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From: bc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
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Subject: Re: Looking for an "xroff"-type prog
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bc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) writes:

>I would like to be able to preview my {ps,t}roff documents in an X window, with
>the correct fonts and spacings and such.  I am using psroff and the -me macro
>package, and I don't want to waste paper.

>If there were an "xroff" program which could take ditroff output and render it
>in a window, that would be just about exactly what I am looking for.

>I am using X11R4, if that matters to anyone.

>(Of course, if I wrote papers using -man macros, I could use xman to preview
>the documents... :->)

>NOTE: Please reply by email, as I do not read this group!

>Thanks in advance!

Never mind; I found "xtroff" at expo.lcs.mit.edu under ~ftp/contrib.

Thanks anyway.

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-- Ben Cox
bc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu