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Article #2467Re: troff for uncooperative systems
From: Eric Edwards
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 1991 22:30
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 1991 22:30
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clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) said:
>In article <20723@know.pws.bull.com> C506634@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Eric Edwards)
>>I've come across a bunch of troff files that I would like to print out.
>>Unfortunately, I don't have a convienent Unix box with a laser printer.
>The simplest approach would be to
> 1) ensure that the remote unix machine has a troff of some sort.
Got that.
> 2) ensure that the remote unix machine can print on HP's or
> Postscript printers.
No can do. It outputs to CATFOR typesetters only.
> 3) run troff on the remote system and produce postscript or HPPCL.
> 4) put the result on a floppy (or, via network connection)
> 5) print it on your Laserwriters or the HP's.
>(2) is probably the hard part. If the remote UNIX system has CAT troff,
>psroff (which I wrote) will produce postscript or HPPCL. With psroff you
>wouldn't need to worry about the fonts either.
How portable is psroff? Is there any hope that I could get it to compile under
CMS, MS-DOS, MacOS or AmigaDOS?
(in case you're wondering. Yes, I do have a C compiler for CMS)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!know!daemon From: C506634@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Eric Edwards) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: troff for uncooperative systems Message-ID: <20836@know.pws.bull.com> Date: 3 Feb 91 22:30:00 GMT Sender: daemon@pws.bull.com Lines: 29 Approved: warren@pws.bull.com