From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from krisdoz.my.domain (kristaps@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id pALMJObl024860 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:19:24 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kristaps@localhost) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id pALMJNPB031542; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:19:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:19:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <201111212219.pALMJNPB031542@krisdoz.my.domain> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-source Reply-To: source@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 From: kristaps@mdocml.bsd.lv To: source@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: mdocml: Update historical record to be historical and not made-up. X-Mailer: activitymail 1.26, http://search.cpan.org/dist/activitymail/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Log Message: ----------- Update historical record to be historical and not made-up. Data from . Ok schwarze@ (with modifications) and Jason McIntyre. Modified Files: -------------- mdocml: roff.7 Revision Data ------------- Index: roff.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/vhosts/mdocml.bsd.lv/cvs/mdocml/roff.7,v retrieving revision 1.34 retrieving revision 1.35 diff -Lroff.7 -Lroff.7 -u -p -r1.34 -r1.35 --- roff.7 +++ roff.7 @@ -945,14 +945,22 @@ using the next-line syntax. .%U http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/doctools/troff.pdf .Re .Sh HISTORY -The RUNOFF typesetting system was written in PL/1 for the CTSS -operating system by Jerome ("Jerry") E. Saltzer in 1961. -It was first used as the main documentation tool by Multics since 1963. -Robert ("Bob") H. Morris ported it to the GE-635 and called it +The RUNOFF typesetting system, whose input forms the basis for .Nm , -Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, -Joseph F. Ossanna rewrote it in PDP-11 assembly in 1973, -and Brian W. Kernighan rewrote it in C in 1975. +was written in MAD and FAP for the CTSS operating system by Jerome E. +Saltzer in 1964. +Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, renaming it +.Nm . +Dennis M. Ritchie rewrote McIlroy's +.Nm +in PDP-11 assmebly for +.At v1 , +Joseph F. Ossanna improved roff and renamed it nroff +for +.At v2 , +then ported nroff to C as troff, which Brian W. Kernighan released with +.At v7 . +In 1989, James Clarke re-implemented troff in C++, naming it groff. .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit This -- To unsubscribe send an email to source+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv