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From: fmbutt@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Farooq Butt)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.text
Subject: DITROFF question(s). A repost of my earlier mail.
Message-ID: <7040@cloud9.Stratus.COM>
Date: 13 Aug 89 17:24:08 GMT
References: <Aug.11.16.09.51.1989.18019@topaz.rutgers.edu>
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I have a Sun 3/280 running SunOS 4.0.  I have the standard yecchy 
C/A/T troff that comes with Berkeley running on it but am dying 
to get a more reasonable DItroff running on it. 
I have already gotten a copy of what I think is SysV ditroff but 
it does not seem to have a "psc" (postscript) device driver system 
( i.e. When I try to say: troff -Tpsc foo | psdit | lpr, troff 
complains that I don't have "devpsc" in/usr/lib/font). 

Questions:

   1. What is the *best* ditroff to run on a Sun ?
   2. If ditroff is TRULY device independent why would I need a 
      a postscript device driver, as opposed to a generic DIT -> PS 
      converter such as psdit supplied by Sun with Transcript ?
   3. If all I need is the "devpsc" postscript driver stuff, where can I 
      get it.  (Anonymous postings greatly appreciated). 
   4. If I really do need a completely new ditroff as opposed to 
      the SysV.3.2 one I already have, where should I go to get it 
      and how (I only have uucp here)?  [[ I do tend to believe that 
      the SysV ditroff should probably be the one to use, but 
      then again I don't know about any "joes_own_ditroff" that 
      may be better.  Please enlighten me. ]] 
   5. What about macros and fontfiles ? Will I get them with 
      ditroff or do I have to scrounge around else where for 'em ?
   
I hope I have not asked many stupid questions but then again I am 
a troff-illeterate TeX hacker...... 


   THANKS!!

      fmb