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From: jmd@umree.isc.umr.edu (Jim Dumser)
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Subject: Re: man(1) for MSDOS?
Summary: nroff -man for DOS?
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Date: 4 Feb 90 16:27:07 GMT
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In article <1990Feb4.012838.26057@calvin.spp.cornell.edu>
richard@calvin.spp.cornell.edu (Richard Brittain) writes:
>	-  invoke a command or commands to display a file based on the
>          extension such as .Z - zcat, .NRO - nroff, .DOC - cat

Altho this is not the purpose of this post, why not go for more 'Unix-like'
and have the extentions be .MAN (.MZN) and .CAT (.CZT) for nroff-able and
cat-able (and zcat-able) files?

Now for my question: does anyone know of a *completely* compatible 'nroff
-man' program?  I'm not looking for something that's close, or that provides
all the functionality of nroff (but with different syntax); I just want a
nroff clone.

The reason I ask is that I don't have nroff on my machine (an AT running
Microport SV/AT).  I know I can buy it (if Microport is still around -- I
haven't got an answer on that one yet), but I won't.  I'm a student, and
instead of spending money trying to get this machine/OS up to par, I'd
rather save for a better machine.

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