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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: NROFF/TROFF for LaserWriter
Message-ID: <7370@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 28 Feb 88 01:58:47 GMT
References: <293@tlxprs.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
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In article <293@tlxprs.UUCP> jep@tlxprs.UUCP (Jo Poplawski) writes:
>Hello. I am wondering if there are any Public Domain (preferably) or 
>commercial software packages that will allow us to use an Apple Laser
>Writer Plus with TROFF/NROFF.  I have heard of DITROFF but do not really
>know what it is. 

"ditroff" is one name for the version of "troff" than Brian Kernighan
rewrote to remove the GSI/Wang C/A/T typesetter dependency.  "di"
stands for "device independent", because new "troff" obtains its idea
about a typesetter's characteristics by reading a data file, based on
what the invoker tells it the device type is (via its "-T" option).

I think there are several companies that offer ditroff post-processors
for the LaserWriter (or, more generally, for PostScript-based printers).
Adobe Systems (creators of PostScript) is one I'm familiar with.  You
should be able to find ads in back issues of UNIX Review or UNIX/World.