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Re: INFO needed for APPLE LASERWRITER + troff

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From: Stephen Frede
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1985 22:00
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>1. To use the APPLE LASERWRITER effectively and to
>use the features of the postscript language, I would
>like to exchange views on the relative benefits of
>using:
>
>  a) troff + some filters, possibly public domain filters

I have written various programs that generate postscript, including
troff filters, drivers for our local graphics package (grogan), and
plain text filters. It is all quite straightforward, and I can supply
them if you want.

>  b) formatters other than troff
We are getting TeX, and Scribe is too expensive for us, but I imagine that
it would be fairly easy to develop postscript generators for these.

>2. Has anyone seen announcements concerning use of
>the Postcript language from UNIX (any version, either
>System III, System V, Xenix, etc.).

No
>3. Could anyone mail me Adobe Systems Network Address?

If you find one, could you let me know, or maybe post it to this newsgroup.

					- Stephen Frede
					UNSW, Australia

					..decvax!mulga!stephenf@elecvax.oz
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Subject: Re: INFO needed for APPLE LASERWRITER + troff
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