Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Getting rid of cut marks in troff Message-ID: <7523@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 16:46:07 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.7523 Posted: Wed Jan 14 16:46:07 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 16:46:07 EST References: <2369@psuvax1.UUCP> <742@imagen.UUCP> <4880@mimsy.UUCP>, <2062@tektools.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 12 > > Cut marks, if any, should be generated not by the input macros, > > nor by the formatter, but by the post processor. > > Which would probably make it a royal pain for the user to modify cutmarks > for smaller pages (e.g., five by nine inch pages)... No, you misunderstand the relationship between ditroff and postprocessor. Ditroff *tells* the postprocessor where the page boundaries are -- the postprocessor doesn't have to guess. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry