Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!rpp386!woody From: woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: *COMPLETE* Postscript Description Summary: NeWs Message-ID: <17504@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 28 Dec 89 17:30:32 GMT References: <28@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> <84919@linus.UUCP> Organization: River Parishes Programming, Plano, TX Lines: 24 In article <84919@linus.UUCP>, ted@mbunix.mitre.org (Ede) writes: > In article <17491@rpp386.cactus.org> woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes: > > Secondarily, it sounds like NeWs (whatever that is) > > So much for following what's going on in the PostScript world. > > >might have the equivelent of the blit blitter, in copyarea. I'd like to > >see the PS definition of the copyarea operator. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > You mean the *non-portable* PostScript *extension*. Printer/system > specific PostScript is a real drag. are you saying that NeWs uses ****SHUDDER***** *non-portable* *extensions* but that are apparently useful? NeWs apparently exists in the unix world, and does not cross over into non-unix worlds like DOS n > > |Ted Ede -- ted@mbunix.mitre.org -- The MITRE Corporation -- Burlington Road| > | linus!mbunix!ted -- Bedford MA, 01730 -- Mail Stop B090 -- (617) 271-7465 | > | - this line intentionally left blank - | > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+