Xref: utzoo alt.sources.wanted:1384 comp.sources.wanted:17252 misc.wanted:15896 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.sources.wanted,comp.sources.wanted,misc.wanted Subject: Re: pic format, manpage Message-ID: Date: 25 Jun 91 13:49:42 GMT References: <1991Jun24.221415.25685@kfw.COM> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: dan@kfw.COM's message of 24 Jun 91 22:14:15 GMT >>>>> On 24 Jun 91 22:14:15 GMT, dan@kfw.COM (Dan Mick) said: Dan> I'd like to write a replacement for pic; [...] Dan> Can anyone send a manpage, or an excerpted manpage, for pic? Any notes? Dan> Any information at all? References on books that describe pic? Before you start, please note that there is already a free implementation of pic as part of the GNU TROFF (groff) package. The GNU version of pic (gpic) comes complete with support for tpic specials, troff or TeX output, and more. The GROFF package features a complete troff, tbl, pic, eqn, refer, etc. It also have several backends for various output formats, including PostScript (compliant to version 3.0 of the document structuring conventions), DVI, ASCII, and X11 preview. The GROFF package is very solid and well performing. Recommended. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | It takes an uncommon mind to think of CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | these things. -- Calvin