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- From: smant@nlr.nl (smant g.a.)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc
- Subject: RE: troff and nroff
- Message-ID: <35149@adm.brl.mil>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 12:24:27 GMT
- Sender: news@adm.brl.mil
- Lines: 41
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- According to Randolph J. Herber:
- >
- [snip!]
- >
- > +Getting serious: Am I missing something?
- > +Where can I get nroff and troff?
- >
- > +Regards,
- > +Horst Kern
- [snip!]
- >
- > This is a FAQ! But, the FAQ file is not ready. :-(
- >
- > DWB (I believe a 2.0 or 2.1 version) is a package available from SGI.
- > The last I heard it cost about $300. This gives you nroff and troff.
- >
- [snip!]
- > But you say you also want to print the manuals. Gotcha!
- > To obtain the necessary tables (which I feel should be part of DWB),
- > you need to obtain LPS (Laser Printer Support). This is a mere $800.
- >
-
- I think it would be better if SGi moved the dps_dev (Display PostScript
- Development System) from the IRIS Development Option (IDO) package onto
- the Laser Printer Support (LPS) package and in stead of the dps_dev, SGi
- could supply the Documenter's Workbench (DWB) with the rest of the IDO
- package (developers do make man-pages, don't they?). I think these would
- make a MUCH BETTER combination!
-
- What is the opinion of all you SGi-machine users out there ?!?!
-
- --
- Best Regards, Geert Albert Smant.
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