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From: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Proff - Comments from its author.
Message-ID: <466@yetti.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 12:49:24 EST
Article-I.D.: yetti.466
Posted: Tue Feb 10 12:49:24 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Feb-87 18:56:23 EST
Reply-To: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Organization: York University Computer Science
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Keywords: proff, text formatting, modifications


	I have been receiving some problem reports from people
	who are using proff, the text formatter I wrote and unleashed
	to unsuspecting public. So far, it appears that the problems
	are not the types that could be the result of the original
	proff. I cannot deal with these obscure problems, especially
	if the formatter has been hacked along the way by someone other
	than myself.

	I should also point out that I do not intend to fix proff, or
	take care of it in any extended fashion. It contains all the
	symptoms of "the first system", and if I ever think world needs
	another troff/runoff/nroff/waterloo-script type formatter, I
	would probably write it from scratch.

	I would therefore urge those of you having problems, to get
	a hold of the original, or a well-hacked-and-proven-to-work
	version from a neighboring person/site/bbs/whatever.

	Sorry if I sound like I am deserting you, but I have
	too many irons on the fire right now, and I would rather
	not have proff amongst them. In other words, I have absolutely
	no time to deal with proff and/or its problems, whatever they
	may be.


	oz	(the author of proff)
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