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1 | This is the beta-test version of the GNU groff document formatting |
| 2 | system. The version number is given in the file VERSION. | |
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| 4 | Included in this release are implementations of troff, pic, eqn, tbl, | |
| 5 | the -man macros and the -ms macros, and drivers for PostScript, TeX | |
| 6 | dvi format, and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a modified | |
| 7 | version of the Berkeley -me macros, and an enhanced version of the | |
| 8 | X11R4 xditview. | |
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| 10 | You will require a C++ compiler implementing version 2.0 of the C++ | |
| 11 | language. I suggest GNU C++ 1.37.1. | |
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| 13 | See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. | |
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| 15 | Groff is free software. See the file LICENSE for copying permission. | |
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| 17 | The file CHANGES describes recent user-visible changes to groff. | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | The file PROBLEMS describes various problems that have been | |
| 20 | encountered in compiling, installing, and running groff. | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | For the moment, the documentation assumes that you are already | |
| 23 | familiar with the Unix versions of troff, -man, -ms and the | |
| 24 | preprocessors. | |
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| 26 | Please report bugs using the form in the file BUG-REPORT; the idea of | |
| 27 | this is to make sure that I have all the information I need to fix the | |
| 28 | bug. At the very least, read the BUG-REPORT form and make sure that | |
| 29 | you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are not | |
| 30 | sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this will | |
| 31 | enable me to determine whether it really is a bug or not. As well as | |
| 32 | bug reports, I would be interested in suggestions for improvements to | |
| 33 | groff (no matter how small). | |
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| 35 | James Clark | |
| 36 | jjc@jclark.uucp | |
| 37 | jjc%jclark@mcsun.eu.net | |
| 38 | jjc@ai.mit.edu |