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From: sverre@fesk.UUCP (Sverre Froyen)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: troff2lj problems
Message-ID: <169@fesk.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 88 17:37:11 GMT
References: <171@rocky8.rockefeller.edu>
Organization: SERI, Golden, CO
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From article <171@rocky8.rockefeller.edu>, by edf@rocky2.rockefeller.edu (David MacKenzie):
> Comp.sources.unix volume 3 (ends feb 86) contains a ditroff to LaserJet
> translator.  I haven't tried it (I don't have ditroff).  Sverre Froyen,
> troff2lj's other author, is now using a ditroff to LaserJet translator
> also.  I don't know if it is the above one or a modification of troff2lj.

I will try to get ditroff2lj in a form suitable for posting to
comp.sources.misc.  It may take a couple of weeks.  This version is
not a modification of troff2lj, but rather a rewrite of the mod.sources
vol. 3 version mentioned above.  Like the original version of troff2lj
it only works with font cartridges.  It works quite well with the
K-cartridge and reasonable well with the Z-cartridge.  I use it with
the K- and J-cartridges and use the J-cartridge for the CW fonts.

Sverre

PS. Somebody was wondering if there was a better way to do ligatures
with the troff2lj program.  An easy way to include ligatures would
be to redo the character translation tables to use strings instead
of single characters.  The ligature positions could then be coded
as "ff", "fi", etc.  You would also need to figure out the widths
and code these into the font description files.
-- 
Sverre Froyen
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