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I'm looking for pointers to packages, either
public doamin or commerical, which provide a
data entry (field size and type verification)
front to troff (or PostScript or Tex).
The output would be arbitrary strings
based on the input, and there should be a way
for the entry person to edit the data after it
has been entered.

The specific application is this: UCSD has a veritable
gaggle of forms: inventory requests (add or delete),
job descriptions, performance evalutions, grant
applications, you name it.  What I would like is a
system where I provide the form, boxes, lines, descriptions
via PIC or even brute force troff.  The input areas
are "named", typically with numbers, so there is a
box 32, previous spouse's net worth box, that you
can refer to (troffese) as \n(32 or \*(32 or .32
whichever is most sensible for the given case.
The data entry end has a scheme for providing the
description of the field (name, e.g., 32; and output
description, e.g., (32) favorite sport? and you enter
foo, gives .ds 32 foo in the output).

I know this has been done before, 'cause it's too
obvious.  So before I reinvent the (square in my case,
I'm sure) wheel, lemme know.

Thanks,

Mark R. Wallen
Institute for Cognitive Science
UC San Diego

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