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From: druid@uk.co.gec-avionics.tsrl (Mark D Templeton - Senior Systems Engineer - TSRL - GEC Avionics)
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Subject: Importing PostScript
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Date: 17 May 91 13:39:01 GMT
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In general, for really swish documents, I use TEX for the text,
with xfig for the documentation. Having become truly impressed
with Andrew, I would prefer to use it. However I can see no way
to import xfig figures into Andrew---a great shame. xfig can produce
PostScript or FIG format files. 

Please take my wish list below as "it's great, but these would make it
even better", rather than a winge list.

Wish list, in descending order of desirablility

1. Ability to import PostScript.
At the moment it can only be exported, not imported. Most decent graphic
tools can output PostScript, thus usefulness of the ez suite would be
improved.

2. TeX output rather than *roff output.
This would make Andrew usable on machines where the cost of the
Programmers' Workbench is hard to justify. It would also improve the
look of text output.

3. A special character card in ez to allow easy insertion of, say, the
four different types of dash [m-dash, n-dash, hyphen and minus], double
open quotes, double close quotes, etc.

4. Support for Silicon Graphics machines, especially 310 series.
Also support for SCO Unix-386.
These are just personal greed!!

   Thanks for listening.

   Regards and thanks,
	Mark.