Aucbvax.4164 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Fri Oct 2 02:02:13 1981 >From decvax!utzoo!henry@Berkeley Fri Oct 2 01:58:16 1981 re diagram maker for troff: Brian Kernighan's PIC program (which was the subject of one of the papers in the recent ACM Text-Manipulation symposium proceedings) is said to have been passed to the WeCo lawyers for a decision on licensing. If you want it badly, you might be able to contribute to a favorable decision by telling them you want it. Don't expect miracles of speed from them, though, and take any time predictions they give with a large bag of salt. Mini-review: PIC looks very nice. A high-level specification language somewhat in the spirit of eqn. Getting a complex picture just *so* can get complicated, but this seems inherent: pictures are complex things. NB it needs a post-V7 version of troff. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.