Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!attctc!wnp From: wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: groff/ditroff compatibility Summary: What about groff availability?? Message-ID: <9287@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 9 Sep 89 10:17:34 GMT References: Reply-To: wnp@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) Distribution: comp Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx Lines: 20 In article jjc@jclark.UUCP (James Clark) writes: >I now have two separate versions of groff: one that supports TeX dvi >and PostScript formats and one that supports ditroff output format. > ... >My main problem with ditroff compatibility is the font metric format. >The binary ditroff font format is rather inflexible and lacks >important information; in particular, there's no pairwise kerning >information. I can't live with that. So I have made groff read the >ascii ditroff font format, but with a few (completely optional) >extensions. ... Fantastic! And where, pray, can one obtain groff? Even a beta version would be great to fiddle with :-). Wolf -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: {texbell, attctc, dalsqnt}!dcs!wnp DOMAIN: wnp@attctc.dallas.tx.us or wnp%dcs@texbell.swbt.com NOTICE: As of July 3, 1989, "killer" has become "attctc".