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Article #492Re: What features would you like in GNU troff?
From: Earl H. Kinmonth
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1989 05:37
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1989 05:37
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In article <9746@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes: >In article <8881@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) writes: >Long ago there was "troff", which produced output for just one type of >phototypesetter. (In fact this is still the troff that comes with BSD.) Long ago is relative. Unfortunately, the troff the comes with SCO Xenix is "classic troff" that works only with CAT devices. The problem is finding a CAT machine outside of the Smithsonian! As an historian, I suppose I should be happy that for only $150 or so SCO sells me a genuine heirloom, something that will appreciate in value if collecting old software ever acquires the status of art deco lamps or bubble gum cards, but in the meantime, I am pissed off. Earl H. Kinmonth History Department University of California, Davis 916-752-1636 (voice, fax [2300-0800 PDT]) 916-752-0776 secretary (bitnet) ehkinmonth@ucdavis.edu (uucp) ucbvax!ucdavis!ucdked!cck (telnet or 916-752-7920) cc-dnet.ucdavis.edu [128.120.2.251] request ucdked, login as guest, no password
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb.ucdavis.edu!cck From: cck@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: What features would you like in GNU troff? Message-ID: <5061@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 6 Aug 89 05:37:43 GMT References: <779@pcrat.UUCP> <355@wjh12.harvard.edu> <8388@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <159@unmvax.unm.edu> <1989Aug3.193322.24941@algor2.uu.net> <8881@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> <9746@alice.UUCP> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: cck@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) Distribution: comp Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 24