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RE: troff and nroff

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From: smant g.a.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:24
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According to Randolph J. Herber:
> 
[snip!]
> 
> +Getting serious: Am I missing something?
> +Where can I get nroff and troff?
> 
> +Regards,
> +Horst Kern
[snip!]
> 
> This is a FAQ!  But, the FAQ file is not ready. :-(
> 
> DWB (I believe a 2.0 or 2.1 version) is a package available from SGI.
> The last I heard it cost about $300.  This gives you nroff and troff.
> 
[snip!]
> But you say you also want to print the manuals.  Gotcha!
> To obtain the necessary tables (which I feel should be part of DWB),
> you need to obtain LPS (Laser Printer Support).  This is a mere $800.
> 

I think it would be better if SGi moved the dps_dev (Display PostScript
Development System) from the IRIS Development Option (IDO) package onto
the Laser Printer Support (LPS) package and in stead of the dps_dev, SGi
could supply the Documenter's Workbench (DWB) with the rest of the IDO
package (developers do make man-pages, don't they?). I think these would
make a MUCH BETTER combination!

What is the opinion of all you SGi-machine users out there ?!?!

-- 
Best Regards, Geert Albert Smant.
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Subject: RE: troff and nroff
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