From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp-1.sys.kth.se (smtp-1.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.175]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id pADLjJ6R028086 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:45:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailscan-1.sys.kth.se (mailscan-1.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.91]) by smtp-1.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA259156B2A; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:45:13 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kth.se Received: from smtp-1.sys.kth.se ([130.237.32.175]) by mailscan-1.sys.kth.se (mailscan-1.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.91]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id OZGQhgfYG854; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:45:12 +0100 (CET) X-KTH-Auth: kristaps [77.201.233.73] X-KTH-mail-from: kristaps@bsd.lv Received: from [192.168.1.57] (73.233.201.77.rev.sfr.net [77.201.233.73]) by smtp-1.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD561557D7; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:45:09 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4EC03A64.8050500@bsd.lv> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:45:08 +0100 From: Kristaps Dzonsons User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 X-Mailinglist: mdocml-tech Reply-To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv, Jason McIntyre Subject: roff.7 HISTORY Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080201080008010100090706" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080201080008010100090706 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, This account is based upon and has been blessed by many of the parties involved. I cut out the programming languages (except troff's) for brevity, but the language is still a little clunky. Lots of facts to fit in a paragraph. Thoughts? Oks? Kristaps --------------080201080008010100090706 Content-Type: text/plain; name="patch.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="patch.txt" Index: roff.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/vhosts/mdocml.bsd.lv/cvs/mdocml/roff.7,v retrieving revision 1.34 diff -u -r1.34 roff.7 --- roff.7 6 Nov 2011 14:43:14 -0000 1.34 +++ roff.7 13 Nov 2011 21:44:50 -0000 @@ -945,14 +945,21 @@ .%U http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/doctools/troff.pdf .Re .Sh HISTORY -The RUNOFF typesetting system was written in PL/1 for the CTSS -operating system by Jerome ("Jerry") E. Saltzer in 1961. -It was first used as the main documentation tool by Multics since 1963. -Robert ("Bob") H. Morris ported it to the GE-635 and called it +The RUNOFF typesetting system, whose input forms the basis for .Nm , -Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, -Joseph F. Ossanna rewrote it in PDP-11 assembly in 1973, -and Brian W. Kernighan rewrote it in C in 1975. +was written for the CTSS operating system by Jerome E. Saltzer in 1964. +Doug McIlroy rewrote it in 1969, renaming it roff. +Dennis M. Ritchie rewrote McIlroy's utility for +.At v1 . +Joseph F. Ossanna improved roff and renamed it nroff +for +.At v2 , +then ported nroff to the C-language as troff, which Brian W.\& +Kernighan released with +.At v7 . +Kernighan's implementation forms the basis for most modern +.Nm +implementations and their input. .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This --------------080201080008010100090706-- -- To unsubscribe send an email to tech+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv