[TUHS] formatting 1981 troff today?

[arnold at skeeve.com]

Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 01:15:30PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Hi Arnold,
> > 
> > > > Could you use a late-edition Unix as an alternative?
> > >
> > > No, I don't have any kind of SimH setup and that's overkill.
> > > In particular I want to be able to use Git so that I can make changes
> > > if necessary.
> > 
> > I was thinking the native makefile would update a disk image, then have
> > the simulated system mount that ???disk???, run the hosted make, and
> > unmount.  Or any other means to sync the native files to the old system
> > just for the build step.
> > 
> > But I agree that could be a faff if you just want to get the book built.
> > Heirloom's a good starting place.
>
> Have you just tried groff?  I'm guessing you have, it produced something,
> but you are not sure it is correct?
>
> For me, groff tends to just work.

For me too. I haven't tried anything yet.  My gut feel is that using
original troff will be the fastest path, but I may try groff.

As to Plan 9 troff, I don't have a Plan 9 system, and don't want to
spend the time right now to climb that learning curve.

Thanks everyone,

Arnold