Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bruce From: bruce@bnr-vpa.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: nroff help Message-ID: <178@bnr-vpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 10:37:09 EST Article-I.D.: bnr-vpa.178 Posted: Thu Nov 26 10:37:09 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 07:01:46 EST References: <202@altnet.UUCP> <6686@brl-smoke.ARPA> <218@wpg.UUCP> <2203@killer.UUCP> Reply-To: bruce@bnr-vpa.UUCP (Bruce Townsend) Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario Lines: 23 Keywords: nroff help Xref: utgpu comp.text:1297 comp.unix.questions:4552 In article <2203@killer.UUCP> jfh@killer.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes: >There is a package that came down the net before The Great Name Change >which could be used to build character tables for nroff. I am willing >to send it out if need be, but I'd much rather have someone figure out >what archives it's in so I don't duplicate someone else's job. I am the author of the "table" utility referred to above. It is for use with USG systems that do not have the ability to prepare new nroff terminal driver tables. I have recently sent a new version to the moderator of comp.sources.unix (two weeks ago), but have not heard anything back, nor have I seen any articles recently in that group. Perhaps he is on vacation, or busy with other things. In any case, I hope to have it distributed net-wide soon! The new version is much better than the old. Some bugs have been found and fixed, and there is a better Makefile. Also, for those who have HP-UX, with nroff supporting Kanji characters, the old table utility is broken. The new one will support this. -- Bruce Townsend (bnr-vpa!bruce) Phone: (613) 726-3008 Bell-Northern Research Usenet: {utzoo, utcs}!bnr-vpa!bruce P.O. Box 3511, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y 4H7