Re: [9fans] combining characters

[plan9@sigint.cs.purdue.edu]

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:24:14AM -0400, LiteStar numnums wrote:
> On 5/23/06, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> On Mon May 22 23:59:33 CDT 2006, knapjack@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On 5/22/06, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>>>> it would work in the same way an ICBM could take care of a pesky
>>>> beetle.  effective, but not without colateral damage.
>>>
>>> I rescind my suggestion. For world peace. :)
>>>
>>> Actually, I had never taken a close look at OpenType.  I didn't
>>> realize just how much it can do.  Still a bazooka, but interesting
>>> anyway.
>>>
>>> -Jack
>>
>> DPS was the basis for OpenWindows and NeXTStep.
>>
>> - erik
>>
> Wasn't NeWS 'doubly' PostScript: Display on one side, description betwixt
> client & server?

It would have looked better in Doubly.

Actually, I think the client just sent DPS to the server, which rendered
it to the screen.  I had hoped that Gosling would someday release the NeWS
sources, but I imagine it's all tied up with Adobe IP.

Would be neat if someone cloned NeWS using Ghostscript as the engine, but
Apple has already done Quartz with PDF, so I suppose PostScript is passe'.
(Sorry, my old xterm doesn't do combined characters, just to jerk the
thread back on track.)