A report on TYPSET and RUNOFF
Early document editor that was used with the 1964-released RUNOFF program, one of the earliest text formatting programs to see significant use.
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Roff (software)
2 linksFirst Unix text-formatting computer program, and a predecessor of the nroff and troff document processing systems.
First Unix text-formatting computer program, and a predecessor of the nroff and troff document processing systems.
It was a Unix version of the runoff text-formatting program from Multics, which was a descendant of RUNOFF for CTSS (the first computerized text-formatting application).
Compatible Time-Sharing System
2 linksThe first general purpose time-sharing operating system.
The first general purpose time-sharing operating system.
CTSS had one of the first computerized text editing and formatting utilities, called TYPSET and RUNOFF (the successors of MEMO, MODIFY and DITTO).
Multics
2 linksInfluential early time-sharing operating system based on the concept of a single-level memory.
Influential early time-sharing operating system based on the concept of a single-level memory.
runoff (rf)
Jerry Saltzer
2 linksAmerican computer scientist.
American computer scientist.
RUNOFF, a very early text-formatting program which was the basis for roff and nroff
Robert Morris (cryptographer)
1 linksAmerican cryptographer and computer scientist.
American cryptographer and computer scientist.
The pair also contributed a version of runoff text-formatting program for Multics.
Douglas McIlroy
1 linksMathematician, engineer, and programmer.
Mathematician, engineer, and programmer.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s McIlroy contributed programs for Multics (such as RUNOFF ) and Unix operating systems (such as diff, echo, tr, join and look ), versions of which are widespread to this day through adoption of the POSIX standard and Unix-like operating systems.
MAD (programming language)
1 linksProgramming language and compiler for the IBM 704 and later the IBM 709, IBM 7090, IBM 7040, UNIVAC 1107, UNIVAC 1108, Philco 210-211, and eventually the IBM S/370 mainframe computers.
Programming language and compiler for the IBM 704 and later the IBM 709, IBM 7090, IBM 7040, UNIVAC 1107, UNIVAC 1108, Philco 210-211, and eventually the IBM S/370 mainframe computers.
Programs written in MAD included MAIL, RUNOFF, one of the first text processing systems, and several other utilities all under Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS).
Nroff
1 linksText-formatting program on Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
Text-formatting program on Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
It was a descendant of the RUNOFF program from CTSS, the first computerized text-formatting program, and is a predecessor of the Unix troff document processing system.
TJ-2
0 linksPublished by Peter Samson in May 1963 and is thought to be the first page layout program.
Published by Peter Samson in May 1963 and is thought to be the first page layout program.
TJ-2 was succeeded by TYPSET and RUNOFF, a pair of complementary programs written in 1964 for the CTSS operating system.
SCRIPT (markup)
0 linksPart of IBM's Document Composition Facility (DCF) for IBM z/VM and z/OS systems.
Part of IBM's Document Composition Facility (DCF) for IBM z/VM and z/OS systems.
SCRIPT was developed for CP-67/CMS by Stuart Madnick at MIT, succeeding CTSS RUNOFF.