UNIX Document Processing and Typesetting

UNIX Document Processing and Typesetting
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : 9810206054
ISBN-13 : 9789810206055
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Book Synopsis UNIX Document Processing and Typesetting by : Balasubramaniam Srinivasan

Download or read book UNIX Document Processing and Typesetting written by Balasubramaniam Srinivasan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1993 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the mystery of the computer world unfolds with each revelation of its technology, computer users today look forward to a powerful tool to produce a variety of reports and manuscripts. The Unix system provides a variety of powerful text formatters, and one such typesetting tool is called nroff/troff which can help users unlock the resources and the power of a computer system in the preparation of written documents. nroff is a text formatter for daisy-wheel printers and similar devices while troff is a device-independent text formatter for producing typeset output. These two together provide the facilities of a word processor together with formatting features and enable users to produce output that can be printed onto a variety of devices from line printers to typesetters.This book provides a complete description with regard to the capabilities of Unix document processing and typesetting to a variety of users. It also describes in detail the AT&T supported memorandum macros (mm) package which provides a user friendly interface to nroff/troff. The concept and techniques of typesetting are fully illustrated with examples to unveil the power of Unix's document processing capability.


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