From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1101 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2020 09:28:02 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 27 Jul 2020 09:28:02 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C0ADA9CAC1; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:27:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E554E9C9DF; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:26:54 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; secure) header.d=xs4all.nl header.i=@xs4all.nl header.b="mC4iqvlB"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0007B9C9DF; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:26:52 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 428 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:26:48 AEST Received: from lb2-smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net (lb2-smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net [194.109.24.26]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9F8D9C8E2 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:26:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: from cust-b78b8d39 ([IPv6:fc0c:c13c:98fa:150c:cc7:77d5:90c0:2d4]) by smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net with ESMTPSA id zzIGje3A9uuXOzzIHjFnLi; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:19:38 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=xs4all.nl; s=s1; t=1595841578; bh=QM3wEFE+pJGBXoZWEHl6rF8hkmbgH2glUqallkXusCQ=; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:Date:Message-Id:To:From: Subject; b=mC4iqvlBvBfr67xHJ4yxlZP43cpq142QFiDMCl48SBsh89ZmEsMT4GsmHOk2eqmZU Wbgm6PSLEgabxo0am8yCAYFgFZbE6VeIlj2D6M4hFrjhm4qByfnwJRH+bynfFUasit 0VQg2WzjiW4G0/cb516rrN9INSLzED4TW2otlZFsws6c1ARDFLltMQL0RMAIULdl7F OA8h4jlSUTntjY3GX2hsg1CeMKyuFUiX5WCdlWOMlc7R7s7U7KjMT4bL6qzyJGb1Co rZ9hY6cQtTBViNkU4xQo1hznZikSX6LeDt95zrIjtToLoFI/+qOoAVzllZuVlMHMFm wke3u6YjxfUsw== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.1\)) From: Jaap Akkerhuis In-Reply-To: <202007270531.06R5V2OB030883@freefriends.org> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:19:36 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <0D7B784A-1F7E-4377-A307-9C457E8A8C1D@xs4all.nl> References: <202007261531.06QFVqZb027062@freefriends.org> <893a66b9-25a6-29c8-4e71-af71c7191176@gmail.com> <202007270531.06R5V2OB030883@freefriends.org> To: Aharon Robbins X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.1) X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfB/4cINkSY20FKhErfxMrDmeHHGROAHt75tYLNub0Oz3VtMS3Se7NvPQ+QIE7laWVpwCcYzpA/S5FEXyINJX5N1DbcMs5fgrQb0OphRGbves6lUgiJmM XLWfxGdcgifik+Mw90q5x3ZLjCOBIH6tFH7RXul382gN+htNW/6kQzqhexwpkVuadrT6FYBLeEtfyKVjbARPOidU+kWJR7nyBylT821LdrOFW6kD88O/zT88 Subject: Re: [TUHS] Troff to ps X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" >> When was dpost born? >> >> N. > > Eighth Edition, as part of ditroff. It wouldn't help on 2.11BSD anyway, > as dpost reads the ascii intermediate form from ditroff, not the C/A/T > typesetter codes from original troff. I don't know when it was born. It came from the Documentors Work Bench (DWB). The DWB used various to create the appropriate font tables using the target postscript interpreter the fonts were used. As far as I know, dpost and these tools were created by Rich Drechsler. jaap