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From: freese@dalvm41b.vnet.ibm.com ("Bradley T. Freese")
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: troff -t on AIX3.1?
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Date: 14 May 91 21:50:06 GMT
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paw@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Pat Wilson) writes:

> On all the other troffs I run, troff -t sends its (processed) output
> to stdout.  IBM doesn't have the -t option, which makes it difficult
> to use the same scripts that I run everywhere else.  I've got two
> questions:
>   - is there a way to duplicate the -t behavior of troff in the IBM
> product that I've missed in the info page?
>   - is this bug/feature going to be fixed/changed with 3005 (and psroff)?

The closest documented option is '-a'.  However, this "sends a printable
ASCII approximation" to standard output.  I can't speak to the future
plans for 'troff', but you might want to contact your local IBM
representative and make your case for the change.  Market pressure works.