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Date:      Mon, 02 May 2005 14:44:01 -0700
From:      Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
To:        Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: groff alternative?
Message-ID:  <F569DB909C927A00B6933382@peregrin.orthanc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20050429200029.GC232@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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--On 2005-4-30 6:00 AM +1000 Peter Jeremy 
<PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote:

> I don't believe the nroff in either 4.3BSD or 2.11BSD can support long
> names and neither include a mdoc(7) implementation.  4.4BSD includes
> mdoc(7) but also GNU groff - though a quick look at the tmac.mdoc*
> files suggests that it might work with an old (4.3 or 2.11) nroff.

When the Solaris 10 source is released there will be an up-to-date 
alternative to groff. I'm planning to switch over to the Solaris troff 
ASAP. I've already started fixing mdoc to work with ditroff on another 
Solaris 10 box.

--lyndon



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