Re: [Groff] Book suggestions for troff.org

[Mark Lawrence]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 03:30:37PM +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote:

> > Document Formatting and Typesetting on the UNIX System, 2nd Ed.
> > Narain Gehani
> > mm macros, tbl, pic, eqn, wwb tools. Very brief discussions of raw
> > troff, ideal, grap, ms & mv macros, and refer.
> > 
> > Document Formatting and Typesetting on the UNIX System
> >  Volume II: grap, mv, ms, & troff
> > Narain Gehani & Steven Lally
> > Just as the title says: in-depth coverage of items only touched upon
> > in the first volume. The raw troff chapter has many macro writing
> > examples.
> 
> Both of these mention the `mv' macros.  Anyone know more about them?
> I'm only familiar with the main mm, ms, me, and man.

They're for making viewgraphs (transparencies). I've never used them
and never read those sections of the books. If you're interested, and
I get some time in the next couple of weeks, I'll give those sections
a read and send you a summary.

-- 
Mark Lawrence
www.unified-eng.com