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Started by smant g.a.
Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:24
RE: troff and nroff
Author: smant g.a.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:24
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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ing. G.A. Smant (Informatics Division, IR-NOP) National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) Email: smant@nlr.nl Voorsterweg 31, 8316 PR Marknesse Phone: (+31)(0)5274 - 8418 P.O. Box 153, 8300 AD Emmeloord (+31)(0)5274 - 8444 The Netherlands Fax: (+31)(0)5274 - 8210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: troff and nroff
Author: Mike "Phish" Sprague
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:41
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:41
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In article <35149@adm.brl.mil> smant@nlr.nl (smant g.a.) writes: >According to Randolph J. Herber: >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! I must agree although the best would be to have both available with the basic package. Trying to install a lot of man pages without nroff/troff is a real pain... -- Mike Sprague Email: uunet!phcs!mfs or mfs@phcs.UUCP Private Healtcare Systems, Inc Phone: +1 617 861 5762 Technical Support Fax: +1 617 861 5777 "Nothing left to do but smile smile smile..." -> GD
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