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,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 17487 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2022 09:56:55 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 Mar 2022 09:56:55 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8D8569D583; Wed, 9 Mar 2022 19:56:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4DD19D55D; Wed, 9 Mar 2022 19:53:22 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; secure) header.d=xs4all.nl header.i=@xs4all.nl header.b="H0C5bDqC"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5098B9D55D; Wed, 9 Mar 2022 19:53:18 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 666 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:53:13 AEST Received: from ewsoutbound.kpnmail.nl (ewsoutbound.kpnmail.nl [195.121.94.167]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 418929D55B for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2022 19:53:13 +1000 (AEST) X-KPN-MessageId: 27fe9527-9f8d-11ec-9080-005056abbe64 Received: from smtp.kpnmail.nl (unknown [10.31.155.37]) by ewsoutbound.so.kpn.org (Halon) with ESMTPS id 27fe9527-9f8d-11ec-9080-005056abbe64; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 10:41:55 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=xs4all.nl; s=xs4all01; h=to:date:subject:mime-version:content-type:message-id:from; bh=IhJLD16C/kowAbcFjz7qQkszACWcYXDYyIc7rIlvKUQ=; b=H0C5bDqCLh/CM0Ni+Sf+WcLOrzqKHhj0FM6WjxCPkKIZC30CVy6mnayyiHYSheqdZPyYb19TfQLAt hpDKjlxkqvXp1QkfRIJ4V5fL77WiY23hCRbwCJMf5uzNgSDDglZbiqiDGiskFchPyRZ/S4j3pd5MN5 C3nrJyrkZGiilQ69hGDEUwWYgBF0u9ERB288HvpC24nWwawf1ybfSyKQ3SXL89L55M3DlTwoPclfHW O/AbTMCfzw4edHp85X9EQ4l7Lfq6v3zU6lhhkw+YrCRs/ceCGr+9toU8Uks57rV+W4Fyvnzzfbhv62 sc/YJ2Kh3pWMGF48x/cFraJS34YQ9tQ== X-KPN-VerifiedSender: Yes X-CMASSUN: 33|lNXxeKcqs5JbFIsQZ9yGswp6xMoHRl73CVBE6MNvn/VmXuE0PaJ6C1vD7kHC2zk tr3d4FH4ycQrO4cqDp0JkUg== X-Originating-IP: 213.127.121.50 Received: from smtpclient.apple (ip-213-127-121-50.ip.prioritytelecom.net [213.127.121.50]) by smtp.xs4all.nl (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 28078fb9-9f8d-11ec-afb5-005056ab1411; Wed, 09 Mar 2022 10:41:55 +0100 (CET) From: Jaap Akkerhuis Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C9CB39BD-4DD1-4BA1-A0FA-FDBD8D1FD3F5"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 15.0 \(3693.60.0.1.1\)) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 10:41:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: To: Douglas McIlroy References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3693.60.0.1.1) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Documenter's Workbench versions 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" --Apple-Mail=_C9CB39BD-4DD1-4BA1-A0FA-FDBD8D1FD3F5 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_75358C35-13A9-4A51-B1B1-A6AD66D5F62B" --Apple-Mail=_75358C35-13A9-4A51-B1B1-A6AD66D5F62B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On Mar 9, 2022, at 3:06, Douglas McIlroy = wrote: >=20 > > Document preparation became a widespread use > of Unix, but no stand-alone word-processing system was ever = undertaken. I do seem to remember an attempt by some outfit to sell a standalone word processors based on troff, but U don't remember the name. It wasn't a success and failed very quickly. jaap --Apple-Mail=_75358C35-13A9-4A51-B1B1-A6AD66D5F62B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

On Mar 9, 2022, at 3:06, Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:

<SNIP>
Document preparation became a widespread use
of Unix, but no stand-alone = word-processing system was ever undertaken.

I do seem to remember an attempt by some outfit to sell a = standalone
word processors based on troff, but U = don't remember the name.  It
wasn't a success = and failed very quickly.

= jaap

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