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 24711 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2022 15:50:20 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 12 Jan 2022 15:50:20 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8C1639CFFD; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:50:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8AC59CFCA; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:50:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 832789CFCA; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:49:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C24979C78F for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:49:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 600AC35E5DF; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:49:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:49:58 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Bakul Shah Message-ID: <20220112154958.GM7175@mcvoy.com> References: <20211231234039.GU31637@mcvoy.com> <20220101005605.GL75481@eureka.lemis.com> <20220101031511.GB8135@mcvoy.com> <20220111231800.GD3441@mcvoy.com> <2E9F5F9E-FD83-4B9D-B2B9-E48FF293A7AC@iitbombay.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2E9F5F9E-FD83-4B9D-B2B9-E48FF293A7AC@iitbombay.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Subject: Re: [TUHS] TeX and groff (was: 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 main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 06:12:45PM -0800, Bakul Shah wrote: > > > > On Jan 11, 2022, at 3:18 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 04:48:12PM -0600, Blake McBride wrote: > >> Some things TeX and troff are going to need in > >> order to continue: > >> > >> 1. Continue to be maintained > >> > >> 2. An effort to make knowledge of them wider will have to occur if they > >> are to continue. > >> > >> 3. A case for their benefit will have to be made and dispersed. > > > > Well, someone could do what I tried (and failed) to do: make Word > > produce high quality eqn/tbl/pic/troff source as their internal > > format. > > > > There was such a thing for TeX, can't remember the name, but my > > Dad (very computer not savvy) used it to write a book. It was > > WYSIWYG but spit out TeX. > > May be Textures by Blue Sky Research? That's it.