Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 22:43:37 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: BSD text tools Message-ID: <20100524194337.GN83316@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <20100524191701.GA29256@britannica.bec.de> References: <AANLkTik90k1HlsDJsIgRhCnAcU8_ympR15ZJcoL07A5m@mail.gmail.com> <20100524191307.GE216@comcast.net> <20100524191701.GA29256@britannica.bec.de>
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--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/--
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