including pages 22 - 24 of the red book - possibly first addition, copyright 1985). I'd like to know if anyone else has had this problem, and if so how it was solved. Or, if anyone knows the solution to my mystery. Thanks in advance for the help! The following is my file and the results. MY POSTSCRIPT: %! /Courier findfont 12 scalefont setfont %----- Translate Origin to Upper Left Corner ----- 0 792 translate %----- Translate Origin to Inside Corner of Margins ----- 22.000000 -18.000000 translate %----- End Page Initialization ----- 43.200001 -72.000000 moveto (This is testing \nthe back-slash n \nas a means of creating new lines) show 43.200001 -110.000000 moveto (This is testing the return as a means of creating new lines) show 43.200001 -150.000000 moveto (This is testing \rthe carriage return) show 43.200001 -270.000000 moveto (This is testing\ the return with a backslash\ as a means of connecting lines) show 43.200001 -310.000000 moveto (This is testing the occurance of a \backslash b in the string) show 43.200001 -330.000000 moveto (This is testing\nthe slash n\nas a means of creating new lines) show showpage MY RESULTS: This is testing the back-slash n as a means of creating new lines This is testing the return as a means of creating new lines This is testing the carriage return This is testingthe return with a backslashas a means of connecting lines This is testing the occurance of a ackslash b in the string This is testing the slash n as a means of creating new lines --------------------------------------------------------------------- ann paynter paynter@ast.dsd.northorp.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------