A TeX-based troff emulator?

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From: Robert S. Maier
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1990 17:35

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Does such a thing as a troff emulator, written in TeX, exist?

Of course such a beast would produce DVI output rather than CAT or
new-style ditroff output.  I'm not concerned about that; what I'd like
to be able to do is feed generic troff documents to TeX.

If such an emulator doesn't exist, why not?

For those who are wondering, I need it because I have a fine version
of TeX on my workstation, but no troff.  (I have nroff, but that's not
exactly the same thing.)

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