darryl@ISM780.UUCP (11/30/85)
OK, it's time to post write2troff again. I will do this in the next few days, unless somebody says otherwise (e.g., the owner). Although it took two requests for me to get a copy, I have been besieged with requests to pass it along (I just received the tenth request). I've sent it out three times, once to Europe, and I have another request from across the pond. Obviously, there is a lot of demand for this program. I'd like to point out that it does NOT give you a WYSIWYG typesetter. Page boundaries change, tabs are defaulted, nonstandard paragraph starts don't work correctly, headers and footers are lost, and the translation is not perfect. Also, it depends upon using the Berkeley -me troff macros, so SysV people may be out of luck. I'm not carping; the documentation mentions a lot of these limitations. And, within these limitations, it does work. So, either write and tell me you don't really want a copy or why I shouldn't post it; otherwise, it goes out in a week. --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl The views expressed above are my opinions only.
schuh@geowhiz.UUCP (David Schuh) (12/04/85)
> > OK, it's time to post write2troff again. I will do this in the next few > days, unless somebody says otherwise (e.g., the owner). Although it took > two requests for me to get a copy, I have been besieged with requests to > pass it along (I just received the tenth request). I've sent it out > > --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. > ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl > The views expressed above are my opinions only. I believe I was one of the people you sent this to. Thanks, I thought though you might check you archiver, It wouldnt de-archive on two machines here using /bin/sh, All I got was the README file which contained everything minus the X's and commands. (I noticed the EOF was weird). Also When I manually unpacked it and compiled I got two undefined routines. I believe they are associated with SWAP and the functions are:
sakw@cvaxa.UUCP (Sak Wathanasin) (12/05/85)
I will be posting a fix (hack) for the "hanging indents" problem soon, but I'm still puzzled by the tabs. I think it may have something to do with -me maintaining a set of tab settings in another environment, so that the .ta commands put out by w2t are never "seen". Any -me gurus care to comment? The last time I posted some fixes to w2troff, several people requested copies from me. My attempts to reply by mail failed, so I'd like to take the opportunity to point out that we have to pay for uucp-mail to the USA in addition to our News subscription, so that while I'd like to send you a copy of w2troff, I cannot really spend our dept's money this way. I believe that there are Mac archives at ut-sally and at sumex-aim; if you still cannot get a copy (and miss the next posting), I'll be glad to send it to you if you send me a Mac disk + International Reply Coupons (from any Post Office) to cover the return postage (US$1.50 should cover it unless you're using a heavy duty mailer). A self-addressed mailer would be much appreciated. People in Europe can get copies by e-mail on request. Regards, -- Sak Wathanasin, U of Sussex, Cognitive Studies, Falmer, Sussex BN1 9QN, UK uucp:...mcvax!ukc!cvaxa!sakw arpa/janet: sakw%uk.ac.sussex.cvaxa@uk.ac.ucl.cs