From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C515926BC0 for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2024 06:57:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A7842850; Sat, 8 Jun 2024 14:57:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from central.weird.com (mail.robohack.planix.ca [198.96.117.51]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72A134284D for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2024 14:57:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from (invalid client hostname: bind: DNS error: DNS lookup for A for 'more.local': Unknown host)more.local ((no PTR matching greeting name)d207-6-82-137.bchsia.telus.net[207.6.82.137] port=49429) by central.weird.com([198.96.117.51] port=587) via TCP with esmtp (3082 bytes) (sender: ) (ident using UNIX) id for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2024 00:57:05 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #1 built 2022-Feb-11) Received: from more.local ([10.0.1.129] port=49430) by more.local([10.0.1.129] port=25) via TCP with esmtp (2607 bytes) (sender: ) id for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2024 18:58:02 -0700 (PDT) (Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #1 built 2022-Apr-6) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 18:58:02 -0700 From: "Greg A. Woods" To: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list In-Reply-To: <5fe1dc07-7598-47c7-ac44-9e113d946cac@gmail.com> References: <5fe1dc07-7598-47c7-ac44-9e113d946cac@gmail.com> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM-LB/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL-LB/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/26.3 (x86_64--netbsd) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-Face: ;j3Eth2XV8h1Yfu*uL{<:dQ$#E[DB0gemGZJ"J#4fH*][ lz;@-iwMv_u\6uIEKR0KY"=MzoQH#CrqBN`nG_5B@rrM8,f~Gr&h5a\= Subject: [TUHS] Re: Old documentation - still the best List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --pgp-sign-Multipart_Fri_Jun__7_18:57:54_2024-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII At Sat, 1 Jun 2024 20:59:42 -0500, Will Senn wrote: Subject: [TUHS] Old documentation - still the best > > Just the SH, TROFF and NROFF sections are > worth the effort of digging up this 40 > year old text. You might be interested in this one by the same author too: Title: Typesetting Tables on the UNIX System Author: Henry McGilton; Mary McNabb (With) Publisher: Trilithon Press Date: 1990-04 ISBN: 9780962628900 / 0962628905 https://archive.org/details/typesettingtable0000mcgi/mode/2up I found it invaluable back when I was using troff frequently, and it too is, IMHO, very well written. -- Greg A. Woods Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack Planix, Inc. Avoncote Farms --pgp-sign-Multipart_Fri_Jun__7_18:57:54_2024-1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: OpenPGP Digital Signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQTWEnAIIlcZX4oAawJie18UwlnHhQUCZmO6pQAKCRBie18UwlnH hTO9AKDba/jqjt3kBL7aRLr7F1VOZ/r6AACguIN3WaVnyN8JppgjkMDCQljCbJg= =k9mi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pgp-sign-Multipart_Fri_Jun__7_18:57:54_2024-1--