Document Formatting & Typesetting on the UNIX System (2/E)
by Narain Gehani (AT&T Bell Laboratories)
ISBN 0-9615336-2-5
1992
390 pages, Hardcover
$79.95 (US Dollars)
Author Bios: Gehani

 Summary    Contents  

The more I read ... the more impressed I was with the book. ... I highly recommend this book ... -- Phil Hughes in IEEE Software

Best selling book that discusses in detail the UNIX System document formatting facilities. One chapter each is devoted to specifying the document format (MM), specify- ing tables (TBL), figures (PIC), and equations (EQN). Other chapters summarize the UNIX system formatter TROFF and the WRITER'S WORKBENCHú. Contains several MM templates for preparing a variety of docu- ments such as books.

Chapters:

• Introduction
• Specifying The Document Format
• Specifying Tables
• Specifying Figures
• Specifying Formulas (Equations)
• troff/nroff - The Formatters
• WRITER'S WORKBENCH Software
• Example Document Templates
• Appendix A: More Document Formatting Tools
• Appendix B: Document Formatting Commands
• Appendix C: Some Font Samples
• Glossary
• Annotated Bibliography