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* [TUHS] TROFF made trivial
@ 2017-11-20 21:55 Leah Neukirchen
  2017-11-20 22:00 ` Warner Losh
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From: Leah Neukirchen @ 2017-11-20 21:55 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hi,

I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
but not anymore in v7.

Anyone have a copy or a scan?

-- 
Leah Neukirchen  <leah at vuxu.org>  http://leah.zone


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* [TUHS] TROFF made trivial
  2017-11-20 21:55 [TUHS] TROFF made trivial Leah Neukirchen
@ 2017-11-20 22:00 ` Warner Losh
  2017-11-20 22:41   ` Will Senn
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Warner Losh @ 2017-11-20 22:00 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Leah Neukirchen <leah at vuxu.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
> in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
> in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
> also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
> but not anymore in v7.
>
> Anyone have a copy or a scan?
>

Or is this some subtle in-joke they got tired of explaining :)

Warner
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* [TUHS] TROFF made trivial
  2017-11-20 22:00 ` Warner Losh
@ 2017-11-20 22:41   ` Will Senn
  2017-11-21  9:15     ` Leah Neukirchen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Will Senn @ 2017-11-20 22:41 UTC (permalink / raw)


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On 11/20/17 4:00 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Leah Neukirchen <leah at vuxu.org 
> <mailto:leah at vuxu.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
>     in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
>     in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
>     also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
>     but not anymore in v7.
>
>     Anyone have a copy or a scan?
>
>
> Or is this some subtle in-joke they got tired of explaining :)
>
> Warner

Is it what became known as "A TROFF Tutorial" in Volume 2 of the v7 
manual and was available as early as October 11, 1976 as referenced by 
Ossana in NROFF⁄TROFF User’s Manual as:

 1.

    [5]  B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial, Bell Laboratories internal
    memorandum

Will

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* [TUHS] TROFF made trivial
  2017-11-20 22:41   ` Will Senn
@ 2017-11-21  9:15     ` Leah Neukirchen
  2017-11-21 12:54       ` arnold
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From: Leah Neukirchen @ 2017-11-21  9:15 UTC (permalink / raw)


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Will Senn <will.senn at gmail.com> writes:

> On 11/20/17 4:00 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Leah Neukirchen <leah at vuxu.org
>> <mailto:leah at vuxu.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
>>     in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
>>     in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
>>     also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
>>     but not anymore in v7.
>>
>>     Anyone have a copy or a scan?
>>
>>
>> Or is this some subtle in-joke they got tired of explaining :)
>>
>> Warner
>
> Is it what became known as "A TROFF Tutorial" in Volume 2 of the v7
> manual and was available as early as October 11, 1976 as referenced by
> Ossana in NROFF⁄TROFF User’s Manual as:
>
> 1.
>
>    [5]  B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial, Bell Laboratories internal
>    memorandum

Ah, very good, thank you.  I have a copy of Volume 2.

I guess the original title was deemed inapplicable. :)

-- 
Leah Neukirchen  <leah at vuxu.org>  http://leah.zone


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* [TUHS] TROFF made trivial
  2017-11-21  9:15     ` Leah Neukirchen
@ 2017-11-21 12:54       ` arnold
  2017-11-21 18:43         ` Mutiny 
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: arnold @ 2017-11-21 12:54 UTC (permalink / raw)


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Leah Neukirchen <leah at vuxu.org> asked:

> >>     I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
> >>     in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
> >>     in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
> >>     also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
> >>     but not anymore in v7.
> >>
> >>     Anyone have a copy or a scan?

Warner (I think):

> > Is it what became known as "A TROFF Tutorial" in Volume 2 of the v7
> > manual and was available as early as October 11, 1976 as referenced by
> > Ossana in NROFF⁄TROFF User’s Manual as:
> >
> > 1.
> >
> >    [5]  B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial, Bell Laboratories internal
> >    memorandum

I asked Brian off-list. His answer:

> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 06:24:22 -0500 (EST)
> From: Brian Kernighan <bwk at CS.Princeton.EDU>
> To: arnold at skeeve.com
> Subject: Re: "TROFF made trivial"?
>
> That's almost surely what became the Troff tutorial.  I will poke
> around to see if I have a paper copy.

I he finds one, I'll pass it on.

Arnold


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* [TUHS] TROFF made trivial
  2017-11-21 12:54       ` arnold
@ 2017-11-21 18:43         ` Mutiny 
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From: Mutiny  @ 2017-11-21 18:43 UTC (permalink / raw)


&gt;I he finds one, I&#39;ll pass it on.great. Thanks a lot in advance.From: arnold at skeeve.comSent: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:25:23To: will.senn at gmail.com, leah at vuxu.orgCc: tuhs at minnie.tuhs.orgSubject: Re: [TUHS] TROFF made trivialLeah Neukirchen &lt;leah at vuxu.org&gt; asked:&gt; &gt;&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,&gt; &gt;&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),&gt; &gt;&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),&gt; &gt;&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; also in the v6 &quot;Unix Reading List&quot;,&gt; &gt;&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; but not anymore in v7.&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; Anyone have a copy or a scan?Warner (I think):&gt; &gt; Is it what became known as &quot;A TROFF Tutorial&quot; in Volume 2 of the v7&gt; &gt; manual and was available as early as October 11, 1976 as referenced by&gt; &gt; Ossana in NROFF&frasl;TROFF User&rsquo;s Manual as:&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; 1.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &nbsp; &nbsp;[5] &nbsp; B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial, Bell Laboratories internal&gt; &gt; &nbsp; &nbsp;memorandumI asked Brian off-list. His answer:&gt; Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 06:24:22 -0500 (EST)&gt; From: Brian Kernighan &lt;bwk at CS.Princeton.EDU&gt;&gt; To: arnold at skeeve.com&gt; Subject: Re: &quot;TROFF made trivial&quot;?&gt;&gt; That&#39;s almost surely what became the Troff tutorial. &nbsp;I will poke&gt; around to see if I have a paper copy.I he finds one, I&#39;ll pass it on.Arnold
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