Re: What features would you like in GNU troff?

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From: Bob Mende Pie
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1989 14:31

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In article <712@utacs.UTA.FI> av@utacs.UTA.FI (Arto Viitanen) writes:
> So what is the point to work on troff, when GNU will use TeX (for example
> all the manuals are in TeXinfo format) ?

One of the things that the GBU project is trying to do is make a Unix
compatable OS and enviorment.  One of the standard utilities of Unix is
*roff programs.  The standard manual pages are designed for nroff.  It
would be nice if gnu had this standard utility.  Also, (La)TeX is great
when you have a good display device, but loses on a dumb tty.   

					/Bob...
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From: mende@athos.rutgers.edu (Bob Mende Pie)
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Subject: Re: What features would you like in GNU troff?
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Date: 2 Jun 89 14:31:57 GMT
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