Could you be a bit more specific about the positioning of these functions and what do the parameters passed to them signify? On 2/12/06, Markku Kolkka <markkuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nimit Dhulekar kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 11. > helmikuuta 2006 19:48): > > I had a query regarding ps files and their generation from tex > > files. The ps file has a whole bunch of numbers and alphabets > > between the text like for the line "This is an abstract" we > > have something like > > > > Fn(This)p 172 1761 26 4 v 196 > > 1761 56 4 v 26 w(is)p 249 1761 26 4 v 273 1761 86 4 v > > 26 w(an)p 356 1761 26 4 v 380 1761 86 4 v 26 w(ab)p 461 > > 1761 197 4 v(stract)-92 1828 y(.)j > > > > These kind of seemingly random numbers prop up for any ps > > file. Could anyone tell me what these numbers and alphabets > > signify ie basically what kind of translation takes place when > > tex file gets converted to ps. > > PostScript is a programming language. A DVI file generated by TeX > is converted into a PostScript program, and executing that > program creates the graphics output. The numbers and alpahabets > are function calls and their parameters. The functions are > defined somewhere in the beginning of the program. > > -- > Markku Kolkka > markku.kolkka@xxxxxx > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
