[Groff] How to embed PS char into groff input

[Amitava Dutta]

Hello,

 

I would greatly appreciate your help in the following.

 

I have

(a) a PostScript code fragment

      (i.e.  gsave .... grestore)

      which draws a piece of graphic.

   This is to be used as the character XY

   in a groff input (below).

 

(b) a set of groff (rather troff) input files

     that has the sequence

          \(XY

    and each such occurance has to use the

    graphic (above) as the character XY.

 

How do I print these to a PostScript printer ?

Moreover, this printing needs to be done

in an automatic stand alone mode, without

any user interaction.

 

I am familiar with groff / troff as an user but don't

know the internals. I have the groff man page

and the nice HOWTO by Dean Provins.

 

I understand that groff uses the

     groff/font/devps

directory to find fonts but don't know

the details or the underlying mechanism.

Also, here I have PS code for one single

character only, not a whole new font.

 

We are using GNU troff ver 1.10 and would

prefer not to upgrade at this point, if possible.

 

Tips / pointers, other howto's will be of great help.

 

Thanks

Amitava