Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 08:50:37 +1000 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: BSD text tools Message-ID: <20100525225037.GC11076@dereel.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20100524194337.GN83316@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <AANLkTik90k1HlsDJsIgRhCnAcU8_ympR15ZJcoL07A5m@mail.gmail.com> <20100524191307.GE216@comcast.net> <20100524191701.GA29256@britannica.bec.de> <20100524194337.GN83316@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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--HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 24 May 2010 at 22:43:37 +0300, Kostik Belousov wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 09:17:01PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: >> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:13:07PM -0700, Charlie Kester wrote: >>> I welcome this change, but groff is used for much more than manpages. >>> What happens to pic, tbl, and the other troff-related "little >>> languages"? How can you say mdocml is "completely replacing" groff if >>> it doesn't support those kinds of things? >> >> tbl(1) is going to be supported fully at some point in the future. >> It is work-in-progress. I am not sure if pic(1) is actually used beyond >> the groff documentation, at least I don't remember anything in NetBSD >> where I checked. Similiar usage is found for eqn(1). >> >>> Is the thinking that groff has only been in base to support manpages? >>> If so, this project makes sense. But even so, some clarification of the >>> intent is needed. >> >> The use of (g)roff for anything but man pages is practically non-existent. >> If you want to use it for typesetting, you can always install it. > > Would it support ps/dvi output ? If "it" refers to groff, it always has supported PostScript. It's trivial to create PS output from man pages at the moment. I don't see dvi output as an interesting goal. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. See http://www.lemis.com/grog/email/signed-mail.php for more details. If your Microsoft MUA reports problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkv8VD0ACgkQIubykFB6QiOtkgCfUf7ElMZ2Ntv7mm+kQI+wtru4 LEcAniiQzfC5bTb1lpoKpepVtveQH8J3 =xQp5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk--
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