Bonner Lab Runoff is a text formatter which when used with your favorite
editor makes a complete word processor. Its syntax is almost a complete
emulation of DSR (Digital Standard Runoff) and it is very compatible with
previous versions of Runoff. The document and help file for this version
can also be used for DSR. The intent of this program is to support com-
plete scientific word processing to produce publication quality output.
It has been used to produce thesis, progress reports, and scientific pa-
pers here at Rice University.
This version allows complete control of any special printer available via
user definable escape sequences. In addition a macro facility allows
text or sequences of commands to be abbreviated to a single label. If
the printer has the correct features then variable spacing,subscripting,
superscripting, and equation formatting are possible. By properly defin-
ing escape sequences the user may support different printers in a tran-
sparent fashion. In other words the same input text will print in
identical fashion on different printers with different control codes and
escape sequences.
Table of contents, indexing and sub-indexing are all supported. Multiple
table of contents or multiple indexing may be constructed from the avail-
able commands. A variety of LAYOUT and STYLE commands may completely
change the look of the pages. Table layout is simplified by right justi-
fied and 'decimal' justified tabs. Permanent margins which apply to the
page headers are available. These simplify the setting of header and
text margins.
All special characters are redefinable. The user may define new com-
mands, and text macros. By defining commands you can make it resemble
other text formatters, or other verstions of RUNOFF. You may define
numeric symbols facilitate constructing lists of arbitrary items. These
allow page and section references. A 2 pass option allows forward refer-
ences to symbols defined later in the text.
This runs under VMS, RSX, IAS, RT11, TSX, and probably RSTS. It should
run on a PRO with no modifacations. RNO occupies a minimum of 30 to 37
kbytes depending on the operating system.
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Distribution
This distribution contains all files necessary for building RNO for any
supported operating systems. Nearly All file names are 6 characters or
less to acommodate all operating systems. Once you have built the exe-
cutable image, you can use it to generate documentation and help files
for your operating system. Several files are included to document this
version. Instructions for building the program are in the BUILD.DOC
file. Bugs that have been fixed are in RNOBUG.DOC. The latest enhance-
ments are in CHANGE.DOC. The VMS distribution contains RNO.EXE, but all
other users must build RNO. The full document (RUNOFF.DOC) is not dis-
tributed on small (floppy) kits, but it is included with mag tape kits.