From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1936 invoked from network); 1 Jan 2022 03:07:17 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Jan 2022 03:07:17 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 080B99D03D; Sat, 1 Jan 2022 13:07:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0BD9CFA8; Sat, 1 Jan 2022 13:06:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 10CE89CF51; Sat, 1 Jan 2022 13:06:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFD319CF06 for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2022 13:06:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 555F035E0F8; Fri, 31 Dec 2021 19:06:49 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2021 19:06:49 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Chris Torek Message-ID: <20220101030649.GA8135@mcvoy.com> References: <202201010111.2011BK62034004@ultimate.com> <202201010117.2011HJV5007172@elf.torek.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202201010117.2011HJV5007172@elf.torek.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] roff(7) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" How does groff fair? On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 05:17:19PM -0800, Chris Torek wrote: > I actually strongly prefer TeX/LaTeX to *roff. But LaTeX does have > its Knuthian and Stanfordish peculiarities. It helps if you read > The TeXbook first and understand Tex's macro weirdness and \catcodes. > > Both systems have their blind spots. Ditroff fixes most of the > big ones in nroff/troff, of course... > > Chris -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm