Paolo AmorosoIn the mid 1980s the Computer Science Department at the University of Rochester began using Typesetter-Independent troff with an experimental laser printer and a strange phototypesetter. This report described their experience, war stories, and advice for implementors of troff post processors.
cactusdualcoreA great read for anybody interested in documentation on *nix systems
Antonio FrecenteseVecchi appunti di filologia giapponese da portare in #troff… Che lavoraccio!
Ursidinoj/The Bjornsdottirs
Michael PiotrowskiI used the opportunity to also “fix” the #troff output, i.e., it was already working, but I updated the image handling and added EPS versions of the sample images, so formatting the documentation with troff should now work out of the box.
Wolfgang StiefNeben alten Computern hab' ich's ja auch mit Typographie, Buchdruck und Fotosatz. Von da ist es dann nicht mehr weit zu Textsatz mit dem Computer und der Welt von troff, pic und eqn. Dazu heute zwei Neuzugänge im Alteisenregal. #vintagecomputing #bücherliebe #unix #techhistory #dtp #troff
Worble Parker
pescoNew #troff project: a character sheet for the #Lancer #RPG because I think the official one is not quite up to scratch. Aimed to mix the original "clean technofuturist" style with the monochrome paperwork aesthetics of #Traveller that I like so much. Tell me what you think.
BTW, font used is TeX Gyre Heros, a very exact stand-in for the original's Helvetica.
researchreisenToday, I was extremely tired, nothing weird as the work week was quite tough. Nevertheless, I had some space to read about #plan9 it simply is an interesting OS. I am now playing around with #troff a bit. I really see potential to explore Plan 9 under a #minimalcomputing perspective #dh #blog
New project: putting ALL my notes written by pen during the university period in the computer using #troff, so to obtain printable PDFs and get rid of A LOT of paper.
What a hard one!