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Article #2771Re: Xroff -- Request for Comments/Gripes
From: Steve Jenkins
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 21:01
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 21:01
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In article <1991May3.163405.23681@solbourne.com> tsmith@solbourne.com (Terry Smith) writes: >Any Xroff users out there? When I was working on my dissertation in 1987, I had a hell of a time with xroff on eqn expressions like 'roman Q dot'. I finally figured out that Image Network hadn't implemented the ct numeric register that tells about character height and depth. After I had spent some time debugging and constructing a workaround, I called Image Network and heard something to the effect of "oh, so *that's* why that doesn't work". They didn't think ct was used anyplace, so they didn't put the information into the font files. It may be a fine product now, so draw your own conclusions. I use LaTeX :-). -- Steve Jenkins N6UNI jenkins@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (818) 354-0162
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jpl-devvax!jenkins From: jenkins@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Steve Jenkins) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Xroff -- Request for Comments/Gripes Message-ID: <1991May6.210103.8113@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 6 May 91 21:01:03 GMT References: <1991May3.163405.23681@solbourne.com> Reply-To: jenkins@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Steve Jenkins) Distribution: usa Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 17