Re: [TUHS] Reconstructed and newly set UNIX Manual

[Angelo Papenhoff <aap@papnet.eu>]

[this was meant to go over the list, Warren quoted it, but it
destroyed the formatting somewhat]

On 27/10/18, Warren Toomey wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 09:46:36PM +0200, Angelo Papenhoff wrote:
> > And most importantly: is the old troff really lost?
> 
> Angelo, I just trawled through the Unix Archive. Below is a list
> of tarballs with roff stuff in them. Hope this helps. Sorry that
> they are not in date order.
> Cheers, Warren

Unfortunately that does not include the old troff written in PDP-11
assembly.
The v6 tape and file system contain traces of it in the directory
/usr/source/s7, so we at least know (some of) the file names:

│002655f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |                |
│00265600 6d 01 72 6f 66 66 33 2e-73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |m?roff3.s       |
│00265610 6c 01 72 6f 66 66 34 2e-73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |l?roff4.s       |
│00265620 6b 01 72 6f 66 66 35 2e-73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |k?roff5.s       |
│00265630 6a 01 72 6f 66 66 37 2e-73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |j?roff7.s       |
│00265640 69 01 72 6f 66 66 38 2e-73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |i?roff8.s       |
│00265650 00 00 73 75 66 72 63 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  sufrc         |
│00265660 67 01 73 75 66 74 61 62-2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 |g?suftab.s      |
│00265670 00 00 74 63 61 74 73 69-6d 2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 |  tcatsim.s     |
│00265680 00 00 74 72 63 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  trc           |
│00265690 00 00 74 72 6f 66 66 31-2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  troff1.s      |
│002656a0 00 00 74 72 6f 66 66 32-2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  troff2.s      |
│002656b0 00 00 74 72 6f 66 66 33-2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  troff3.s      |
│002656c0 00 00 74 72 6f 66 66 34-2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  troff4.s      |
│002656d0 00 00 74 72 6f 66 66 35-2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  troff5.s      |
│002656e0 00 00 74 72 6f 66 66 36-2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  troff6.s      |
│002656f0 00 00 74 72 6f 66 66 36-61 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  troff6a       |
│00265700 00 00 74 72 6f 66 66 38-2e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  troff8.s      |
│00265710 00 00 78 78 78 78 78 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |  xxxxx         |
│00265720 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |                |

Now it could be that v7 troff is perfectly capable of generating the
manual just like older troff would have, I just haven't dived more
deeply into it all yet. I was more concerned about reconstructing the
actual content rather than the exact looks for now, but it's still
something i want to get right eventually.


This didn't go through the list but I'll reply here:

On 26/10/18, Ken Thompson wrote:
> nice job.

Thanks, You've always been an inspiration to me!

aap