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Article #1494Re: wanted: ftp sites for xroff or TeX
From: John Burke
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 1990 13:23
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 1990 13:23
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In article <902@sjfc.UUCP> kes3200@sjfc.UUCP (Ken Staggers) writes:
>Hello-
>
> I have finally gotten over my 'fear' of xroff and have been using it, as
>well as tbl, to create my resume and a work schedule (how do you shade in
>grid boxes or center names in the boxes?).
>
> Anyway, are there any ftp sites where I can pick up more fonts for xroff
>(where did xroff come from anyway?)? We currently have Roman, Italics,
>Sans Serif, and Bold Roman. What about macro packages (I am not yet ready
>to write my own)? Is there a place where I can ftp them?
>
>--Ken
Er, sorry if this is a stupid question (I phase in and out of this
group, so I sometimes miss threads) but what exactly is xroff. Is it
a PD replacement for troff, and if so, how good is it? We are not
terribly happy with standard troff and have been considering a third
party solution, but public domain software would probably be quite
acceptable if it were sufficiently reliable and well documented.
Thanks hand (thanks beforehand)
John Burke
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!aplcen!jhunix!jeburke From: jeburke@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (John Burke) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: wanted: ftp sites for xroff or TeX Summary: What is xroff? Keywords: xroff troff Message-ID: <4506@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 16 Mar 90 13:23:00 GMT References: <902@sjfc.UUCP> Reply-To: jeburke@jhunix.UUCP (John Burke) Followup-To: comp.text Distribution: usa Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 30