Re: [9fans] troff macros for typesetting books/longer texts
troff got me my first job in the industry, working at SCO in the '80s as a typesetter. I swore by my copy of Word Processing on the UNIX System by Morris Krieger, and I'm shocked to not see it listed at http://www.troff.org/books.html but a Google search shows that used copies are still available, and at reasonable prices. If you want to go the plain TeX route, I _strongly_ recommend Arvin Borde's books, TeX By Example and Mathematical TeX By Example. The books' conceit is to show typeset text on one page, and the source code used to generate that text on the facing page--such an obvious idea. Those, plus The TeXbook, are sure to help someone become a solid wizard.
Re: [9fans] troff macros for typesetting books/longer texts
i think everybody would appreciate one xor the other cleaned up, de-pccified and added to the distribution. I like this use of languages :) The thread is getting big. Perhaps simply learning troff/tex is indeed easier. But I really am no typesetter, just a simple computer user. Tex is yet an other language, Latex too complicated, Microsoft Word too ugly, Troff macros not in a good state... What can I use?
Re: [9fans] troff macros for typesetting books/longer texts
hello html? For those who use math in their docs, this might be of interest: http://www.mathjax.org, gabi On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:16 PM, hiro 23h...@googlemail.com wrote: i think everybody would appreciate one xor the other cleaned up, de-pccified and added to the distribution. I like this use of languages :) The thread is getting big. Perhaps simply learning troff/tex is indeed easier. But I really am no typesetter, just a simple computer user. Tex is yet an other language, Latex too complicated, Microsoft Word too ugly, Troff macros not in a good state... What can I use?
[9fans] troff macro II
Hello 9fans,
since in the previous thread started by me ('troff macros for
typesetting books/longer texts') nobody touched my question about
producing wanted headings, I started experimenting, but so far has not
been quite successful.
Since text to appear in my headings is to mirror section names, like
'1.2', and a beginning of such a section appears somewhere lower on a
page---definitely below the page heading---, I must create a page
heading just after the very page is filled, i.e., as I feel, the
heading could actually be produced when the ms .BT macro (usually used
to typeset footings) is called. So I naively tried to redefine the .BT
macro, actually, by just appending 4 extra lines:
.de BT
.nr PX \\n(.s
.nr PF \\n(.f
.ft 1
.ps \\n(PS
'lt \\n(LTu
.po \\n(POu
.if \\n%0 .tl \(ts\\*(LF\(ts\\*(CF\(ts\\*(RF\(ts
.ft \\n(PF
.ps \\n(PX
.\ ABOVE IS THE ORIGINAL, BELOW MY APPENDIX
.mk
\v'|0.5i'
.tl 'a'b'c'
.rt
..
Please consider this just as an experiment (no point-size changes,...).
This for some reason doesn't work.
Since some of you probably have experience, could sb. tell what is wrong?
Thank you
Ruda
Re: [9fans] troff macro II
Typing from phone so I'll be brief.
Just put the header at the bottom of the page and pipe the .ps output
through sed to change the vertical position.
I found this easier than moving back up the page in troff.
Greg
On Mar 24, 2011 12:56 PM, Rudolf Sykora rudolf.syk...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello 9fans,
since in the previous thread started by me ('troff macros for
typesetting books/longer texts') nobody touched my question about
producing wanted headings, I started experimenting, but so far has not
been quite successful.
Since text to appear in my headings is to mirror section names, like
'1.2', and a beginning of such a section appears somewhere lower on a
page---definitely below the page heading---, I must create a page
heading just after the very page is filled, i.e., as I feel, the
heading could actually be produced when the ms .BT macro (usually used
to typeset footings) is called. So I naively tried to redefine the .BT
macro, actually, by just appending 4 extra lines:
.de BT
.nr PX \\n(.s
.nr PF \\n(.f
.ft 1
.ps \\n(PS
'lt \\n(LTu
.po \\n(POu
.if \\n%0 .tl \(ts\\*(LF\(ts\\*(CF\(ts\\*(RF\(ts
.ft \\n(PF
.ps \\n(PX
.\ ABOVE IS THE ORIGINAL, BELOW MY APPENDIX
.mk
\v'|0.5i'
.tl 'a'b'c'
.rt
..
Please consider this just as an experiment (no point-size changes,...).
This for some reason doesn't work.
Since some of you probably have experience, could sb. tell what is wrong?
Thank you
Ruda
[9fans] how can I set path
I'm new to plan9. i don't know how to set path on plan9, can you help me? thank you.
Re: [9fans] how can I set path
You don't. You may want read /sys/doc/9.ps.
Re: [9fans] how can I set path
but i want to build inferno on plan9, i have to add /usr/glenda/inferno/Plan9/386/bin to my default path. how can i do that? From: Jacob Todd jaketodd422@gma... Subject: how can I set path Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:23:09 -0400 You don't. You may want read /sys/doc/9.ps.
Re: [9fans] how can I set path
bind -b /usr/glenda/inferno/Plan9/386/bin /bin 2011/3/24 流明 34261...@qq.com: but i want to build inferno on plan9, i have to add /usr/glenda/inferno/Plan9/386/bin to my default path. how can i do that? From: Jacob Todd jaketodd422@gma... Subject: how can I set path Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:23:09 -0400 You don't. You may want read /sys/doc/9.ps.
Re: [9fans] how can I set path
bind -a /usr/glenda/inferno/Plan9/386/bin /bin
Re: [9fans] how can I set path
it does! thank you very much! From: John Floren john@jfl... Subject: how can I set path Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:36:51 -0700 bind -b /usr/glenda/inferno/Plan9/386/bin /bin 2011/3/24 ��� 34261...@qq.com: but i want to build inferno on plan9, i have to� add /usr/glenda/inferno/Plan9/386/bin to my default path. how can i do that? From: Jacob Todd jaketodd422@gma... Subject: how can I set path Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:23:09 -0400 You don't.� You may want read /sys/doc/9.ps.
