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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
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Subject: Re: a READABLE nroff/troff manual????
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 14:45:53 EDT
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> I've got to learn Nroff/Troff in a hurry, and I find the Nroff/Troff
> User's Manual highly unenlightening.  Does anyone know of a book out
> there that gives a fuller explanation of the subject?  Maybe with some
> good, clear examples?  ...

	Try "A Practical Guide to the UNIX System" by Mark G. Sobell,
ISBN 0-8053-8910-5 published by The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co. of
Menlo Park, Ca.  This book has about 50 pages on nroff with examples.
	I had the same problem you did - and this book gave me enough
initial understanding so that I could THEN understand the UNIX doc's,
which are about as clear as mud for a first time user.

	Larry Lippman
	Recognition Research Corp.
	Clarence, New York
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