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From: rosenkra@hall.cray.com (Bill Rosenkranz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: An nroff clone
Message-ID: <4671@hall.cray.com>
Date: 12 Sep 89 18:15:57 GMT
References: <23660@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: rosenkra@hall.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc., Mendota Heights, MN
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In article <23660@louie.udel.EDU> mcd@ccsitn.att.com writes:
=A related note.   There is a nroff like clone available from M&T publishers
=consisting of code that was originally printed in Dr. Dobbs.  I have a copy
=...
=I am not sure whether this can be posted or not, or even if I should because
=...
=The program is called NR.

i doubt this can be posted. it is copyrighted and sold for profit.

i have been playing around with the nro posted. i have added .fl, .ec, .ft,
.ll, .pn, .lt, .c2, .tl, .af, .ad, .na and several of the internal registers.
i also fixed macro definition to include handling \\, \n, etc correctly.

i am working on .ds, .if, .wh and .di (strings, conditionals, traps, and 
diversions). all this is being done under TOS on the ST but it should port
(except probably \fB, .ft) to minix. i added all the \(xx and \(*xx special
characters, too, that the ST normally has.

if i ever get the diversions and traps done, i'll post it.


-bill
rosenkra@boston.cray.com
rosenkra@hall.cray.com