Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bakul Shah
Via http://ftp.cs.stanford.edu/tex/texhax/texhax89.088 So only for -ms or -man. bwk's way may be better for your purpose. + | Date: Fri, 22 Sep 89 12:30:59 PDT | From: Phil Farrell | Subject: Re: TeX, troff, man pages | Keywords: TeX, troff, man pages | | In TeXhax vol 89, issue 85, William

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bakul Shah
https://bima.astro.umd.edu/nemo/man_html/tr2latex.l.html No idea how good it is though. On Fri, 05 May 2017 15:32:42 +1000 Bruce Ellis wrote: > > bwk mentioned that TeX was unworkable for this situation. Maybe it's time > for another good TeX hack. > > :-) brucee > > On 5 May 2017 at 15:28, B

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bruce Ellis
bwk mentioned that TeX was unworkable for this situation. Maybe it's time for another good TeX hack. :-) brucee On 5 May 2017 at 15:28, Bakul Shah wrote: > This is an opportunity for someone to implement troff macros in TeX. > Then you can embed EPS easily! > > :-) > > On Fri, 05 May 2017 15:23

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bakul Shah
This is an opportunity for someone to implement troff macros in TeX. Then you can embed EPS easily! :-) On Fri, 05 May 2017 15:23:39 +1000 Bruce Ellis wrote: > > I asked bwk - troff wizard, and to paraphrase him "there is no good > solution". > > There is the PSPIC macro in groff, but it gener

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bruce Ellis
I asked bwk - troff wizard, and to paraphrase him "there is no good solution". There is the PSPIC macro in groff, but it generates huge files. For the latest book they used \X to embed markers and a go programs to postprocess troff output. brucee On 2 May 2017 at 19:37, Bruce Ellis wrote: > S

Re: [9fans] Starting rio on combined CPU, file and auth

2017-05-04 Thread Alex Musolino
> rio runs fine on any cpu server; your draw device determines where the display is. Yes, of course. That was sloppy writing on my part. What I should have said was: "CPU servers typically don't have any reason to run rio on a local draw device." -- Cheers, Alex Musolino

Re: [9fans] Starting rio on combined CPU, file and auth

2017-05-04 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
A cpu server may not have a display (i.e. uses a serial console). rio runs fine on any cpu server; your draw device determines where the display is. On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 5:41 PM Alex Musolino wrote: > > Using 9front and set "service=cpu" but rio doesn't start. > > This is expected. CPU servers

Re: [9fans] Starting rio on combined CPU, file and auth

2017-05-04 Thread Alex Musolino
> Using 9front and set "service=cpu" but rio doesn't start. This is expected. CPU servers typically don't have any reason to run rio. Mine don't even have monitors attached (usually). > I've tried adding screenrc to /rc/bin/cpurc and /cfg/$sysname/cpustart > but gives me errors on /dev/draw. I

[9fans] Starting rio on combined CPU, file and auth

2017-05-04 Thread G B
Fairly new to 9front and Plan 9.  Using 9front and set "service=cpu" but rio doesn't start.  I've tried adding screenrc to /rc/bin/cpurc and /cfg/$sysname/cpustart but gives me errors on /dev/draw.