Re: [9fans] troff and ps related

[hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com>]

Perhaps we should use troff and just convert it to tex?
Because I also hate to write/read tex.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Rudolf Sykora<rudolf.sykora@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/7/8 Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>:
>> I assume you have a non-Plan 9 machine to play with.
>> It's worth trying Heirloom troff there to see if the boxes
>> are done better.  They probably are.
>
> as far as I see, they are not better.
>
>> I need to fall back to the Plan 9 troff, because the low-level
>> details seem to differ between the two.
>
> so, unlike TeX, different troffs produce different outputs, right?
>
>> Honestly the box drawing has never really bothered me.
>> I don't draw boxes around things because it's too noisy
>> for my tastes anyway.
>
> it's not only boxes; it's tables, as I mentioned, as well.
>
> Thanks
> Ruda
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