Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!decvax!wivax!cadmus!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!internet!William LeFebvre From: William LeFebvre Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: (more) nroff questions ... Message-ID: <5856@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 23:03:09 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5856 Posted: Fri Nov 16 23:03:09 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Nov-84 05:39:27 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 15 > I was always under the impression that nroff was specifically for > non-proportionally spaced devices, and that anything fancier would use > troff. So why are people trying to work with nroff for this? Troff also likes to use different point sizes, something that cannot be done on something like a Spinwriter or Diablo. However, you CAN buy a thimble for the Spinwriter that has type suitable for proportional spacing. It would be nice to be able to use such a thimble with nroff. I am sure that there are similar thimbles, wheels, spindles, etc. available for the other popular Diablo-like printers. William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University