On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 09:47:46PM -0500, Richard Morse wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve done a bit more research, and it looks like
> gropdf doesn’t implement the “\X” command according to the documentation,
> which is the problem.
>
> I’m trying to keep things off the command line, because that makes the file
> less self-contained (I would actually like to take the “-Tpdf” into the file
> as well, to tell the truth).
>
As I reported earlier, I use the first line of a file to store hints about
(pre)processng.
Example:
.\" mom tbl pdf
and use a shell script to interpret this line and to control appropriate
processing.
Best,
ulrich
