nelson@avsdS.UUCP (05/11/84)
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Someone on ARPAnet requested a pointer to roff4. I don't think
items in this newsgroup get to ARPA - if true, would someone
please forward?
Roff4, Ed Reams' older editor, and numerous goodies are available
from the C Users' Group, 112 N. Main, Yates Center, KS 66783.
It costs $10 / year to join, and that gets you 4-6 informative
newsletters. All their software is public domain and costs $8.00.
The software is available in various disk formats, and some of it
is now showing up in Aztec C as well as BDS. Each disk has a human
librarian, so most of this stuff gets debugged! The software quality
is unusually high, and most of it works correctly after hardware
dependencies are taken care of.
A note on roff4: it is quite similar to nroff on UNIX, but is
tailored for an Epson printer. You can define graphics characters,
fractional vertical spaces (for super- and sub-scripting), and
send arbitrary byte sequences to the printer. Standard features
of nroff such as macro definition, diversion files (good for footnotes),
and variables (nice for customized form letters) are supported.
Glenn Nelson Ampex Corp., Redwood City, CA
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