Re: Good WPs for books?

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From: rodgers
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1991 17:37

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In <1571@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> louis@cs.athabascau.ca (Louis Schmittroth) writes:

>In article <1991Mar23.145145.23613@canon.co.uk>, rjf@canon.co.uk (Robin Faichney) writes:
>> I'm familiar with using vi+troff under UNIX for reports and so forth,
>> but I'm about to embark on writing a book on a PC, and I know nothing
>> about either PCs or wordprocessing other than vi+troff.

>I suggest you look at getting the MKS version of vi for MS/DOS, and
>getting the EROFF desktop typesetting package from Elan Software.

There is also an excellent version of troff suitable for book production
available from SoftQuad (416)963-8337; or, if you already have source licenses
for Adobe TranScript and ditroff, get UCSF Enhanced troff/TranScript from
the Office of Technol. Licensing in Berkeley (415)643-7201).

Cheerio, Rick Rodgers
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