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From: gk5g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Gary Keim)
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Subject: Re: Importing PostScript
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Date: 17 May 91 19:35:51 GMT
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Excerpts from misc: 17-May-91 Importing PostScript Mark
-@uk.co.gec-avionic (1205+0)

> 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.


Agreed.

Excerpts from misc: 17-May-91 Importing PostScript Mark
-@uk.co.gec-avionic (1205+0)

> 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.


I'm not sure whether your sources include this , but there is a program
called compchar that will allow you to do this.

Try:
% help compchar

Excerpts from misc: 17-May-91 Importing PostScript Mark
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> Also support for SCO Unix-386.


This is coming in the next patch (we're in beta test right now).

Thanks for the input.  Keep it up.

Gary Keim
ATK Group