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From: dmt@mtunb.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: roff
Summary: How about roff, for PC
Message-ID: <1321@mtunb.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Nov 88 22:36:08 GMT
References: <4648@bsu-cs.UUCP> <36085@clyde.ATT.COM> <4670@bsu-cs.UUCP> <36387@clyde.ATT.COM> <2133@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: dmt@mtunb.UUCP (Dave Tutelman)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs - Lincroft, NJ
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In article <2133@cbnews.ATT.COM> elk@cbnews.ATT.COM (Edwin L. King) writes:
>Does anyone have or know where I can find a version of ?roff (nroff, eroff,
>troff, et. al) for the PC?  Executable would be fine, as would C source

Some years ago, someone posted the source to ROFF (the predecessor of
nroff & troff).  If I recall correctly, it was Col. Sicherman, then of
Georgia Tech (anyone remember if I got this right?)
I ported it to the PC, and added font control and a simple printcap of sorts.

ROFF is almost a subset of nroff.  The major limitations are:
   -	No number registers, strings, diversions, or traps.
   -	Macros don't take arguments.
   -	No font control (my PCROFF has fixed that).
Obviously, it can't handle the MM or MS macros with these limitations,
but it's a nice, simple, fairly fast formatter.  I find it useful,
as do my kids.

I can Email it (or post, if there's enough demand).
The uuencoded arc is just about 62K, so I may have to split it.

Respond by Email if you're interested; I'll decide
whether to respond or post in a week or two.

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