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                                      AUTHOR:
                                      -------
                                   John Clement
                                Bonner Nuclear Lab
                                  Rice University
                                     Box 1892
                                 Houston Tx, 77251
                                  (713) 527-4018

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                                     ABSTRACT

                              Bonner Lab Runoff (RNO)

     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.  

