UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by tlcu » Mon, May 11, 2020, 7:24 AM UTC

UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)
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Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by jhoechtl » Tue, May 12, 2020, 8:40 AM UTC

Is there a PS or PDF version around somewhere? The HTML-output doesn't cover what is possible with the ms-macros.

Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by uranium235 » Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:12 AM UTC

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/roff2html.1.html

Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by uranium235 » Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:16 AM UTC

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390724/how-to-create...

Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by uranium235 » Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:19 AM UTC

uranium235 wrote: post #4

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390724/how-to-create...

if you want to convert to pdf some of the steps involving postscript can be skipped using something like xelatex

Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by uranium235 » Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:21 AM UTC

uranium235 wrote: post #5

uranium235 wrote: post #4

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390724/how-to-create...

if you want to convert to pdf some of the steps involving postscript can be skipped using something like xelatex

although I believe groff itself has the ability to just straight generate pdf

Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by uranium235 » Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:22 AM UTC

uranium235 wrote: post #5

uranium235 wrote: post #4

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/390724/how-to-create...

if you want to convert to pdf some of the steps involving postscript can be skipped using something like xelatex

sorry I forgot the purpose of the link was to provide nostalgia but here I go with all of the format and conversion paths... sorry :(

Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by uranium235 » Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:24 AM UTC

jhoechtl wrote: post #2

Is there a PS or PDF version around somewhere? The HTML-output doesn't cover what is possible with the ms-macros.

the implication for me at least is a lot, and yeah a lot more has come to exist since so shrug still nothing like using a troff/nroff from 1984 I spose

Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by uranium235 » Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:28 AM UTC

jhoechtl wrote: post #2

Is there a PS or PDF version around somewhere? The HTML-output doesn't cover what is possible with the ms-macros.

heres a more recent groff implementation of it the macros: https://linux.die.net/man/7/groff_ms prob not what you're looking for, you prob want to get ahold of the orig nroff/troff files

Re: UNIX Text Formatting Using the -ms Macros (1984)

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Post by uranium235 » Tue, May 12, 2020, 9:38 AM UTC

I just found a brand new PAGER for man: konqueror (man:/) https://imgur.com/a/F3o4VIu