RE: [Groff] new .psbb request

[Ted Harding]

On 30-Jan-00 Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> I've implemented a new .psbb request to get the bbox values of a PS
> file.  The bbox coordinates are returned in the new registers llx,
> lly, urx, and ury.
> 
> .PSPIC has been adapted to use it -- it's no longer necessary to call
> groff with the `-U' switch.

Regardless of the issues of "secure/insecure", this is a welcome
innovation since it simplifies direct insertion of a PS box into
a document, using the \X'ps: import ...' sequence, and especially
when defining a character in terms of a PS graphic.

Thanks, Werner!

Ted.

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Date: 30-Jan-00                                       Time: 22:40:27
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