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Article #2168Re: SVR 4.0 troff is ancient BSD version
From: Geraldo Veiga
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 1990 01:51
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 1990 01:51
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In article <977@iiasa.UUCP> wnp%iiasa@relay.eu.net (Wolf PAUL ) writes: >In article <1990Nov29.154821.1709@cbnewsl.att.com> npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) writes: >)A poster asked the origins of the troff in System V >)release 4. It's an ancient Berkeley version; in fact, >)I think Bill Joy ported it himself. It's in the BSD >)compatibility directory. Works great if you have an >)APS phototypesetter. > >Actually, it probably expects a C/A/T. > >But don't despair: That is exactly what PSROFF, recently posted If you hope for a "standard" troff, there's every reason to despair. DWB 2.0 didn't make it as a standard because all BSD machines had the old troff built-in. Now even System V systems will have it too. Well, at least the problem of maintaining and printing manual pages is solved, and PSROFF adds support to everyday printers. Geraldo
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!olivea!apple!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!ilan343 From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: SVR 4.0 troff is ancient BSD version Message-ID: <1990Dec1.015152.25128@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 1 Dec 90 01:51:52 GMT References: <1990Nov29.154821.1709@cbnewsl.att.com> <977@iiasa.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 19