sco xenix troff: dumb questions
Rick Richardson
rick at pcrat.UUCP
Tue Dec 13 22:11:33 AEST 1988
In article <659 at vector.UUCP> chip at vector.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) writes:
>The problem is that SCO's troff is the old troff and not the device
>independant ditroff. Old troff is hardwired for C/A/T typesetter output.
>For those of us stuck with old troff, I see three alternatives:
>(1) Get a translator program. For example, SSC sells a "cat2dit" program
> for $295 ($495 for source). Once there, you can use something like
> "jetroff". I haven't done any of this, so no guarantees.
Greg Sassenrath recently posted 'cat2dit' to comp.text (11/16/88).
I haven't tried it, but I did snag a copy. I would be interested
in knowing how well it works, with JetRoff as the postprocessor.
>(2) Junk it and buy the troff package from somebody like Elan.
Urban Applied Science in Newark, NJ sells DWB 2.0 for Xenix, I think,
and the price is in the $200-$300 range. The number is (201) 242-7230
and (800) 872-8763. John Roseman at UAS has told me that he has
used JetRoff as the postprocessor with good success. So add another
$50-$100 for JetRoff and you've got a complete DWB package for lots
less than what Elan charges.
>(3) Stick with nroff.
Blecch!
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