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Article #73063GNU docs and PostScript
From: Vidiot
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1991 17:42
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1991 17:42
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I suspect that the following problem is not a problem that only I am having.
Of the GNU programs that I have obtained, they want to use TeX to format the
output for printing. The exception is the groff suite of programs. I don't
have TeX, I don't want TeX. I have groff and FrameMaker. I don't need another
text formatting package. It may be a little narrow minded, but so be it.
But, since PostScript printers are becomming more and more common in shops of
all kinds, including one's home, I thought that it would be a good idea if
someone with TeX and a PostScript printer could format the various guides
in PostScript and make available the results on ftp sites like uunet. Then
those of us without TeX that do have PostScript printers can get printed
copies of the needed gnu docs.
Don't say use texi2roff either. I am already going around with some people
about that already (regarding gdb-4.2 docs). The texi2roff conversion of
the gdb docs just don't make it at all.
It would really be nice to the community as a whole if volunteers would make
the PostScript available on uunet, etc.
Thanks you for your time and consideration. Please e-mail any responses, since
I don't think that I am getting this newsgroup fed to me :-(
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9640febfa6c69ba4,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-09 16:06:52 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!wupost!uwm.edu!uwvax!astroatc!vidiot!brown From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: GNU docs and PostScript Message-ID: <2654@vidiot.UUCP> Date: 9 Nov 91 17:42:30 GMT Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) Organization: Vidiot's Hangout Lines: 29