Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: "nroff" equivalent for TeX ????? Message-ID: Date: 22 Feb 91 21:49:59 GMT References: <1991Feb22.151053.125@husc3.harvard.edu> Sender: danj1@cbnewse.att.com (Dan Jacobson) Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: heft@husc9.harvard.edu's message of 22 Feb 91 20:10:52 GMT >>>>> On 22 Feb 91 20:10:52 GMT, heft@husc9.harvard.edu (Thomas W. Heft) said: Thomas> I would like to find a program that would be the TeX equivalent of Thomas> "nroff". I don't want a DVI previewer, since I want the input to the Thomas> program to be the same as the input to the TeX program. Thomas> I am looking for this program so that I can write documentation that Thomas> can be read online, and also printed out. If I can't find a suitable Thomas> program, I will be forced to use "troff" for my documentation, which Thomas> I'd rather not do. What about GNU's TeXinfo stuff, [and I hear there's LaTeXinfo] ... from GNU Emacs' info reader: Overview of Texinfo ******************* Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file for both on-line help and a printed manual. This means that instead of writing two different documents, one for the on-line help and the other for the printed manual, only one document needs to be written. When the system is revised, only one file has to be revised. Using Texinfo, you can create a document with the normal features of a book such as chapters, sections, cross references and indices. The chapters and sections of the printed manual can be made to correspond to the nodes of the on-line help. The cross references and indices can be used in both the on-line help and in the printed document. Indices are generated semi-automatically. The ``GNU Emacs Manual'' is a good example of a Texinfo file. [...] -- Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708-979-6364