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From: kg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: NROFF/TROFF for LaserWriter
Message-ID: <266@elan.UUCP>
Date: 29 Feb 88 05:03:41 GMT
References: <293@tlxprs.UUCP>
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Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
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From article <293@tlxprs.UUCP>, by jep@tlxprs.UUCP (Jo Poplawski):
> ...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 replaced plain Troff circa 5 or so years ago.  It's from
AT&T too.  Basically, Troff was redesigned to allow it to
work with any output device. The old one was hard wired for
the C/A/T typesetter.  The result was named Device-Independent-Troff.

There are a number of vendors supporting Laser Printers with diTroff.
There are a few who also offer an enhanced diTroff, with the ability
for example, to include bitmap graphics images into your document,
or preview your document on your hi-res display, to name a few.
I work for one such vendor:

		Elan Computer Group, Inc.
		410 Cambridge Avenue, Suite A
		Palo Alto, CA 94306
		415-322-2450
-- 
Ken Greer
Elan Computer Group, Inc.
415-322-2450 
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