[Groff] Another troff.org suggestion, and some interesting web pages

[Larry Kollar]

I'd like to see a page on troff.org that lists software that
isn't part of a *roff package, but is aware of its existence.
To make life a little easier on Ralph, I attached an HTML file
with descriptions (and links) for Xfig, nrchbar, and changebar.


While looking for more goodies, I stumbled across these pages
and thought they'd be interesting for anyone who hasn't seen
them:

http://www.daemonnews.org/199903/history.html
        "A History of UNIX Before Berkeley" - the good stuff
        starts at section 3.2 -- some historical information
        about the development of troff, some of the preprocessors,
        external developers (SoftQuad and others), and DWB.

http://www.cs.rit.edu/~hpb/Man/_Man_Local_html/html5/mv.5.html
        mv(5) manpage. Lists the macros in the package. Looks
        like a good start for anyone wanting to reverse-
        engineer a free version of the package.... 

Enjoy!

-- 
Larry Kollar   k o l l a r  at  a l l t e l . n e t
"Strange that people always suggest commercial systems when the
phrase 'mission critical' comes up." -- Sebastian Rahtz, on XML-Doc

Applications that Work with Troff

In addition to the programs listed below, you may want to check out this page for other troff-related utilities.

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Xfig

Vector drawing program that exports to PIC format.

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nrchbar

Utility to add change bars to a troff document.

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changebar

Another changebar utility.