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From: moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes)
Subject: Re: Help & helpless with XTROFF
Message-ID: <90Aug2.225011edt.447@smoke.cs.toronto.edu>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
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Date: 3 Aug 90 02:51:02 GMT
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meo@rsiatl.UUCP (Miles ONeal) writes:
>Has anyone got a real, *complete* Imakefile for xtroff so you
>don't have to wade through the README's, mung the Imakefiles,
>and climb through directories attempting extra makes to get
>this to work for non-Suns?

Um, we run it on Suns and SGIs.  The DIRENT problem didn't get noticed
because they all understand dirent now.

If anyone does improve xtroff's Imakefiles (or xtroff), I'd like a
copy too...

>It compiles just fine, but dies in the initialization of the
>troff device (or something like that). I don't have hours to spend
>on xtroff...

It would help if you had a more accurate error message.  From what you
describe, it sounds like it couldn't find makedev on your system.  No,
I don't have hours to spend on it either.

	Mark.