peters@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank W. Peters) (03/21/90)
Hello,
We are exploring using troff for documentation and perhaps in a
course. Our problem is that the troff shipped with SunOS is the old
CAT typesetter troff not the new device independent troff (ditroff).
All of the packages we can find for displaying output in a window
under sunview or X work with ditroff only. At this point the only way
we have to visuallize the output (beyond nroff) is to print it to a
postscript printer using Sun transcript. Needless to say, this is
slow and expensive.
So, we are looking for an implementation of ditroff for the Sun.
I know of the following options:
1) Get Documenter's Work Bench (DWB) from AT&T. First, does anyone
know how much this would cost? Or what number I would call to find
out? If we got DWB would it be in any way supported by AT&T? What,
exactly, comes with DWB besides the troff program itself?
2) I understand that at least a few companies (ELAN is one I've heard
of) offer essentially an enhanced ditroff clone. What such
products are out there? What do they offer beyond the basic ditroff
program? Do they offer the other things included with DWB? What
do they cost (for an educational institution if that affects it)?
And, of course, how do I get in touch with these companies?
3) Are there any freeware packages out there that can take either
CAT troff output or troff source files and display them in a
window? The only such option I've seen is a package called psroff
with an xtroff previewer but I've been unable to make this work
on a Sun3 or Sun4.
Any information or comments are appreciated.
Thanks
--Frank
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Our campus has a license for AT&T Sys V unix, but the latest release (3?)
does not include ditroff. I only have access to an early version (DWB 1.0?),
which, although it produces Postscript output fine, produces errors (dumps core)
when used to produce output for the Sunview previewer dsun. Does anyone have
a later version of ditroff, or one with the major bugs removed. Please email
because I don't read all the newsgroups in the header
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University of Western Ontario
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UUCP: jkoval@uwovax.UUCP {watmath!julian!uwovax!jkoval}russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) (03/22/90)
In article <PETERS.90Mar20160923@jester.CC.MsState.Edu>, peters@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank W. Peters) writes: > 2) I understand that at least a few companies (ELAN is one I've heard > of) offer essentially an enhanced ditroff clone. What such > products are out there? What do they offer beyond the basic ditroff > program? Do they offer the other things included with DWB? What > do they cost (for an educational institution if that affects it)? > And, of course, how do I get in touch with these companies? You might want to contact the following: Unicomp, Inc. 2002 Quail Run Dr. Albuquerque, NM 87122 505/275-0800 Image Network, 140 South Wisman Rd., Mountain View, CA 94041 415/967-0652 SoftQuad Inc., 720 Spadina Ave., Toronto M5S 2T9 Canada ??? Textware International. (Sorry, I don't have the address) in Cambridge, MA. -- Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000 russ@wpg.com uunet!wpg!russ