From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 6a913faa for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:01:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8C528A21B9; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:01:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 311EA94BB2; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:00:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id AE00094BB2; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:34:02 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 314 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:34:02 AEST Received: from outgoing-02.securemail.name (outgoing-02.securemail.name [212.114.61.7]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3647F94113 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:34:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from relay-02.securemail.name (unknown [10.254.0.2]) by outgoing-02.securemail.name (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42j0XG59H6zGp1K for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:28:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from m00000000000001.securemail.name (m00000000000001 [IPv6:fd00::fffa:0:0:1]) by relay-02.securemail.name (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42j0XG43rgzFrV0 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:28:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.securemail.name ([IPv6:fd00::ffff:0:0:2]) by m00000000000001.securemail.name (m00000000000001.securemail.name [IPv6:fd00::fff7:0:0:1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTP id 8vyU6eX5khAp for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:28:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from papnet.eu (x4d0e5243.dyn.telefonica.de [77.14.82.67]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.securemail.name (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 42j0X31HVYzFrTw for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:28:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: by papnet.eu (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:28:34 +0200 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:28:34 +0200 From: Angelo Papenhoff To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-ID: <20181027122834.GA97675@indra.papnet.eu> References: <201810271159.w9RBxZaQ124546@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201810271159.w9RBxZaQ124546@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Reconstructed and newly set UNIX Manual X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 27/10/18, Doug McIlroy wrote: > > Now it could be that v7 troff is perfectly capable of generating the > > manual just like older troff would have. > > On taking over editorship for v7, I added some macros to the -man > package. I don't specifically recall making any incompatible > changes. If there were any, they'd most likely show up in > the title and synopsis and should be fixable by a minor tweak > to -man. I'm quite confident that there would be no problems > with troff proper. I didn't mean the macros. They are not problematic at all. It's the idea how much a point is compared to an inch that has changed over time i think. aap