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Article #4Re: troff directly to PostScript?
From: Michael Salmon
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 11:03
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 11:03
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In article <3917@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>, clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes: [...] |> If you *really* want a nroff instead (fixed size/fonts/Courier only), there |> are "roff" clones which should be easy to port and build PostScript emitters. |> Ie: Ozan Yigit's C version of Kernighan&Plauger's Software Tools "roff". |> Or the one I posted, a copy of the Software Tools in Pascal version (don't |> ask me for it - it's in c.s.u somewhere, *many* years ago). The macro |> facilities aren't anything like troff/nroff - "roff" is incompatible. |> Neither of these generate PostScript directly - you'd have to modify |> their output drivers. There was also a program written by Alan Holub, if memory serves correctly, called nr. It was published in Dr. Dobbs and was quite good. Unfortunately it didn't support postscript though I don't think that would be hard to add. -- Michael Salmon #include <standard.disclaimer> #include <witty.saying> #include <fancy.pseudo.graphics> Ericsson Telecom AB Stockholm
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!news.netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!sunic!ericom!eos.ericsson.se!etxmesa From: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon) Subject: Re: troff directly to PostScript? Message-ID: <1992Oct27.110305.8659@ericsson.se> Sender: news@ericsson.se Nntp-Posting-Host: eos6c02.ericsson.se Reply-To: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon) Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB References: <1992Oct25.010418.5633@gvl.unisys.com> <3913@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> <1992Oct25.230421.6505@gvl.unisys.com> <3917@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 11:03:05 GMT Lines: 27