20 Nov
2017
20 Nov
'17
10:55 p.m.
Hi,
I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
but not anymore in v7.
Anyone have a copy or a scan?
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20 Nov
20 Nov
11 p.m.
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Leah Neukirchen <leah(a)vuxu.org> wrote:
Hi,
I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
but not anymore in v7.
Anyone have a copy or a scan?
Or is this some subtle in-joke they got tired of explaining :)
Warner
11:41 p.m.
On 11/20/17 4:00 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Leah Neukirchen <leah(a)vuxu.org
<mailto:leah@vuxu.org>> wrote:
Hi,
I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
but not anymore in v7.
Anyone have a copy or a scan?
Or is this some subtle in-joke they got tired of explaining :)
Warner
Is it what became known as "A TROFF Tutorial" in Volume 2 of the v7
manual and was available as early as October 11, 1976 as referenced by
Ossana in NROFF⁄TROFF User’s Manual as:
1.
[5] B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial, Bell Laboratories internal
memorandum
Will
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21 Nov
21 Nov
10:15 a.m.
Will Senn <will.senn(a)gmail.com> writes:
On 11/20/17 4:00 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
Ah, very good, thank you. I have a copy of Volume 2.
I guess the original title was deemed inapplicable. :)
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Leah Neukirchen <leah(a)vuxu.org> http://leah.zone
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Leah Neukirchen <leah(a)vuxu.org
<mailto:leah@vuxu.org>> wrote:
Hi,
I found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,
in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
but not anymore in v7.
Anyone have a copy or a scan?
Or is this some subtle in-joke they got tired of explaining :)
Warner
Is it what became known as "A TROFF Tutorial" in Volume 2 of the v7
manual and was available as early as October 11, 1976 as referenced by
Ossana in NROFF⁄TROFF User’s Manual as:
1.
[5] B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial, Bell Laboratories internal
memorandum 
1:54 p.m.
Leah Neukirchen <leah(a)vuxu.org> asked:
>> I found this paper by bwk referenced in
the Unix manpages,
>> in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),
>> in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),
>> also in the v6 "Unix Reading List",
>> but not anymore in v7.
>>
>> Anyone have a copy or a scan?
Warner (I think):
> Is it what became known as "A TROFF
Tutorial" in Volume 2 of the v7
> manual and was available as early as October 11, 1976 as referenced by
> Ossana in NROFF⁄TROFF User’s Manual as:
>
> 1.
>
> [5] B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial, Bell Laboratories internal
> memorandum
I asked Brian off-list. His answer:
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 06:24:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Kernighan <bwk(a)CS.Princeton.EDU>
To: arnold(a)skeeve.com
Subject: Re: "TROFF made trivial"?
That's almost surely what became the Troff tutorial. I will poke
around to see if I have a paper copy.
I he finds one, I'll pass it on.
Arnold
7:43 p.m.
>I he finds one, I'll pass it on.great. Thanks a lot in advance.From:
arnold(a)skeeve.comSent: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:25:23To: will.senn(a)gmail.com, leah(a)vuxu.orgCc:
tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.orgSubject: Re: [TUHS] TROFF made trivialLeah Neukirchen
&lt;leah(a)vuxu.org&gt; asked:> >> I
found this paper by bwk referenced in the Unix manpages,> >>
in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),> >>
in v5 as: TROFF Made Trivial (internal memorandom),>
>> also in the v6 "Unix Reading
List",> >> but not anymore in
v7.> >>> >> Anyone have a
copy or a scan?Warner (I think):> > Is it what became known as "A
TROFF Tutorial" in Volume 2 of the v7> > manual and was available
as early as October 11, 1976 as referenced by> > Ossana in
NROFF⁄TROFF User’s Manual as:> >> >
1.> >> > [5] B. W. Kernighan,
A TROFF Tutorial, Bell Laboratories internal> >
memorandumI asked Brian off-list. His answer:> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017
06:24:22 -0500 (EST)> From: Brian Kernighan
&lt;bwk(a)CS.Princeton.EDU&gt;&gt; To: arnold(a)skeeve.com&gt; Subject: Re:
"TROFF made trivial"?>> That's almost surely what
became the Troff tutorial. I will poke> around to see if I have a paper
copy.I he finds one, I'll pass it on.Arnold
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