Hi,
 learning postscript is an excellent thing to do.

The blue and red books are really really well written. Just reading these 
is a lesson in how to write good clear documentation.

knowing a bit of postscript is quite useful - there are times when it is 
necessary to transform graphics manually. 

One particular example is when you deal with postscript figures in 
LaTeX. Some postscript generation programs generate incorrect 
boundingboxes, and this makes the encapsulation of the figure in LaTeX 
plain difficult.

> So you like inflicting pain on yourself?
It is not pain. it is evidence I still have the mental agility to learn 
new concepts.

Derek.

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On Wed, 10 May 2006, Carl Cerecke wrote:

> On 09/05/06, yuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On a happier note --- I've started learning PostScript and I'm
> > delighted to find the syntax is almost identical to my trusty HP48s
> > calculator I've been carrying around for the last 14 years. What a
> > perfect language for my needs.
> 
> So you like inflicting pain on yourself?
> 
> There are words for people like you :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Carl.
> 

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