ed@imuse.uucp (Ed Braaten) (12/31/88)
What are the advantages of using TeX over nroff/troff? I've heard a lot about it, but since I don't have access to it, I've never been able to try it out. I chose nroff since it seems to be a standard tool available under most implementations of U**X. What are the major differences in the two systems? Which is more reliable, portable? I had some trouble getting nroff to print all the special characters I need (umlauts & Cyrillic) since the printer I have (Star NL-10) likes to see ASCII NUL's in some of its control sequences. It works now, but since I don't have source to nroff, I had to do everything through the term driving table nroff uses (/usr/lib/term/*). Fortunately, SCO provides source to a generic term driving table which you can use to roll your own. How flexible is TeX in this area? How portable would the solution be? I would welcome any input from those of you familiar with both systems... Best wishes in 1989! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Braaten | "Love the Lord your God with all your Intel Semiconductor GmbH | heart and with all your soul and with Dornacher Strasse 1 | all your strength." Deuteronomy 6:5 8016 Feldkirchen bei Muenchen | West Germany | uucp: ed@imuse.uucp Ph: +49 89 90992-426 -------------------------------------------------------------------------