Document Formatting And Typesetting On The Unix System

As the mystery of the computer world unfolds with each revelation of its technology, computer users today look forward to a powerful tool to produce a variety of reports and manuscripts. The Unix system provides a variety of powerful text formatters, and one such typesetting tool is called nroff/troff which can help users unlock the resources and the power of a computer system in the preparation of written documents. nroff is a text formatter for daisy-wheel printers and similar devices while troff is a device-independent text formatter for producing typeset output. These two together provide the facilities of a word processor together with formatting features and enable users to produce output that can be printed onto a variety of devices from line printers to typesetters.This book provides a complete description with regard to the capabilities of Unix document processing and typesetting to a variety of users. It also describes in detail the AT&T supported memorandum macros (mm) package which provides a user friendly interface to nroff/troff. The concept and techniques of typesetting are fully illustrated with examples to unveil the power of Unix's document processing capability.

A comprehensive guide to the text editing, formatting, and document preparation tools with the UNIX operating system, from the author of the widely-used The UNIX Operating system. The first chapter acts as a guide to the material in the succeeding 11 chapters. Goes on to cover the UNIX system's most popular text editor: vi; how vi can be retrofitted as a rudimentary word processor for simple jobs; the standard formatters nroff and troff; and the two most popular macro packages, -ms and -mm. Also discusses eqn (the first preprocessor), an aid for typesetting mathematics; The tbl preprocessor, for typesetting tables; refer, an aid for typesetting and managing references. The UNIX system's latest preprocessor, pic, an aid for typesetting line drawings, is also explored, as well as various standard UNIX utility programs that aid document preparation.

As the mystery of the computer world unfolds with each revelation of its technology, computer users today look forward to a powerful tool to produce a variety of reports and manuscripts. The Unix system provides a variety of powerful text formatters, and one such typesetting tool is called nroff/troff which can help users unlock the resources and the power of a computer system in the preparation of written documents. nroff is a text formatter for daisy-wheel printers and similar devices while troff is a device-independent text formatter for producing typeset output. These two together provide the facilities of a word processor together with formatting features and enable users to produce output that can be printed onto a variety of devices from line printers to typesetters. This book provides a complete description with regard to the capabilities of Unix document processing and typesetting to a variety of users. It also describes in detail the AT&T supported memorandum macros (mm) package which provides a user friendly interface to nroff/troff. The concept and techniques of typesetting are fully illustrated with examples to unveil the power of Unix's document processing capability. Contents:Document PreparationTypesetting Primitives in troffTypesetting with mmUnderlying nroff/troff FormatterDocument Preprocessor ToolsDocument Preparation ExamplesQuick Reference Guidevi-Unix Screen EditorBibliographyAppendixesIndex Readership: Computer scientists and computer typesetters. keywords: