https://github.com/ksherlock/awf
awf - The Amazingly Workable Formatter
https://github.com/ksherlock/awf
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awf - The Amazingly Workable Formatter
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ksherlock/awf
- Owner: ksherlock
- License: other
- Created: 2021-12-13T01:46:36.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-12-13T01:47:02.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-23T02:35:32.432Z (2 months ago)
- Language: Roff
- Size: 19.5 KB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README
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README
This is awf, the Amazingly Workable Formatter -- a "nroff -man" or
(subset) "nroff -ms" clone written entirely in (old) awk.
It is slow and has many restrictions, but does a decent job on most
manual pages and simple -ms documents, and isn't subject to AT&T's
brain-damaged licensing that denies many System V users any text
formatter at all. It is also a text formatter that is simple enough
to be tinkered with, for people who want to experiment.
Type "make r" to run a regression test, formatting the manual page
(awf.1) and comparing it to a preformatted copy (awf.1.out). Type
"make install" to install it. Pathnames may need changing.
I don't know whether awf will run on 16-bit machines. Data requirements
are modest, but I fear the programs are probably big enough to run awk
out of space.
I can't believe I really wrote this.
Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
[email protected] utzoo!henry
13 July 1990