Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!evan
From: evan@telly.UUCP (Evan Leibovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Which DWB?
Message-ID: <906@telly.UUCP>
Date: 10 Apr 89 13:25:43 GMT
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I'm in the process of upgrading lasers. Though I would love to afford
Postscript, I'll probably have to settle for Laserjet emulation.

Having said that, can anyone offer opinions on the relative strengths
and weaknesses of the various kinds of DWB-based products. So far, my
options appear to be:

- Vanilla old ditroff, still sold by SCO and others, together with the
  publicly posted jetroff Laserjet drivers/fonts;

- Elan, chosen by SCO as its future DWB;

- SoftQuad, apparently being recommended by AT&T.

Since I've seen Usenet postings from the folks responsible for all three
of these, I'd be interested in hearing what the differences are. What
font size ranges are supported by the three? Which pre-processors and
macro packages do they support/supply? Xwindow support for previewers?

No flame wars, please. Just one comment each from the above three should
be sufficent, added to whatever actual users can say. Thanks.

_____________________________________________________________________
Evan Leibovitch, System Telly, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
         evan@telly.on.ca / {uunet!attcan,utzoo}!telly!evan
  And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."