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From: rauletta@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (R. J. Auletta)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: previewer for troff or postscript
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Date: 16 Feb 90 21:24:38 GMT
References: <8167@chaph.usc.edu> <90Feb15.001555est.643@smoke.cs.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: rauletta@gmuvax2.UUCP (R. J. Auletta)
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In article <90Feb15.001555est.643@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes) writes:
>[One more for the Frequently Asked Questions list, perhaps?]
>
>lord@alcor.usc.edu (Brian Lord) writes:
>>Is there a previewer for troff or postscript that will work under X11?
>

Also there is a commercial program offered by Elan called express.
It runs  under both X11R3 and X11R4. It is pretty slick especially
if you buy their troff package (some shell scripts and filters plus
ditroff etc etc).

For the price it just can't be beat. Add xfig, idraw, and
a postscript printer and you can get down to some serious troff document
preparation.

This thing works and works right. I mean pic figures, tables, equations,
the lot, but beware that both this program and xtroff both
have a tendency to crash when our ethernet gets "busy".

--R J Auletta
  rauletta@sitevax.gmu.edu