yoda@ittatc.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Todd C. Williams [Jedi Knight]) (02/06/86)
We have: VAX-11/780 running 4.1bsd, soon to be ULTRIX-32 QMS Lasergrafix 2400 (and 1200) laser printers "qtroff" software (Talaris) The problem: qtroff calls troff and pipes its output to qpr(Talaris) and qcat. But when using troff (especially when using macros), it is hard to get it right the first time. It is also hard to get it right the n'th time. Instead of wasting a lot of paper and time, how can we preview troff (with tbl!) output? troff -a just doesn't cut it. nroff doesn't either. We have a Tektronix 4014, which seems like it should be able to do the job. Any ideas? Would ditroff help us, maybe by being able to go to the Tek4014? -Todd Williams -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Todd C. Williams | "Summer blonds | | ITT Defense Communications | revealing tan lines, | | Nutley, NJ | I'll make more moves than | | {decvax, et al.}!ittatc!dcdvaxb!tcw | ALLIED VAN LINES!" | | I love to receive e-mail from anyone!| --from: "I wanna be a lifeguard" | | | by BLOTTO | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
hansen@mips.UUCP (Craig Hansen) (02/07/86)
> We have a Tektronix 4014, which seems like it should be able to do the job. > Any ideas? Yes. Use "tc", which is designed to turn C/A/T typesetter codes (as generated by raw troff) into Tek 4014 codes. Many terminals, such as HP264x and VT24x, will emulate a Tek 4014 well enough to use tc. The resolution provided is rather poor. However, it's good enough to check for bad page breaks, widows, and mangled tables or equations. Craig Hansen MIPS Computer Systems ...decvax!decwrl!glacier!mips!hansen
gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (02/09/86)
troff -t stuff | tc # old troff troff stuff | tc # DItroff
yoda@ittatc.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Todd C. Williams [Jedi Knight]) (02/11/86)
OK, thanks for the responses. Sounds like tc is what I want. It must be SysV, right? We run bsd here. We don't have it....(help!) -Todd -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Todd C. Williams | "Summer blonds | | ITT Defense Communications | revealing tan lines, | | Nutley, NJ | I'll make more moves than | | {decvax, et al.}!ittatc!dcdvaxb!tcw | ALLIED VAN LINES!" | | I love to receive e-mail from anyone!| --from: "I wanna be a lifeguard" | | | by BLOTTO | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
yoda@ittatc.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Todd C. Williams [Jedi Knight]) (02/11/86)
Oops! I lied. I found "tc". (We had the source-- I guess someone blew away the executable due to lack of use) Once again, many thanks to everyone who replied to my original inquiry. -Todd -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Todd C. Williams | "Summer blonds | | ITT Defense Communications | revealing tan lines, | | Nutley, NJ | I'll make more moves than | | {decvax, et al.}!ittatc!dcdvaxb!tcw | ALLIED VAN LINES!" | | I love to receive e-mail from anyone!| --from: "I wanna be a lifeguard" | | | by BLOTTO | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+