woods@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Greg Woods) (08/20/88)
First, my question... How does one compile fonts for ditroff? I've heard mention of a program called makedev, but can neither find it, nor get anyone to commit to admitting having seen it. Besides the HpLJ2, I've also access to a NEC PostScript PagePrinter, but it's on the next floor down, and I have to take the elevator, cause the stairs are locked (don't you hate it when people complain about security being too tight :-) Anyway, I do have Stephen Frede's (UNSW Australia) ditroff to postscript translator, and other tools, but the silly font DESC file etc. need to be compiled. Now, the drivel... In article <555@pcrat.UUCP> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes: >[... info about a great post-processor deleted ...] > I couldn't see paying >$800 and up for software to support a lousy $1600 printer! I whole-heartedly agree. (Cheapest I've seen the printer is $1900CAN.) >Vix: would you pay *a reasonable amount* for Shareware? [ even though I wan't asked... ] I'll never argue against Shareware, but.... I'll probably have to be making a profit using Shareware before I pay anything for it. >Net: Should I post now, and post BSD patches later? YES! I hope Rick S. gets back from vacation soon too! (I don't care about BSD :-) -- Greg Woods. UUCP: utgpu!woods, utgpu!{ontmoh, ontmoh!ixpierre}!woods VOICE: (416) 242-7572 [h] LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
cck@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) (08/20/88)
In article <1988Aug19.183837.3623@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> woods@gpu.utcs.Toronto.EDU (Greg Woods) writes: >it's on the next floor down, and I have to take the elevator, cause the >stairs are locked (don't you hate it when people complain about security >being too tight :-) (a) I thought such issues did not exist north of the border or is it competitors and not muggers you're worried about? (b) Does your local fire marshall know you've got locked stairwells?
tif@cpe.UUCP (08/22/88)
This is really straying from the subject of bugs but ... Written 11:20 am Aug 20, 1988 by deneb.ucdavis.edu!cck in cpe:comp.sources.b >(b) Does your local fire marshall know you've got locked >stairwells? If it's like our stairwells, you can get into them anywhere, you can only get out on the first floor. Here, they lock 'em up at about 4:00pm. It's a real bitch to start going down the stairs and realize what time it is. I'm on the 13th floor! Paul Chamberlain Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp. {convex,killer}!ninja!cpe!tif
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (08/24/88)
In article <1988Aug19.183837.3623@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> woods@gpu.utcs.Toronto.EDU (Greg Woods) writes: >How does one compile fonts for ditroff? I've heard mention of a program >called makedev, but can neither find it, nor get anyone to commit to >admitting having seen it... It lurks in the ditroff source directories, normally. If somebody has sold you a ditroff without makedev, complain! -- Intel CPUs are not defective, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology they just act that way. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
woods@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Greg Woods) (08/27/88)
In article <1988Aug23.184024.29415@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > In article <1988Aug19.183837.3623@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> woods@gpu.utcs.Toronto.EDU (Greg Woods) writes: > >I've heard mention of a program called makedev, but can neither find it, > >nor get anyone to commit to admitting having seen it... As it turns out, lots of people have indeed heard tell of it. Thanks to all those who replied, and especially those who's replies have either been un-written, or lost in transit. I will write the un-written ones, but I do give up easily on failed mail :-). > It lurks in the ditroff source directories, normally. If somebody has > sold you a ditroff without makedev, complain! They did, and so did I! The offending group was Interactive Systems, via our local friends at HCR. According to other documentation, it seems that the source form of supplied fonts should also be available, which it wasn't, as was the sometimes commented terminfo sources. Just as a note, DWB 2.0 is yet-another product sold by ISC without manuals. At least formatted versions of the relevant man pages were on the disks. Everyone is on hold for the duplication of the diskettes for the new version, which may hopefully contain the missing makedev and friends. -- Greg Woods. UUCP: utgpu!woods, utgpu!{ontmoh, ontmoh!ixpierre}!woods VOICE: (416) 242-7572 [h] LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada