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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: iroff (troff)
Message-ID: <825@vidiot.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 90 22:30:54 GMT
References: <2939@fai.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout
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In article <2939@fai.UUCP> ljb@fai.fai.com (Larry Boggis FAI N.C.) writes:
<We recently purchased a Imagen 6320 Turbo printer (LAN Attached) ... a very
<nice printer once it works ...  My question concerns the UNIX Host Software
<that accompanied this printer, specifically the iroff and itroff software.
<The iroff command calls troff with a '-F' option ... our troff, in all its
<glory, does not support a '-F' option.  I, personally, am not that familiar
<with 'offs' (nroff, troff, iroff, itroff, etc.) but I have users who swear
<by it.  If anyone out there has a similiar setup or knows of what I am
<talking about, please send help.  Any information would help.

To me it looks like the iroff program is looking for the AT&T Documentor's
Workbench 2.0+.  The -F option is used to set the default font family.
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