On Friday, 10 March 2006 at 17:28:51 +0300, Michail Vidiassov wrote: > Dear All, > > let us run some survey. > Please, tell us, how do you use groff PS output.
I use PostScript output for almost everything. My book "The Complete FreeBSD" (http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/) is written in groff and made available as PostScript. Just occasionally I use nroff to make texts for markup and review. > Do you know how other people use it? > Is it really in use? Yes. > Do you use fonts supplied with groff or install your own font files? I've had problems with fonts when converting from PostScript to PDF when using the default fonts: ligatures are incorrectly spaced. This isn't a groff problem, of course, but it's annoying and I can't find a way around it. When I specifically download the fonts, it works fine, but there are no .afm files for the default fonts. If anybody can help, I'd be grateful. > On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >>> Are you sure groff is used to print manuals directly on PS 2 >>> printers that often? I guess thet grops output is more likely to be >>> handled by some printing software, like ghostscript, often to make >>> PDF. >> >> Well, I have a 10 years old Apple LaserWriter printer (which comes >> with an original Adobe PS interpreter), and I normally don't create a >> PDF document from the PS original just for printing... > > Do you print groff PS output for any purposes but test? > But, on the other hand, may be you are printing more pages > created with grops then the rest of humanity. I think this and the other responses to your message suggest that this is a misassumption. Greg -- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers
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