[TUHS] formatting 1981 troff today?

[Angelo Papenhoff]

Maybe plan 9 troff?

aap

On 21/07/25, arnold at skeeve.com wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> As a back burner project, I have the sources for a book, given to me
> by the author, from around 1981. It was originally formatted using
> the device independent troff suite. It used the -ms macros plus an
> additional set of custom macros.  I have the additional macros.
> 
> The book used tbl and pic. A quick grep does not find any instances
> of .EQ, so it looks like eqn isn't needed.
> 
> I would like to be able to format the book and generate PDF.
> 
> What's the best way to go about this? Using groff in compatibility
> mode? Or the Heirloom troff suite?  If the latter, what's the
> canonical location for it?
> 
> I will be working on Linux, Ubuntu 24.04.
> 
> Any and all advice will be welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Arnold