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From: schatz@bambi.UUCP (Bruce R Schatz)
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Subject: macs vs troff/scribe
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Date: Wed, 2-May-84 21:36:17 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  2 21:36:17 1984
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i am about to buy a MacIntosh or a Lisa which i plan to use mostly for
document production.  my problem is that the standard Apple software is
of the word processing variety -- only good for small documents with
the fonts for every letter explicitly specified and no overall processing.
what i would really like is something suitable for complicated technical
documents, ie an interactive document production system of troff/scribe power.
this would let me specify things like chapters, lists, and cross-references
plus generate things like table of contents and bibliographic references
while outputing a close approximation of a final bitmapped version.
is such a program available ?

failing this, is there a conversion program between a Mac/Lisa document
and an "equivalent" troff or scribe "program" ?
in some sense, that would be even more preferable since i could then
convert my program to a text troff file, download it to my local Unix
system, and use the laser printer there.
is anyone else out there with a Unix system and laser printer who
wants to use the Mac as a powerful standalone terminal and take advantage
of the available mainframe for final compilation and printing ?