From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 17 19:49:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C87B416A420 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:49:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8413243D48 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:49:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id j5HJndI4011301 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:49:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id j5HJndAR011300 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:49:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:49:38 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050617194938.GA10194@saltmine.radix.net> References: <20050615054209.L29741@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> <20050615160741.GA55062@dragon.NUXI.org> <88862BDF-ED45-42CE-9B24-DEEED2E66C2C@mac.com> <20050615.212337.108191340.imp@bsdimp.com> <42B10804.2010308@mac.com> <20050617192332.GE13006@dragon.NUXI.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="azLHFNyN32YCQGCU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050617192332.GE13006@dragon.NUXI.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Subject: Re: groff alternative? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:49:40 -0000 --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 12:23:32PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: >=20 > Yes. But the issue is, why trade one piece of non-BSDL licensed code for > another non-BSDL licensed piece of code?? What does changing from Groff > to Solaris Troff actually buy us?? Groff is the standard in Roff. Even > people writing books on systems with a native Troff install Groff to get > a more powerful and easier to use Roff. Solaris Troff is less capable (it won't handle ncurses' terminfo manpage). Sun doesn't _use_ troff. They went to SGML years ago. Troff on Solaris is a dead program. --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFCsylQtIqByHxlDocRAvvhAJ9MkeA2WpGiYyT2nKX4qBFbz+/d5ACfRDk4 Fq3cBAhnEXhDW/cL2MwqX5A= =sjps -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--