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From: rudolf.sykora@gmail.com (Rudolf Sykora)
Date: Sun,  3 Apr 2011 13:50:21 +0200
Subject: [9fans] tr2post ignores \X'anything' troff lines
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On 3 April 2011 13:21, Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.sykora at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello 9fans,
>
> I found that tr2post (at least on p9p) seems to discard [not process]
> lines produced with \X'anything' in troff, so an input like
>
> hello
> \X'ps: exec 1 0 0 setrgbcolor'
> blabla
>
> results in output *without* the setrgbcolor line.
> (using lines like this one can achieve coloured .ps, in this case the
> 'blabla' should be red)
>
> Best regards
> Ruda
>

Ok, it seems that what I need is a modification of
/src/cmd/postscript/tr2post/devcntl.c
in the case 'X' part.

Is there any reason for this
/*		 else
			error(WARNING, "Unknown string <%s %s> after x X\n", str, buf);
*/
being commented out?

Thanks
Ruda