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Re: [Groff] Dueling versions of GROFF for Windows
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Kees Zeelenberg |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Dueling versions of GROFF for Windows |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:28:12 +0200 |
I agree with these comments. The DJGPP-version is usually the fastest, since it
uses much less
overhead for emulating the Unix-functions. The Cygwin-version at Franken
includes Grap; DJGPP
doesn't (yet ?).
Kees
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Van: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
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Verzonden: zaterdag 26 augustus 2000 09:31
Onderwerp: Re: [Groff] Dueling versions of GROFF for Windows
>
> > 1. WinGROFF
>
> I think that the author will eventually port the latest version also.
>
> > 2. cygwin version
>
> > Can anyone comment on the relative merits of these two versions of
> > GROFF for Windows?
>
> Since groff is a command line oriented program, there should be no
> differences.
>
> There are two more ports usable for Windows using djgpp resp. a native
> MS compiler. The latter is incomplete, though. Please check the
> files MORE.STUFF and README.WIN32 in the groff distribution.
>
> I believe that the djgpp port is adapted best to MS-DOS behaviour, but
> I can't tell anything about Windows.
>
> It basically depends on your preferred environment which groff port
> you should use since most compilers usually have large run-time
> environment DLLs to provide/emulate UNIX functions not available on
> Windows. If all your UNIX programs come from, say, the cygwin
> project, it probably makes sense to use a cygwin port of groff also.
>
>
> Werner
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