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7.3.2 PreScript
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'PreScript' has been designed in conjunction with a2ps.  Since bold
sequences, special characters etc.  were implemented in a2ps, we thought
it would be good to allow direct access to those features: 'PreScript'
became an input language for a2ps, where special font treatments are
specified in an 'ssh' syntax (Note: Style Sheets Implementation).

   The main advantages for using 'PreScript' are:
   - it is fairly simple,

   - a2ps is small and easy to install, hence it is available on every
     UNIX platform.

   It can be a good candidate for generation of PostScript output
(syntactic pretty-printers, generation of various reports etc.).

Syntax

Lexical specifications

PreScript Commands

PreScript examples