From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <605920755.134257.1374157112614.JavaMail.sas1@172.29.249.242> References: <605920755.134257.1374157112614.JavaMail.sas1@172.29.249.242> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 10:03:48 +0200 Message-ID: From: Rudolf Sykora To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] Ligatures in Plan 9 troff Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6c9937b4-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hello, On 18 July 2013 16:18, benjamin.purcell wrote: > when I attempt to convert the troff output with dpost. Does anyone know how to get ligatures using Plan 9 troff? I also have been unable to typeset ligatures. I think I once asked the same question here, with no answer. So, perhaps, if you are in a hurry, use heirloom troff instead, or you may try and ask Ali Gholami Rudi , who recently wrote to me: # I had not yet publicly announced it and I am just fighting with the # temptation to start a new pic clone but in any case, neatroff, i.e. my # new troff implementation, is now usable (http://litcave.rudi.ir/). # There are some features (the ones that I rarely use myself) missing. # It comes with its own postscript postprocessor (neatpost) and it can # use the preprocessors and the macros of the original troff (available # in my linux port of plan9 troff). I hope to add some of the missing # features and document the differences between neatroff and groff or # the original troff in future. Ruda