Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!hpfcmgw!clarke From: clarke@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Clarke Echols) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Switching from Sun to HP: some general questions Message-ID: <17780029@hpfcmgw.HP.COM> Date: 3 Jun 91 15:59:29 GMT References: Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO Lines: 28 > Uh, doesn't DWB, besides n/troff, eql, tbl, also contain programs like > pic and those writing style checkers whose names I can't remember? > Anyway, none of this is in HP-UX either. Just neqn, tbl and nroff. DWB requires a separate license from AT&T. Since variants of that package is available from several third-party vendors, HP has chosen not to compete with them. DWB includes troff, eqn, pic, and tbl. HP-UX provides nroff, neqn, and tbl. We are currently using Elan's eroff package to produce the HP-UX reference with output to a LaserJet PostScript printer for post-8.0 editions with generally satisfactory results. The 8.0 edition of the "brick" as we call it was produced using an HP derivation of AT&T troff on an Autologic phototypesetter. WWB (Writers Work Bench) from AT&T is a separate package that also requires its own license. It contains numerous programs for evaluating grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and other similar tasks. We bought a copy several years ago directly from AT&T and it ran with no problems on a Series 500 system. However, it gets little use in our department today. The above statements are simply an explanation of how we do things in one department of HP. They are not intended as an endorsement nor a criticism of any given product. Clarke Echols HP-UX Learning Products