21 Jul
2025
21 Jul
'25
11:04 a.m.
Hi All.
As a back burner project, I have the sources for a book, given to me
by the author, from around 1981. It was originally formatted using
the device independent troff suite. It used the -ms macros plus an
additional set of custom macros. I have the additional macros.
The book used tbl and pic. A quick grep does not find any instances
of .EQ, so it looks like eqn isn't needed.
I would like to be able to format the book and generate PDF.
What's the best way to go about this? Using groff in compatibility
mode? Or the Heirloom troff suite? If the latter, what's the
canonical location for it?
I will be working on Linux, Ubuntu 24.04.
Any and all advice will be welcome.
Thanks,
Arnold