Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!masscomp!ulowell!apollo!roc From: roc@apollo.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: "Berkeley version" of ditroff ? Message-ID: <360e65f8.1054@apollo.uucp> Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 11:25:00 EDT Article-I.D.: apollo.360e65f8.1054 Posted: Tue Jul 14 11:25:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 01:40:51 EDT References: <1490@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> Distribution: na Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass. Lines: 32 dave@rosevax.Rosemount.COM asks: > At some time in the distant past I'd seen references to a "Berkeley version" > of ditroff. Is this real, or was this a bad pointer? If it is real, > what is this "Berkeley version" and how would I get it? This appears to be a semantic problem. In my world (at least), there are just two kinds of troff. One produces output for a C/A/T, and was originally written by Joseph Osanna at Bell Labs. It was part of UNIX until Release 2 of System V. It is currently called troff by BSD folks and otroff by System V folks. The BSD and System V versions have diverged somewhat (no suprise here), but the output file formats are essentially the same. The other produces ASCII output and comes with several filters which convert that output to device-specific opcodes (e.g., ImPress). It was written (I believe) by Brian Kernighan at Bell labs, and has been marketed by AT&T as part of the Documenter's Workbench (DWB). It is currently called ditroff by BSD folks and troff by System V folks. Or am I misinformed? -r Richard Curtis {umix | mit-eddie | uw-beaver}!apollo!roc