From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 19:43:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFBB6106566B for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 19:43:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from mail.zoral.com.ua (mx0.zoral.com.ua [91.193.166.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 267308FC1F for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 19:43:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (root@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua [10.1.1.148]) by mail.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o4OJhoxP092026 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 22:43:50 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (kostik@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o4OJhbUM033723 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 22:43:37 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: (from kostik@localhost) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o4OJhbF8033722 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 May 2010 22:43:37 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 22:43:37 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100524194337.GN83316@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <20100524191307.GE216@comcast.net> <20100524191701.GA29256@britannica.bec.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZgGs4xYo94cs2XY/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100524191701.GA29256@britannica.bec.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_20, DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua Subject: Re: GSoC: BSD text tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 19:43:41 -0000 --ZgGs4xYo94cs2XY/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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? >=20 > 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). >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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 ? --ZgGs4xYo94cs2XY/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkv61uYACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4jmOQCeNLmQOvpmNl2wNtGxkHKFaQPZ r+MAn3AbL6/8lTxHiYuj8BlXDDupjlvr =FIWE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZgGs4xYo94cs2XY/--