> I just ran ps2pdf(1) to convert the original 54.ps to 54.pdf.
> [...] using his possibly superior method [...]
I don't actually have a superior method (only ghostscript),
but I was thinking of maybe manually fixing some of the most
glaring positioning errors (like the "words in a box" example)
Hi,
Bernd wrote:
> > Which files will we need?
>
> See http://troff.org/papers.html. There are the CSTR-files, but also
> a lot of other ps-files.
Tadziu, I just ran ps2pdf(1) to convert the original 54.ps to 54.pdf.
If this is valid then I can do it for the others too.
> Is it posssible to st
> Von: "Tadziu Hoffmann"
>
> > I would be nice if you could do that for the other
> > cstr ps-files that document classical troff.
>
> I'll try.
Thank you.
> Which files will we need?
See http://troff.org/papers.html. There are the CSTR-files,
but also a lot of other ps-files.
Is it posssib
> I would be nice if you could do that for the other
> cstr ps-files that document classical troff.
I'll try. Which files will we need?
Daniel --
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013, Daniel Lyons wrote:
> I'm thinking now if I ever want to do footnotes or number headings
> or whatever, I should instead customize one of the existing macro
> packages. This is my question. I gather this is usually done with
> -ms, is that correct? Would anybody
> Von: "Tadziu Hoffmann"
>
> > > (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/54.ps.gz).
> >
> > The 54.ps.gz are broken all over the internet.
>
> Sorry, I had forgotten about that because I had fixed my
> downloaded copy. It's actually quite simple: move all
> the %%BeginGlobal...%%EndGlobal sectio
> > (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/54.ps.gz).
>
> The 54.ps.gz are broken all over the internet.
Sorry, I had forgotten about that because I had fixed my
downloaded copy. It's actually quite simple: move all
the %%BeginGlobal...%%EndGlobal sections into the prolog
(i.e., before %%EndProlog
Hi,
Bernd wrote:
> Tadziu wrote:
> > A good starting point are the tutorial examples in the old Bell Labs
> > Computing Science Technical Report #54
> > (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/54.ps.gz).
>
> The 54.ps.gz are broken all over the internet. But
> http://troff.org/54.pdf works.
(The be
Daniel Lyons wrote:
> I'm fairly new to groff.
Me too, I'm a four year old troffer.
> I'm thinking now if I ever want to do footnotes or number
> headings or whatever, I should instead customize one of
> the existing macro packages. This is my question.
I think there's four ways of using trof
> Von: "Tadziu Hoffmann"
>
> A good starting point are the tutorial examples in the
> old Bell Labs Computing Science Technical Report #54
> (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/54.ps.gz).
The 54.ps.gz are broken all over the internet. But
http://troff.org/54.pdf
works.
Bernd Warken
> I'm thinking now if I ever want to do footnotes or number
> headings or whatever, I should instead customize one of
> the existing macro packages.
If you're doing this (mostly) for fun and to really learn
troff, I suggest you try to cobble together your own macros
for this first. Then you can
Hi,
I'm fairly new to groff. For fun, I decided to copy work's memo template from
Word, which you can see here if you're curious:
http://www.nrao.edu/brand/NRAO_memo_template_SOC.dotx
So, it's not a pretty memo template and my macros are very simplistic, but it
seems to basically work, and I c
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