[texhax] eso-pic vs \pagecolor

[Philip TAYLOR]

Donald Arseneau wrote:

 > "Victor Ivrii" <vivrii at gmail.com> writes:

 >> \AssToShipoutPicture*{...

 > That is taking Knuth's digestive system metaphors too far.

Only for writers/readers of <Am.E>; in British English
we differentiate between the fundament ("arse") and
the donkey ("ass") :-)

** Phil.
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Reinhard Kotucha wrote:

> Regarding Knuth's metaphors, I'm quite familar with TeX's gullet and
> stomach as described in The TeXbook.  Nevertheless, I'm still
> wondering where the dvi files come from.
> 
> Regards,
>   Reinhard
>