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From: bruce@bnr-vpa.UUCP (Bruce Townsend)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: nroff driver table info wanted
Message-ID: <39@bnr-vpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 10:14:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 18 10:14:00 1985
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> I am in the process of hacking together a new driver table to go
> in /usr/lib/term for nroff and ran into a few questions that
> can only be answered by hacking through the sources (i think).

	I do not have source for nroff either, but have found a
solution. After dumping (in hex, ascii, octal, decimal, etc) the tab
file and comparing the contents with the manual page posted to the
net recently, I finally figured out the format. I have written a
program that makes a tab file based on an initialized structure as
given in the man page.
	Amazingly, the resulting tab file works! I have prepared
a proportional tab for the diablo 630 to test the result, and no
problems so far. I am not posting the tab file format and program
now, but if there is enough interest, I can. Let me know by mail.
	I will *not* post if someone shows me that this would be
a violation of license. It shouldn't be - It's *my* program, and
I worked only from the man page and existing tab files. I *do not*
have source license. I do not promise that what I have will work
for your machine (mine is Sys III, on an HP-9000), but I see
no reason why it shouldn't.
	If I get enough requests, I will post:
a) The man page posted to the net earlier
b) My C program that prepares a tab file.
c) Some observations about the workings of the tab file.
-- 
			-Bruce Townsend

			Voice Processing Applications,
			Bell Northern Research,
			Ottawa, Ontario.

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