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From:  John Otken 

Could anyone tell me of clones for the Unix programs VI or NROFF?
I am interested in versions for CP/M-80 and PC/MS-DOS.  John Otken.

P.S.  OK. How about SCRIBE clones?  Yes, I know about scribble.
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A CP/M program called NRO was posted to the net a long time ago.  I
believe it is public domain.  It is an nroff clone, written in C (I
think Aztec, but I don't remember).  Does anyone have the sources of
this?  Does anyone remember who wrote it?  I think it may be due for
reposting.


John Diamant				Usenet: ...decvax!cwruecmp!diamant
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 >  A CP/M program called NRO was posted to the net a long time ago.  I
 >  believe it is public domain.  It is an nroff clone, written in C (I
 >  think Aztec, but I don't remember).  Does anyone have the sources of
 >  this?  Does anyone remember who wrote it?  I think it may be due for
 >  reposting.

I have the sources for NRO, the program you mentioned.  The title comments
are:

/*
 *      Word Processor
 *      similar to Unix NROFF or RSX-11M RNO -
 *      adaptation of text processor given in
 *      "Software Tools", Kernighan and Plauger.
 *
 *      Stephen L. Browning
 *      5723 North Parker Avenue
 *      Indianapolis, Indiana 46220
 */

It's pretty nice, especially if you like nroff.  I have made a few
changes/additions to make nro look even more like it.  I will send
it along to INFO-IBMPC, so look there in a little while . . .

Jay Weber
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jay@rochester.arpa

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John Diamant's suggestion about NRO is misplaced, alas. NRO is not an
nroff clone but a roff clone, and is much less complicated (and useful)
than nroff. It is available on many public-access BBS systems.

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There is also SIG/M Vol 126, which has on it ROFF a P.D. formatter that
is somewhat like ROFF but with some enhancements. See the August or Sept
microsystems for a good description of its capabilities.

				--Chuck

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