Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!beta!hc!ames!oliveb!pyramid!csg From: csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: troff previewer for AT&T 5620 Message-ID: <3373@pyramid.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Jul-87 16:55:41 EDT Article-I.D.: pyramid.3373 Posted: Wed Jul 1 16:55:41 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jul-87 01:49:10 EDT References: <7863@brl-adm.ARPA> <5991@brl-smoke.ARPA> <3179@pyramid.UUCP> <4382@ihlpa.ATT.COM> Reply-To: csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA Lines: 24 >> - proof(1) does *not* understand the line drawing functions; hence it cannot >> display pic(1) data or cip(1) output. > >Proof does infact work with pic. Pic is only a preprocessor for troff, >proof only deals with troff output! Not pic. I know how pic works. It uses a line drawing facility that was new in ditroff; you can't use pic with the old CAT troff, for example. My claim was that proof crashed the terminal when it saw these new line drawing functions. Either way, I was still wrong. I dunno what I was smoking last time I used proof. I brought in all the same software from my archive tape, and it displayed some very complex pic drawings flawlessly. I even used the same output files that I'd swear crashed the DMD last time. Software that improves with age? :-) Doug Gwyn also supplied me with a copy of the broken I.12 font, so now I can get some work done. But my other complaints still stand. Using cip again, I'd completely forgotten how cumbersome its user interface is. Try before you buy. And for gosh sakes do get dmd-pgmg from the UNIX Toolchest. $125 for source. The biggest bargain left in System V. (But you'll need 5620 SGS to compile it.)