Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site enea.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!mcvax!enea!kim From: kim@enea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: nroff - help wanted - (nf) Message-ID: <411@enea.UUCP> Date: Sun, 24-Jun-84 22:00:17 EDT Article-I.D.: enea.411 Posted: Sun Jun 24 22:00:17 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 04:23:56 EDT Sender: notes@enea.UUCP Organization: ENEA DATA, Sweden Lines: 22 #R:kvvax4:-40700:enea:600004:000:701 enea!kim Jun 18 10:51:00 1984 When only a few control commands are required, such as form feed or some special escape sequences, you can make nroff output these by modifying the table for the corresponding output device (at /usr/lib/term or wherever it may be on your installation). By mapping some of the non-ascii symbols that you cannot produce anyway - Greek letters, math symbols etc, you can output any desired ascii sequence. This requires no modification of the nroff code, and has the advantage that a page shift can be defined as one symbol, translated to form feed for printers supporting this, and to the relevant escape sequences for others. Kim Walden {decvax,philabs}!mcvax!enea!kim