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Article #473Re: What features would you like in GNU troff?
From: Paul De Bra
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1989 13:28
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1989 13:28
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In article <1989Aug3.193322.24941@algor2.uu.net> jeffrey@algor2.UUCP (Jeffrey Kegler) writes: >In reflecting further on this, I feel that ability to produce dvi >files would be very valuable in GNU troff. There are many drivers >available for these files, and such a facility would render GNU troff >usable under a much wider variety of circumstances. Also, most output drivers for Tex dvi format come for free whereas troff output drivers are mostly commercial. So the Tex dvi format would fit the GNU purpose much better. Paul. -- ------------------------------------------------------ |debra@research.att.com | uunet!research!debra | ------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!rutgers!dptg!ulysses!andante!alice!debra From: debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: What features would you like in GNU troff? Message-ID: <9737@alice.UUCP> Date: 4 Aug 89 13:28:03 GMT References: <779@pcrat.UUCP> <355@wjh12.harvard.edu> <8388@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <159@unmvax.unm.edu> <1989Aug3.193322.24941@algor2.uu.net> Reply-To: debra@alice.UUCP () Distribution: comp Organization: AT&T, Bell Labs Lines: 15