Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!rochester!nemo From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: How to make the net cookbook Message-ID: <12372@rochester.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 10:12:58 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.12372 Posted: Thu Oct 17 10:12:58 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Oct-85 07:37:40 EDT References: <13185@Glacier.ARPA> Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 26 > The net cookbook is a great idea. Here is how I propose to do it: > (1) Cause net.cooks.cookbook to be created. > (2) Have some troff expert prepare a "skeleton" troff file that will > work with both troff and nroff. > ...Let's try to base this on -man rather than -mm or -me > or -ms or something else. Besides: that will enable sites whose > administrators have a sense of humor to permit "man cheesecake" > (3) Post the skeleton troff file to net.cooks at regular intervals > (4) Encourage people to start posting recipes to net.cooks.cookbook, using > this troff/nroff skeleton file as an example. The "Subject" line of > each recipe will be the title of the recipe. > (5) ...Write a shell script that, when run, goes out to the > net.cooks.cookbook directory, takes all the articles that it finds > there, strips the headers off them, and makes a single troff document > out of them. > > Brian Reid decwrl!glacier!reid Here, here! -- Internet: nemo@rochester.arpa UUCP: {decvax, allegra, seismo, cmcl2}!rochester!nemo Phone: [USA] (716) 275-5766 school 232-4690 home USMail: 104 Tremont Circle; Rochester, NY 14608 School: Department of Computer Science; University of Rochester; Rochester, NY 14627