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Article #826Re: Is nroff part of UNIX package?
From: Ken Greer
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1989 05:01
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1989 05:01
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From article <9600003@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu>, by funk@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu:
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> /* ---------- "Is nroff part of UNIX package?" ---------- */
> On our SYS V Rel 2 UNIX, we had nroff/troff
> Now, on Release 3, we do not have it. OUr vendor says that it really
> wasn't part of UNIX, that it was part of Documentor's Workbench, and that
> we'd gotten a freebie before that they don't have to give now.
> Is this for Real???
Yes. Nroff, Troff, and their related processors TBL, etc.
were "unbundled" from UNIX with System V release 1.
It's an extra cost item now... However, even the DWB kit from AT&T doesn't
support modern laser printers. Laser support is offered
primarily by third party vendors, whom we are one.
Ken Greer Elan Computer Group, Inc. 888 Villa St. 3rd Floor Mt View CA 94041
Phone: 415-964-2200
Internet: kg@elan.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!ames!elan!kg From: kg@elan.elan.com (Ken Greer) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Is nroff part of UNIX package? Message-ID: <628@elan.elan.com> Date: 17 Sep 89 05:01:40 GMT References: <9600003@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 19