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From: ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Query:  where to get nroff?
Message-ID: <1991Jan26.012450.7405@robobar.co.uk>
Date: 26 Jan 91 01:24:50 GMT
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rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes:

> Is there a public-domain nroff available for SCO Unix?  I've got about
> two-dozen man pages in nroff format and several anxious developers who
> want to print them out in plain-text form.  Where do I turn?

Two possibilities for free:

	awf from comp.sources.unix (nroff -man clone written in awk)
		very minimal, but may be adequate for your manuals
		very slow.  designed as a desperation measure.

	mroff recently posted in comp.os.minix (check archive on
	plains.nodak.edu) nroff clone, not sure  if it has -man
	macro clone though.

For money: buy any of the DWB packages for System VR3.2 or SCO Xenix
	   Text/Manual subsystem.  I use the latter + psroff (recently
	   posted to alt.sources + on cs.toronto.edu to produce
	   reasonably professional output on a PostScript printer.

Disclaimer: I only have tried the last option.  Your mileage may vary.
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Ronald Khoo <ronald@robobar.co.uk> +44 81 991 1142 (O) +44 71 229 7741 (H)