xroff: what's available for it...

[Russell Lawrence]

In article <897 at sjfc.UUCP>, kes3200 at sjfc.UUCP (Ken Staggers) writes:
>   Here at Fisher we (the lab assistants) are learning more and more about
> xroff.  Its been resume time, and we have been using tbl and xroff to
> create them.  We have also been designing a work schedule using
> tbl and xroff (can you center a word in a grid box or shade it?).
> 
>   Anyway, I think our former sys manager got xroff off the net...and it
> works nicely with our dec ln03 plus.  

Xroff is a commercial product available from Image Network, Mountain 
View, California.  800-869-7633.  It's based on 'troff' and isn't in
the public domain.  

> Also, is there a way to import scanned images onto an
> xroffed document...

Their latest version provides this capability.

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Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
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