mike@ntmtka.UUCP (Mike Tietel) (03/03/88)
Does anyone know of a program for the PC which does IBM mainfame SCRIPT formatting? How about a DOS version of nroff which would allow macro definitions for the SCRIPT commands? Thanks, mike@ntmtka
mhnadel@gryphon.CTS.COM (Miriam Nadel) (03/09/88)
IBM themselves sell a PC version of SCRIPT. The command structure is
identical to the mainframe version, but I don't know if it supports GML
commands and I'm fairly sure they don't have the formula formatter available
for it yet. However, I would be concerned about what you'll print it on
because I don't think SCRIPT supports non-IBM printers (though I'm not
sure. You could check this with IBM if you decide to look closer at that
option.)
Alternatively, it should be fairly simple to write nroff macros which would
read SCRIPT commands as most of it would be a matter of simple translation.
I haven't used nroff in a while but it seems trivial to convert things like
.h3 to .sh or the like. Subscript and superscript conversion would be
more difficult (if you're not using the SCRIPT formula formatter) but it should
still be feasible.
Miriam Nadel
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codas!ddsw1!gryphon!mhnadelbkc@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Brad Clements) (03/14/88)
From article <1294@ntmtka.UUCP>, by mike@ntmtka.UUCP (Mike Tietel): > Does anyone know of a program for the PC which does IBM mainfame > SCRIPT formatting? How about a DOS version of nroff which would > allow macro definitions for the SCRIPT commands? > > Thanks, > > mike@ntmtka
bkc@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Brad Clements) (03/15/88)
From article <1294@ntmtka.UUCP>, by mike@ntmtka.UUCP (Mike Tietel): > Does anyone know of a program for the PC which does IBM mainfame > SCRIPT formatting? How about a DOS version of nroff which would > allow macro definitions for the SCRIPT commands? I know of a program call SCRIMPT, a nearly complete PC implementation of Waterloo SCRIPT. It currently has over 50 drivers for various printers, adding another printer is easy, as all drivers are ascii text. It also supports PostScript output. All that's missing, as far as I know, is multiple column support. It does not have a GML library, though it supports GML tags and a GML library will probably be written some day. Currently it is in beta test, has over 150 pages of documentation with another 150 to go. I imagine it will be released for sale some day soon, when the documentation is finished. It has been tested by many people (myself included) and several beta sites. It is written in C, and can be, and probably will be, ported to other systems if there is a market. I'm not sure how it will be priced, probably around $100 or so; with generous provisions for corporate and educational site licensing. You can contact the author directly, or myself for further information. Author: Robert Barringer Mill Street Software Parishville NY $RCB@CLVM.BITNET rcb@clutx.clarkson.edu rpics!clutx!rcb
peter@athena.mit.edu (Peter J Desnoyers) (03/19/88)
>From article <1294@ntmtka.UUCP>, by mike@ntmtka.UUCP (Mike Tietel): >> Does anyone know of a program for the PC which does IBM mainfame >> SCRIPT formatting? How about a DOS version of nroff which would I have a copy of PC_SCRIPT that I ordered from Microcom Systems. (they advertise in Byte - disk WORD-2) It is shareware, and requires a $35 registration fee. I don't know if it has anything more than vanilla printing support. (e.g. using ^M, ^H to do underlining and stuff) It is supposed to be a complete implementation of Waterloo Script, and is written by Modular Designs of somewhere in California. Note - I cannot vouch for the honesty of Microcom Systems (not the modem people) - PC_SCRIPT's copyright prohibits distribution for any fee. (although $3.50 is close enough to free :-) Peter Desnoyers peter@athena.mit.edu