From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=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 04d82abc for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 06:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4C7FAA1D0D; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 16:59:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D6AA1CE9; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 16:58:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4A6E1A1CE9; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 16:57:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from frenzy.freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E544C94A37 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2018 16:57:30 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by frenzy.freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id wB36qOed026759 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 2 Dec 2018 23:52:25 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id wB36qNWM026757; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 23:52:23 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <201812030652.wB36qNWM026757@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2018 23:52:23 -0700 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, tuhs@eric.allman.name, arnold@skeeve.com References: <201811160003.wAG03mlF139232@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <20181116045016.GK3341@mcvoy.com> <7a632484-cdc7-7c59-7077-7a2c752045da@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <4c36b2b2-76df-435f-27bc-e1feb0647f36@case.edu> <201811162113.wAGLDGiQ031455@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <201811190311.wAJ3BDHR028154@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <6a179556-322c-8ba5-b957-5ae7a03ec610@neophilic.com> <201811290725.wAT7PuE1019145@freefriends.org> <2155b676-a250-926c-1236-1e413cb2019f@neophilic.com> In-Reply-To: <2155b676-a250-926c-1236-1e413cb2019f@neophilic.com> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] man-page style 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" Eric Allman wrote: > > On 2018-11-28 23:25 , arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > > > Any chance you, or someone else, could write that missing manual that > > explains the "why" of the various troff features? > > > > I've been through CSTR 54 a few times too, although I haven't tried > > to write a macro package from scratch, and I have to admit that there > > are things that mystify me. > > At this point it's been so many years since I was actively working on > troff that it would require more-or-less starting from zero. Perhaps > when I retire I'll have that kind of time. OK, we'll hold you to it. :-) Thanks, Arnold