glosser@ut-ngp.UUCP (12/17/84)
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Does anybody know of the existance or have a copy of a program
that could preview neqn|nroff output on a Sun workstation?
Since we do not have access to a laser printer that
recognizes eqn, we use neqn|nroff on either a Diablo (ecs)
or a Qume Twin-Track. These are both daisywheel-type printers
with an extended character set for mathematical and Greek symbols.
It would save many hassles if the output to these
printers could originally be previewed on the Sun's console.
I realize piping the output through colcrt|more is one
possible solution. However I believe this method fails to take
advantage of the bit-mapped screen.
In other words, is there a way of checking to see if the math
characters appear as they are supposed to as well as the
superscripts and subscripts? I guess this entails a program to
draw greek characters and math symbols on the Sun.
Also, I know there is a program called dsun for previewing
ditroff output on the Sun. Is there a version of this program
that will preview nroff output? That is, can ditroff be made to
produce non-proportionally-spaced output that matches what we
print on a Diablo or a Qume?
Stuart Glosser
Dept. of Economics
University of Texas @Austin
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