> > Try this:
> >
> > .ds SUNEXT SUNEXT00 \
> > SUNEXT01 \
> > ... \
> > SUNEXTff
> >
> > .special \*[SUNEXT]
> >
> >
> > Werner
>
> It works, though it takes longer time to finish than the assigned
> one.
Of course it is slower due to the sequential searching operations.
Can you estimate how much slower it is?
> Some addition works, like preprocessing or fast indexing, should
> make things better.
Contrary to TeX, groff PS fonts can contain more than 256 glyphs. To
get fast indexing, use fontforge to convert your CFF or CID font into
a PFA font with more than 256 glyphs -- fontforge will issue a warning
whether this is what you really want to do; just say yes.
Werner