ROB%UNB.CA@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (11/14/88)
> I have obtained, and built X11R3, and am now in the process of trying > to get a hardcopy of the manuals. I have access to a postscript > printer; however, I am not able to find "ptroff" the program > referenced in the Makefiles within the doc directories. Is this > program availible anywhere ? Is there any other way to get postscript > files from the .ms doc files ? I never heard of ptroff except in IBM ACIS. I, therefore, suspect you have at RT? If so You need an IBM printer for which it was designed or should port ditroff and use it with your existing printer. Hope this helps. Rob Robson University of New Brunswick Fredericton, N.B., Canada rob@unb.bitnet
spector@vx2.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) (11/15/88)
ptroff is "PostScript troff" and comes with Adobe Systems'
TransScript system. It allows you to general PostScript output that
may be printed on any PostScript printer...
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