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From: grogers@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: want a version of ditroff which gen
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Date: 16 May 88 15:58:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu!grogers    May 16 10:58:00 1988


The "di" in ditroff is for device independence.  However, it is the output
file that is device independent (all ascii).  The data in the output file is
device dependent since the position of each character depends on the resolution
of the printer and positions are specified in pixels. If ditroff positions
were in points rather than pixels then it would more device independent.