110603 TEXT System for Technical Manuscript Preparation Version: March 1983 Submitted by: Dan Dill, Boston University, Boston, MA Operating System: RSX-11M V3.2 or later, RT-11 V4.0 or later, VAX/VMS V2.0 or later Source Language: C, MACRO-11 Memory Required: 16.5 Kbytes Software Required: DECUS No. 11-530 "RUNOFF" Hardware Required: NEC Spinwriter (33xx, 55xx, or 77xx series) with Technical Math/Times Roman type thimble Keywords: Scientific Applications, Text Formatting, Word Processing Abstract: The TEXT System is a collection of software tools, which in combination with DECUS RUNOFF (rno) form a comprehensive text processing system for technical manuscript preparation of PDP-11 and VAX-11 computers with NEC Spinwriters and the Technical Math / Times Roman type thimble. The tools consist of: TXT RNO technical manuscript preprocessor to facilitate use of the super/subscripting and alternate character set features of the Spinwriter / TM/TR thimble combination MP MACRO preprocessor / txtsys.h - TEXT System macros, to define sequences of TXT / RNO commands as new commands to make document entry easier, and to selectively include portions of text from other files within a document EQU Utility to extract just the equations from a document, into a file which will yield an annotated, formatted text. This greatly speeds debugging of equations QIO (RSX-11M/VMS) / SP: (RT-11) - The QIO task / SP: handler implements output of the often very long sequences of control characters to the Spinwriter DOC TEXT System control program, to coordinate and automate processing by the TEXT Systems components EQU, MP, TXT, RNO, and QIO/SP: DOC provides a uniform command interface to the TEXT System components for RT-11, RSX-11M, and VMS All sources and full documentation on each component are provided, including a detailed TXT manual. TXT is written in MACRO-11 (as are RNO, QIO, and SP:) and commented to be easily output to other output devices. DOC, EQU, and MP are written in DECUS C; task/save images are provided in case DECUS C is not available. Notes: DECUS RUNOFF, now modified to pass txt control sequences transparently to its fill/justification computations, is necesary to use this package. The Version is M02.4, DECUS No. 11-530. Media (Service Charge Code): User's Manual (EC), Two RX01 Diskettes (KB) Format: RT-11, 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: RT-11