rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz) (03/14/91)
thanx to the myriad folks you pointed out that GDOS font files are more
or less identical to in-memory or .fed font file formats, just with all
int/numerical data byte swapped (a la [braindead] intel - yuck :-).
i have written a trivial byte-swapper for converting these files, and if
i get a chance to clean it up, will post it. it should work in both
directions.
now, for those of u interested in nroff, read on. others can skip.
i have decided to upgrade nroff to be more a ditroff rather than an nroff.
this means support for lasers, filters, etc. it also seems the most
current *roff technology. however, i was sort of thinking of using
TeX fonts, to minimize the amount of font data on disk (for those with
TeX anyway). this is not quite portable, however. would u prefer unix
compatibility or common font data? hopefully i will still be able to
support nroff-style documents (fixed width fonts) via the propper
tab* and/or /usr/lib/fonts/dev*/* files (-Tcrt, for example). note that
i know that there are probably ditroff config files for TeX and/or DVI,
so this may be an alternative approach, too.
some people have already sent me their wish lists (thanx). now is the
time to enter yours. i am starting the rewrite now.
-bill
rosenkra@convex.com
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