templon@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (Jeffrey Templon) (08/21/90)
This was something I didn't see in the Frequently-Asked Question list, so here goes: where do I find (by anon ftp or by e-mail request) the tpic program (as in tpic specials)? The EEPIC manual mentions this program and lots of dvi drivers seem to support the tpic \specials. Also I would like to know where to find some documentation on the program, if it is not included in the distribution. Thanks Much, Jeff Templon
jourdan@minos.inria.fr (Martin Jourdan) (08/21/90)
Tpic is not freely distributed since it includes large chunks of source code from the original "pic" by AT&T. Hence, to get tpic you first need a license from AT&T for the source code of pic; then you contact Tim Morgan (morgan@ics.uci.edu) to have the rest. Another possibility is to get "gpic", the GNU clone of pic which has a TeX mode and produces tpic \specials. Gpic is part of groff (GNU reimplementation of nroff, troff and their preprocessors). Groff is available by anonymous FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu, in directory pub/gnu. The bad news is that groff is written in C++... In addition, I don't know anything of the compatibility of tpic and gpic. I hope this helps. Martin Jourdan <jourdan@minos.inria.fr>, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France.
spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (08/24/90)
In article <4226@cica.cica.indiana.edu> templon@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (Jeffrey Templon) writes:
so here goes: where do I find (by anon ftp or by e-mail request) the
tpic program (as in tpic specials)? The EEPIC manual mentions this
you dont. you have to send Tim Morgan a copy of your AT&T DWB license,
and he tells you how to get tpic - it contains AT&T code
an alternative is gpic, part of groff. this is a free replacement for
troff, which you can get from prep.ai.mit.edu pub/gnu/groff-0.4.tar.Z
(I think thats the right file name). trouble is, its in C++, so if you
don't have a C++ compiler you are up the creek.
Also I would like to know where to find some documentation on the
program, if it is not included in the distribution.
you buy any book on text-processing with Unix tools that includes a
description of `pic' - tpic, gpic and pic are all the same, as regards
input language (tho tpic is missing a few things added to pic and
thence gpic)
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