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Subject: Re: Sun-based titroff previewer wanted
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Date: Wed, 5-Sep-84 14:36:49 EDT
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Here are the responses to my request for info on a sun-based troff
previewer:
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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 84 02:09:25 pdt
From: sun!gnu@ihnp4.UUCP (John Gilmore)

Here at Sun we have an old tseetool which previews old troff's output (it
needs special low-res fonts since printer precision is much higher; you get
to see the paragraph formatting and maybe squint at the words.  But that's
much of what you need; use Interleaf if you want the real interactive
thing.)  We are also looking for a ditroff version but don't know of one.
I'm not enough of a troff hacker to know how much work it would be to
convert.
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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 84 21:52:29 pdt
From: tamir%ucbkim@Berkeley (Yuval Tamir)

Re:
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  text formatters, and specifically whether there is anything out there
  for titroff device-independent format.  I've heard rumors of something
  along these lines at Berkeley; anybody know for sure?

It is available from Berkeley.  I think you can get it (and other goodies
related to the device independent troff) by sending a tape and a copy of
your license to John Ousterhout at the CS division.  You can try to contact
his secretary ( parker@ucbernie ).   I think she handles the distribution.
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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 84 16:10:54 mdt
From: alberta!steve@ihnp4.UUCP (Steve Sutphen)

We have a SUN based previewer which previews the spool files for the imagen
printer (no matter how they were produced - TeX, TTROFF, plot, ...). We have 
just converted to 4.2 and are now about ready to distribute it. There may be
some licensing problems which we will have to look into (mainly concerning
the IMAGEN based code). If you want more info contact me (or if others want
more info).
	Steven Sutphen
	University of Alberta
	Edmonton, Alberta
	T6G 2H1
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