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                                      AUTHOR:
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                                   John Clement
                                 T. W. Bonner Lab
                                  Rice University
                                   P.O. Box 1892
                                Houston, Tx, 77251
                              Tel (713) 527-8101x2037
                        Arpanet:  CLEMENT@PHYSICS.RICE.EDU
                               Bitnet:  BONNER@RICE

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                                  Robert Walraven
                                  Multiware, Inc.
                                   437 F Street
                                  Davis, CA 95616


                                     ABSTRACT

                              Bonner Lab Runoff (RNO)

     Bonner  Lab Runoff is a text formatter that, 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 can 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.  A
     variety of LAYOUT and STYLE commands can completely change  the  look  of
     the  pages.   Table layout is simplified by right justified and 'decimal'
     justified tabs.  Permanent margins that apply to  the  page  headers  are
     available.  These simplify the setting of header and text margins.  

     All  special  characters  are  redefinable.  The user can define new com-
     mands, and text macros.  By defining commands you can make  this  program
     resemble other text formatters, or other versions of RUNOFF.  You may de-
     fine numeric symbols to facilitate constructing lists of arbitrary items.
     These  allow page and section references.  A 2 pass option allows forward
     references to symbols defined later in the text.  

     This  program  runs under VMS-native mode, RSX, IAS, RT11, TSX, P/OS, and
     RSTS.  It occupies a minimum of 30 to 37 kbytes depending on the  operat-
     ing  system.  Complete documentation, help files, and test files are sup-
     plied with the program for all operating systems.  

                             SPY
This  is a little program you may install that performs some
of the same functions as SHOW PROCESS.   It  however  allows
you  to select the process to show by USER, IMAGENAME, NAME,
Terminal name, or MODE.  It  produces  either  a  continuous
display,  or  a  single  display.   If  installed with WORLD
privelege,  then  all  users   may   use   it.    You   must
SET COMMAND SPY  before  using  it.   If you wish to make it
available to all users:  
     $ @DCLTABLES SPY 
To generate the documentaion an help files:  
     $ @DOCUMENT spy 
The help file may be put into SYS$HELP:  
     $ LIBRARY SYS$HELP:HELPLIB/help spy