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From: rclark@speclabbgp-usgs.gov (Roger N. Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Writer's Workbench for HP UX?
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Date: 1 Mar 89 15:11:46 GMT
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From the responses I have seen so far, it is apparent that people
aren't aware of WWB.  The posting by Bob Niland was about
nroff/troff (DWB, as Clarke Echols said).  But WWB contains writing
analysis programs.  The two that are on the 500 (style and diction)
are common BSD programs and really aren't very useful (as Clarke
indicated).  (The diction program can help a little or indicate
extreme problems.)

WWB includes programs to do things like:
     find split infinitives
     find repeated typings of words (like the the)
     checks punctuation
   and more.

WWB has many additional features that may be more amusing than useful
(like find sexist phrases, compare the style of one document with
another--e.g. how close is your writing to shakespear?).  

But overall I think it is a useful package to have if it is not too
expensive.  Anyone know of (unsuported) public domain versions?

Bob Niland's reposting of Johan Vromans is for typsetting programs
only, not WWB.  By the way, I have posted nroff driver tables for
the laserjets and HPUX.  I also have them on Sun (BSD) and VAX
VMS/Eunice.  The original work in decifering the table format was
done by Bruce Townsend--I just added the laser specifics.  It is
very easy to adding a whole new printer, sort of like adding a
terminal to the terminfo database.  Send me email if you are new to
the net and didn't get those postings.

Roger N. Clark
U.S. Geological Survey, MS 964
Box 25046 Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
(303) 236-1332
 FTS  776-1332
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