# HG changeset patch # User markus schnalke # Date 1342370508 -7200 # Node ID 37d9398c779a011119ea2715286aa4046847ebfb # Parent 95257474a1237208e8e182962195447a8a3ceb50 Updated the colophon. diff -r 95257474a123 -r 37d9398c779a colophon.roff --- a/colophon.roff Sun Jul 15 18:41:35 2012 +0200 +++ b/colophon.roff Sun Jul 15 18:41:48 2012 +0200 @@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ Unfortunately, I must admit that the troff sources are not perfectly portable as I accessed Heirloom troff extensions and ms internals, occasionally. -.P +The typesetting command line read something like: +.VS +export TROFFONTS=fonts REFER=bib +soelim style *.roff | \ + refer -e -P -sLAD -l,2 -k | tbl | grap | pic | \ + troff -Tps -ms -mpictures 2>err.ig | dpost >thesis.ps +VE My document preparation setup was inspired and guided by Dougherty and O'Reilly's .I "UNIX Text Processing @@ -27,12 +33,20 @@ .I "Nroff/Troff User's Manual helped with definitive answers. .P -The typesetting command line read something like: -.VS -export TROFFONTS=fonts REFER=bib -soelim style *.roff | refer -e -P -sLAD -l,2 -k | \ - tbl | grap | pic | troff -Tps -ms 2>err.ig | dpost >thesis.ps -VE +The mail agent diagramm was written in +.I pic . +The figures displaying the number of switches and the amount of +code through time were created with +.I grap . +The build dependency graph was generated with +.I dot . +Source data was preprocessed with +.I awk . +For programming and for writing this document, I used the +.I ex-vi +editor because +.I ed +would have been a bit too heavy, even for me. ;-) .P The text and heading font is Philipp Poll's \fILinux Libertine\fP. The monospace font used for code listings is a TrueType variant of @@ -45,12 +59,6 @@ by Hopcroft and Ullman, Addison-Wesley, 1990. The title page was inspired by books of the 19th century, mainly by the ones of Charles Darwin. -.P -For programming and for writing this document, I used the -.Pn ex-vi -editor because -.Pn ed -would have been a bit too heavy, even for me. ;-) .sp 2 .LP @@ -62,8 +70,8 @@ Apart from that, follow the scientific custom: Quote and acknowledge the reference. -.sp 2.5c -.LP + +.sp \n(.tu-1u Dijkstra's words on page .Cf dijkstra.page are a quotation of EWD\|648.