Path: utzoo!telly!eci386!ecicrl!clewis
From: clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: nroff to postscript?
Message-ID: <923@ecicrl.UUCP>
Date: 6 Nov 90 18:54:26 GMT
References: <6504@bgsuvax.UUCP> <Fe_qf+$2@cs.psu.edu>
Reply-To: clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
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In article <Fe_qf+$2@cs.psu.edu> ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) writes:
>In article <6504@bgsuvax.UUCP> jmiller@bgsuvax.UUCP (Jim Miller) writes:
>> I am looking for a package to convert nroff documents to postscript for
>>printing on a LaserWriter IINTX.

>Get the groff package from the Free Software Foundation.  It is a freely
>redistributable version of the DWB.  It can be retirved via anonymous ftp
>from prep.ai.mit.edu and is found in the /u/emacs directory in the file
>groff.0.6-tar.Z.

I made this mistake once before by responding with psroff/troff....
Just in case it matters:

You have three choices:
    1) Use nroff and a filter that converts from ASCII to postscript,
       but in addition converts backspace/overstrike stuff into bold
       or italics.  The output is in courier only.  I have one.  Send
       me mail.
    2) If you have "CAT" troff on your system (if you get "Typesetter
       busy" from invoking troff you have CAT Troff), use psroff.  This
       gives high quality output, but may be overkill.
    3) If you want high quality output (rather than "just" courier),
       but you don't have CAT troff, get groff.  May be overkill too.
    4) (so I lied) buy DWB (Softquad/Elan/AT&T etc.).
    5) (I lied again) If you have troff, but it ain't "CAT", get tpscript
       (comp.sources.unix vol 15)...
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