kapoor@plains.NoDak.edu (Sanju Kapoor) (03/21/91)
I am looking for a nroff/troff to postscript translator. Is there a ftp site where I can get this . Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot... Sanju
jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (03/21/91)
In article <9043@plains.NoDak.edu>, kapoor@plains.NoDak.edu (Sanju Kapoor) writes: |> I am looking for a nroff/troff to postscript translator. |> Is there a ftp site where I can get this . Any help would be greatly |> appreciated. Thanks a lot... Source requests better belong in comp.sources.wanted. There are at least two packages in the comp.sources.unix archives that can be used to produce PostScript output from nroff/troff source code. They are "psroff" in volume 20 of the archives, and "tpscript" in volume 15. These archives are available in the /comp.sources.unix directory on uunet.uu.net and other anonymous ftp archive sites. It is usually a good idea to check the "index" files of the main archives on uunet.uu.net or some other site before posting a source request -- I found out about both of these packages by looking in /comp.sources.unix/index for the strings "roff" and "postscript". You can find other, possibly more up-to-date sites for these packages by telnet'ing to quiche.cs.mcgill.ca, logging in as "archie" with no password, and typing "set search subcase" and then "prog tpscript" or "prog psroff". You might also want to do "set sortby time" before you do the "prog" commands in order to see the newest files first. Archie has a "help" command you can use to get more information about it. I did this and didn't find anything recent for tpscript, but did discover the directory /pub/psroff on uunet.uu.net, which might be more up-to-date than the version in comp.sources.unix. Note that the psroff being discussed here is different from the psroff that Adobe sells. -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710
clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (03/22/91)
In article <1991Mar20.233513.19468@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes: >In article <9043@plains.NoDak.edu>, kapoor@plains.NoDak.edu (Sanju Kapoor) writes: >|> I am looking for a nroff/troff to postscript translator. >|> Is there a ftp site where I can get this . Any help would be greatly >|> appreciated. Thanks a lot... > There are at least two packages in the comp.sources.unix archives that can >be used to produce PostScript output from nroff/troff source code. They are >"psroff" in volume 20 of the archives, and "tpscript" in volume 15. Correction: neither psroff or tpscript generate Postscript output from troff source. They produce postscript output from troff *output* (psroff can also generate laserjet and ditroff for ditroff filters). (BTW: psroff works ONLY with CAT troff, tpscript works ONLY with ditroff. Psroff 3.0 will work with real ditroff too) Please don't use the version of psroff in the comp.sources.unix archives. It's obsolete. /pub/psroff on uunet is up-to-date (psroff 2.0, PL7) > Note that the psroff being discussed here is different from the psroff that >Adobe sells. F'r sure. (I wrote it, I should know ;-) (I've mailed the psroff info package off to Sanju separately) -- Chris Lewis, clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca or ...uunet!mitel!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis Psroff support: psroff-request@eci386.uucp, or call 613-832-0541 (Canada) **** somebody's mailer is appending .bitnet to my From: address. If you see this, please use the address in the signature, and send me a copy of the headers of the mail message with the .bitnet return address. Thanks!