sandell@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Gregory Sandell) (03/30/89)
I am soon going to choose how to write my dissertation and am debating whether to use nroff/troff (advantage = laser printing is free where I work) or a MAC word processor such as MS WORD (advantage = easy, attractive to use). MY QUESTION: are there any available word processing packages for a microcomputer (preferably a MAC, but maybe an IBM PC) which let you write in an easy-to-use environment like MS WORD or Word Perfect but will also generate (or let you convert to) NROFF code that produces the same visual results? An example (in case I'm unclear): I write a document in MS WORD that has various type sizes, boldface, underscores, etc. If I want, I can print it out. In addition, the program will generate an ascii file of NROFF code which produces analogous results. This file can be ported over to the mainframe that runs nroff, and I can get it printed out there, too. Thanks in advance for any help. I am not a frequent reader of comp.sys.mac or comp.unix, so replies made directly to me would be very helpful. Greg Sandell sandell@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu or greg@music.nwu.edu (on a good day)