Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bakul Shah
Via http://ftp.cs.stanford.edu/tex/texhax/texhax89.088 So only for -ms or -man. bwk's way may be better for your purpose. + | Date: Fri, 22 Sep 89 12:30:59 PDT | From: Phil Farrell | Subject: Re: TeX, troff, man pages | Keywords: TeX, troff, man pages | | In

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bakul Shah
https://bima.astro.umd.edu/nemo/man_html/tr2latex.l.html No idea how good it is though. On Fri, 05 May 2017 15:32:42 +1000 Bruce Ellis wrote: > > bwk mentioned that TeX was unworkable for this situation. Maybe it's time > for another good TeX hack. > > :-) brucee > >

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bruce Ellis
bwk mentioned that TeX was unworkable for this situation. Maybe it's time for another good TeX hack. :-) brucee On 5 May 2017 at 15:28, Bakul Shah wrote: > This is an opportunity for someone to implement troff macros in TeX. > Then you can embed EPS easily! > > :-) > > On

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bakul Shah
This is an opportunity for someone to implement troff macros in TeX. Then you can embed EPS easily! :-) On Fri, 05 May 2017 15:23:39 +1000 Bruce Ellis wrote: > > I asked bwk - troff wizard, and to paraphrase him "there is no good > solution". > > There is the PSPIC

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-04 Thread Bruce Ellis
I asked bwk - troff wizard, and to paraphrase him "there is no good solution". There is the PSPIC macro in groff, but it generates huge files. For the latest book they used \X to embed markers and a go programs to postprocess troff output. brucee On 2 May 2017 at 19:37, Bruce Ellis

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-02 Thread Bruce Ellis
Specifically html. brucee On 2 May 2017 at 19:29, Steve Simon wrote: > > If it's a diagram i would use the mpictures macros on plan9. if it is a > group of pages, then i am at a loss, sorry. > > http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9/6/mpictures > > -Steve > > > On 2 May 2017, at

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-02 Thread Steve Simon
If it's a diagram i would use the mpictures macros on plan9. if it is a group of pages, then i am at a loss, sorry. http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9/6/mpictures -Steve > On 2 May 2017, at 09:59, Bruce Ellis wrote: > > Is using \X what I'm looking for, with -Tpost

Re: [9fans] Postscript and troff

2017-05-02 Thread Bruce Ellis
Is using \X what I'm looking for, with -Tpost (default)? brucee On 2 May 2017 at 13:44, Prof Brucee wrote: > Any advice on including postscript in a troff document? > > brucee >