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Archive-name: text-faq Last-Modified: Wed Jun 2 08:38:35 EDT 1999 Frequently Asked Questions for comp.text Chris Lewis Copyright 1991 - 1995. Redistribution for profit, or with altered content/format prohibited without permission of the author. Redistribution via printed book or CDROM expressly prohibited without consent of the author. Any other redistribution must include this copyright notice and attribution. (This list was originally compiled by Nils-Peter Nelson, with contributions from Jaap Akkerhuis, Dick Dunn, Nick Haines, Steve Harley, Harro Kremer, Chris Lewis, John Macdonald, Bob Morris, Nils-Peter Nelson, Chip Rosenthal.) If you have comments or additions, please contact Chris Lewis, textfaq@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (note Reply-to). Changes are marked with a "|" in left column. Many newsreaders (e.g. rn, trn) allow you to search for them with "g^|". Changes this issue: - New URLs for troff manual and tutorial
Section Contents
- News Headers
- Questions discussed:
- GN1. What is the difference between word processing, desktop publishing, technical publishing, electronic publishing, etc?
- GN2. Which do I need?
- GN3. What is a markup language?
- GN4. What is SGML? ODA?
- GN5. What is WYSIWYG? Do I need it?
- GN6. What is PostScript?
- GN7. What is TeX?
- GN8. What are some popular Desktop Publishing packages?
- GN9. Where can I read more?
- GN10. What is Lout?
- GN13. What is RTF?
- TR1. What is troff? Why are there so many questions about it?
- TR2. How many varieties of troff are there? What are the differences?
- TR3. What are some of the filters for troff output?
- TR4. What other troff printer drivers are there?
- TR5. How do I get my troff to drive my printer?
- TR6. None of the mentioned packages support *my* printer. Help?
- TR7. How do I embed PostScript in troff?
- TR8. What are fonts? How do I add fonts?
- TR9. What are width tables?
- TR10. How do I make width tables?
- TR11. What are: pic, eqn, tbl, grap, refer?
- TR12. How do I preview my troff on my screen?
- TR13. I need makedev, but my DWB doesn't come with it.
- TR14. Nroff/Troff on DOS machines
- TR15. What books can I get about DWB?
- TR16. Complete DWB description.
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