Path: utzoo!telly!eci386!ecicrl!clewis
From: clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: are there any troff - gif (- ps) converters??
Message-ID: <1000@ecicrl.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 90 13:55:58 GMT
References: <47196@siemens.siemens.com>
Reply-To: clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
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In article <47196@siemens.siemens.com> msy@demon.siemens.com (Marcus S. Yoo) writes:

>I'm trying to view some troff and/or postscript files on X11.
>I have a good gif previewer (xv) I would like to use.
>I also have the pbmplus package to do various conversions,
>except converting from troff and postscript.

The X11 contrib directory should contain both xditview and xtroff.
They allow you to view troff documents in X windows.  You will
also need some sort of troff.  Type:
    troff
If it responds with "Typesetter busy", you'll also need psroff from
alt.sources (you have CAT Troff).  If it simply hangs until you
hit interrupt, you have ditroff and you don't need psroff.
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