rsm@math.arizona.edu (Robert S. Maier) (08/28/90)
Does such a thing as a troff emulator, written in TeX, exist? Of course such a beast would produce DVI output rather than CAT or new-style ditroff output. I'm not concerned about that; what I'd like to be able to do is feed generic troff documents to TeX. If such an emulator doesn't exist, why not? For those who are wondering, I need it because I have a fine version of TeX on my workstation, but no troff. (I have nroff, but that's not exactly the same thing.) -- Robert S. Maier | Internet: rsm@math.arizona.edu Dept. of Math. | UUCP: uunet!arizona!amethyst!rsm Univ. of Arizona | Bitnet: maier@arizrvax Tucson, AZ 85721 | FAX: +1 602 621 8322 U.S.A. | Voice(POTS): +1 602 621 6893 / +1 602 621 2617
wsinpdb@svin02.info.win.tue.nl (Paul de Bra) (09/03/90)
In article <RSM.90Aug27103501@coral.math.arizona.edu> rsm@math.arizona.edu (Robert S. Maier) writes: >Does such a thing as a troff emulator, written in TeX, exist? > >Of course such a beast would produce DVI output rather than CAT or >new-style ditroff output. I'm not concerned about that; what I'd like >to be able to do is feed generic troff documents to TeX. What you need is groff (GNU's version of troff and all related goodies). It's a real troff, but it can generate TeX-dvi output. I have no troff output driver for my printer (Nec P6) and use groff with my TeX output driver for the nec. Works extremely well. (groff is available for anonymous ftp from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu) I am not involved in the production of groff, just a very satisfied user. Paul. (debra@research.att.com)
bothner@sevenlayer.cs.wisc.edu (Per Bothner) (09/05/90)
groff, the GNU version of troff, has a driver that emits DVI files. groff is written in C++. You can get it (and g++, the GNU C++ compiler) with anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu, in pub/gnu/groff-0.5.tar.Z. I haven't tried it, so I don't know how robust or convenient it is. -- --Per Bothner bothner@cs.wisc.edu Computer Sciences Dept, U. of Wisconsin-Madison