D.SMOLARSKI%SCU%PANDA@sumex-aim.arpa (03/14/86)
Subject: Query re: XENIX, nroff, neqn and Epson printers. Recently some code from Tom Tkacik (Univ Virginia) appeared on net.sources along with code from Bruce Townsend to compile an NROFF/EQN table for an EPSON (compatible) printer enabling someone to utilize the math word processing capability of UNIX with a small printer. Has anyone gotten this code to work with the standard IBM (Microsoft) XENIX? If so, how? When I try, the resulting table (TABEPSON) in /usr/lib/term is unlike the Microsoft supplied tables, and is rejected at run-time by nroff. Microsoft seemingly strips the headers from the compiled modules, leaving a file which is a "data" file (when the file is checked with the Berkeley UNIX "file" command). Does anyone know of any other code available (free or commercial) which will enable someone to use the Unix/XENIX nroff/eqn/tbl math text formatting system with an Epson (compatible) printer? I been hacking and asking questions for nearly 6 months, but so far no luck. Please reply directly. Thanks in advance. Dennis Smolarski SJ Santa Clara University (D.SMOLARSKI%SCU%PANDA@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA) -------