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From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
To: dkelly@hiwaay.net
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Subject: Re: a2ps port/package 
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dkelly@hiwaay.net <dkelly@hiwaay.net> wrote:

 > Actually, I like it the way it is, it retains the "tool" nature of Unix 
 > where one builds on other tools to arrive at the goal. If one throws ASCII 

I agree with this sentiment; likewise, I do not like that dvips prints
by default in the FreeBSD port of teTeX.

I generally print my files from a machine other than the one on which
I generate PostScript.  When I think of programs like "a2ps" and
"dvips", I think of tools for producing PostScript; when I see "lpr",
I think of printing.  And these are usually two different tasks for
me.



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