Re: Document processing -- modern deroff(1)?

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Groovy hepcat vallor was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Thu, 15 Aug
2024 03:30 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

> So I'm (finally) writing a book, and using groff -mom macros
> for typesetting.  Wanted to run what I have so far through
> style(1) and diction(1), which on Linux requires one to
> run the input through deroff(1) first.
> 
> Linux doesn't seem to have deroff.

  Sure it does; just not the distro you're using. But the source code is
easy enough to find. A quick Duck-Duck-Go search followed by a little
following of links lead me to this URL:

http://www.moria.de/~michael/deroff/deroff-2.0.tar.gz

Download, install, enjoy!

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Document processing -- modern deroff(1)? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-08-15 05:30 +0000
  Re: Document processing -- modern deroff(1)? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-15 06:24 +0000
  Re: Document processing -- modern deroff(1)? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-15 11:39 +0100
    Re: Document processing -- modern deroff(1)? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-08-16 14:04 +0000
  Re: Document processing -- modern deroff(1)? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-08-15 14:33 +0000
    Re: Document processing -- modern deroff(1)? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-08-16 01:59 +0000
  Re: Document processing -- modern deroff(1)? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-08-15 23:25 +0200
  Re: Document processing -- modern deroff(1)? Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2024-08-17 15:14 +1000

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