21 Nov
2017
21 Nov
'17
12:54 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 in v4 as: TROFF Made Trivial (unpublished),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