On Tue Oct 8, 2024 at 3:31 AM CEST, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
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> At 2024-10-07T23:00:59+, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
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> > "printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -mandoc -Z - "
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> [...]
> The foregoing is also revealing of a low level of sophistication with
> printf
Branden:
8 hours of my time, not computer time.
The faculty member started this in 1988, and we (the department) did not have
access to much in the way of visual previewing. He was an EE by training, and
really latched onto Unix, vi, troff, etc. At the time we were running a series
of AT&T
Hello group:
BTW:, I love all the comments and discussions this started.
Using Groff (eqn+pic) + grap I was able to create a PDF of the book. It took
about 8 hours part of which was figuring out the syntax differences. He had
divided the book up into a file for each page or two, so 100+ files.
[returning to this after postponing it last week]
[replying to 2 messages; Joerg inadvertently replied to me only
privately with one of them, but graciously extended permission to quote
him on the list]
At 2024-10-03T15:33:11+0200, joerg van den hoff wrote:
> thanks for bothering to reply so thor
[dropped Clem and Leah from CC]
Hi Doug,
At 2024-10-08T10:33:35+, Jacobson, Doug W [E CPE] wrote:
> Using Groff (eqn+pic) + grap I was able to create a PDF of the book.
> It took about 8 hours
8-O
> part of which was figuring out the syntax differences.
Oh, wall clock time including human
Once again I emailed the wrong list, so here it is again, sent to both,
since it touches on both groff and history.
Sorry,
Doug
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From: Douglas McIlroy
Date: Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: groff_man.7.man.in: Some remarks and editorial changes for
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