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From: judith@proper.UUCP (Judith Abrahms)
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Subject: Re: a READABLE nroff/troff manual????
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 07:09:57 EDT
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In article <> terry@nrcvax.UUCP (Terry Grevstad) writes:
>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?

UNIX FOR PEOPLE, by Birns, Brown, & Muster (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
NJ, 1985) is the book I've found clearest, easiest, and fastest to learn from
in my attempts to master editing on here.  It's aimed at the complete novice,
but you can skim the parts that are already familiar.  Examples, short reviews,
and exercises to give you practice online are plentiful.  The style is simple 
but not disgustingly jocular.  The book takes you through an intro to vi & 
goes right on to troff & nroff, phototypesetting, etc.

I've seen it at Tower Books (subsid. of Tower Records), UCB bookstore, & other
places.  It ought to be easy to find.

And if you can handle Wordstar...!  No problem!

JA