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>Bill_von_Hagen@TRANSARC.COM writes:
> [...] I'd like to get some pointers to [...] texts on troff, pic, and eqn.
henry@hourglass.Eng.Sun.COM (Henry McGilton) writes:
>Here are the two that I recommend.

I second Henry's suggestions, particularly for Dougherty & O'Reilly.

You could also look at S.R. Bourne's book about Unix, which has a chapter on
the -ms package... but which might give more ideas on mixing troff with
other Unix utilities.

There have been a number of papers from AT&T Bell Labs, including several on
making indexes with troff, on using eqn, and a couple on pic.  Some of these
are included in Vol. 2a of the Unix Programmer's Manual, or are included as
separate documentation in commercial Unix implementations.

Henry McGilton and Mary McNabb have written a book on tbl which is very
good (and is being discussed in other articles in this group...).

If you're going to be designing macro packages, take a look at a book or
two on typography.  Ruari McLean's `The Thames and Hudson Manual of
Typography' is a good and inexpensive start. (T&H, London, 1980).
The big orange Chicago Manual of Style, and the little green Hart's Rules
for Compositors at Oxford are useful, too.  But I'm getting a bit far away
from troff here... sorry.

Lee

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