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AIX Version 4.3 Package Guide for LPP Installation

Text Formatting Services Package

The Text Formatting System provides services supporting the formatting and printing of a wide variety of documents, including business and technical reports, journal articles, books, and reports formatted for printers or phototypesetters.

Fileset Names

bos.txt.bib Bibliography Support

This fileset collects and formats reference lists in documents. It is a preprocessor to the NROFF and TROFF typesetting systems.

bos.txt.bib.data Shared data portion of Bibliography Support

This fileset contains data files for Bibliography Support.

bos.txt.spell Writer's Tools

This fileset contains the AIX Spell Checker Utilities. These utilities compare words or derivations of words (by applying certain inflections, prefixes, and suffixes) to those in a spelling list.

bos.txt.spell.data Shared data portion of Writer's Tools

This fileset contains the Spell Checker Dictionaries for the Writer's Tools.

bos.txt.tfs Text Formatting Services

The Text Formatting System consists of the familiar UNIX operating system NROFF and TROFF utilities and related commands supporting functions from the Documenter's Workbench Release 2.0 package, as well as enhancements and additional commands to provide 4.3 Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) functions.

bos.txt.tfs.data Shared data portion of Text Formatting Services

This fileset contains data files for Text Formatting Services.

bos.txt.ts TranScript Tools

This fileset provides a suite of programs that enables AIX applications to communicate with and print to PostScript printers. The enscript command supports printing ASCII files on PostScript printers.

bos.txt.xpv.rte Troff Xpreviewer

This fileset is an AIXwindows and Motif based application that displays X100 output from the troff command on an AIXwindows display.

bos.txt.hplj.fnt Fonts for Hewlett-Packard LaserJet Printer

This fileset provides TROFF fonts for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer.

bos.txt.ibm3812.fnt Fonts for 3812 Printer

This fileset provides TROFF fonts for the IBM 3812 printer.

bos.txt.ibm3816.fnt Fonts for 3816 Printer

This fileset provides TROFF fonts for the IBM 3816 printer.

Approximate Disk Space Required

The Text Formatting Services package requires approximately 13.3MB of disk space.

Requisite Software

Install requisite software either before or with the filesets you are installing from this package.

fileset you are installing Requisite Software
Bibliography Support Shared data portion of
Bibliography Support
bos.txt.bib.data
Shared data portion of Bibliography Support Shared data portion of Text
Formatting Services
bos.txt.tfs.data
Writer's Tools Text Formatting Services
bos.txt.tfs
Shared data portion of Writer's Tools
bos.txt.spell.data
Fonts for Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet Printer Text Formatting Services
bos.txt.tfs
Fonts for 3812 Printer Text Formatting Services
bos.txt.tfs
Fonts for 3816 Printer Text Formatting Services
bos.txt.tfs
TranScript Tools Text Formatting Services
bos.txt.tfs
Troff Xpreviewer Common Language to Language
Converter
bos.iconv.com
AIXwindows Run-Time Common
Directories
X11.base.common
AIXwindows Run-Time Libraries
X11.base.lib
AIXwindows Run-Time Environment
X11.base.rte
AIXwindows Fonts
X11.fnt.defaultFonts
AIXwindows PC850
Fonts Compatibility
X11.compat.fnt.pc
Display PostScript Run-Time
Environment
dps.rte
Troff PostScript Xpreviewer Display PostScript Run-Time
Environment
dps.rte
Display PostScript Fonts
dps.fnt
Troff Xpreviewer
bos.txt.xpv.rte

Special Installation Notes

You do not have to shut down and restart your system after installation to make this product available for use.

Special Migration Notes

The following files are preserved during a migration install:

Troff Xpreviewer:

/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XPreview

/usr/lib/X11/Ja_JP/app-defaults/XPreview

/usr/lib/X11/ja_JP/app-defaults/XPreview

/usr/lib/X11/ko_KR/app-defaults/XPreview

/usr/lib/X11/zh_TW/app-defaults/XPreview

Shared data portion of Text Formatting Services:

/usr/share/vgrindefs

TranScript Tools:

/usr/lib/ps/MediaSizes


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