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From: jes@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Joe Smith)
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Subject: Preprocessor for General Text Processing
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Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 10:27:14 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 21 10:27:14 1987
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Summary: TROFF/NROFF Easy use?


	I am preparing to write my thesis using troff and the 
other tools from the UNIX Documentors Work Bench (tbl, eqn
col) and some of the preprocessors from other sources (lbl,
bib,soelim ), but there is one nagging problem, I must constantly
remember essentially four languages ( troff, eqn, tbl and the macro
package (ME or MS, I haven't decided ).  I am wondering if there
is a preprocessor for the whole process that will allow me to say

	#define .sqroot. @what ever the eqn code is
	#define .ECOLI.  \fIE. coli\fP
	#include ...

	I am aware that .so exists and I am aware that

	 .DS EC "\fIE. coli\fP"

would work, but then in the text I would have to reference E. coli
in the text every time by saying \*(EC. Not very readable or
easy to write.  Does any one know of any public domain or cheap software
that would allow me to do this?  I saw a man page that said 

	SEE ALSO nrpp(1)

Is this what I am looking for?

Any responses to any of the addresses below!

Thanks in Advance!

 
 Frank Kolakowski
 
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 POST:	Frank Kolakowski
 	University of Pennsylvania
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 	Phila, PA  19104
 
Joe Smith
jes@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

University of Pennsylvania
Department of Chemistry
231 S. 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-4797