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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27754 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2020 21:30:52 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 26 Aug 2020 21:30:52 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D0D849DF52; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:30:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2546893D54; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:30:32 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="swLic6St"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DFB0993D54; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:30:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f180.google.com (mail-pf1-f180.google.com [209.85.210.180]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25C5493D49 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:30:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f180.google.com with SMTP id d22so1776462pfn.5 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:30:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=iVDKDnDyWhKtuik4Hut6+NNDl+9I+Y5EM4F8NxkzxTY=; b=swLic6St6nxCOhphFFw+Cl+lMOmObWNj8AfuU7ey6dUy6ah9ZWn1AuzEHzH25329e7 unc8FfCVMEfX+RsGoI2eRL0caecfdWPtr/0YNq6azTCMl4jOZLyA5x3l+q3ZkdURkXB1 8hjCLyRkcipCIAj9vlsWUtMIwcUSG1O1Hdo+k74Y+EO7YZMQt4+u+Wg/K1aJCuV8ZvfC FULtgFcetRqXffLP+KHQgTOdew8j6puBgkvvu2RHVXUS0cL0hHk8HSOsnuW6UAwla/KF mQYUL8b67yA3v5HXgn8sWnd0n+Io4NF6X+BFKCmBNkPwhfMDkMohkZZKMO/jWU/Z/vyK nZSA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=iVDKDnDyWhKtuik4Hut6+NNDl+9I+Y5EM4F8NxkzxTY=; b=cphUDho7PXodts9m+J0u3+b984sH9u034pXPgGi/kp9MIIjj0nr/iT/eDGc5e3IyrV Nwh3SSSsMUrBEBtAevysQuxCmh9oBKrsYo0slxPcqriyJYYt+muWpdM/xq6I8dt2YsOx u5d4wZBWIswAbMC4IHhRObVNQ2Sn7xhFjC2Q+rD311RVUOsAxMFJftqAj4vtSSYq7pxO muMB20YE/1lWCBVT3x+7FiBfNl/PEJikmz+16+mDRBqOi4nF5y8wXIhZ338K7VBOBi9U rtuN86JEJDutsOaO4kavCMK/33DwchPw6UATJjhzcDA5j5QOY16fpJf+AACpCbOJLRdi d0DA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532jmJdxQYMTA0ZcBqMg3tg3Oyp84lYcnir+lBhd3U2LcK4PPNIQ LqoWAIwGphFtMfWVqbpzH4SJwA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxiNmsVN9bg0SR/PAq3rgZ2M2KtZwjz9dgqMOgDZMRf95UU9UkI/QHVp9zQ1/lVBl/16UicRg== X-Received: by 2002:a63:1d23:: with SMTP id d35mr11678489pgd.291.1598477428467; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:30:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 107-215-223-226.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net (107-215-223-226.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [107.215.223.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a13sm120988pfo.49.2020.08.26.14.30.27 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:30:27 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.15\)) From: Bakul Shah In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:30:26 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Dan Cross X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.15) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Unix tools to aid in the production of Internet RFCs? 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Aug 26, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dan Cross wrote: >=20 > Honestly, I'm not quite sure if this is a TUHS, COFF, or IH question. = But since my background with respect to such things is largely Unix = centric, I thought I'd ask in that context, hence asking on TUHS. >=20 > I assume some of the regulars on this list have authored RFCs (of the = IETF etc variety). The RFC format seems fairly well fixed: table of = contents, fixed number of lines per page, page numbers and dates in the = footer, and so forth. The format is sufficiently complex that it seems = like some tooling could be usefully employed to aid in producing these = documents. >=20 > So I'm curious: what tools did people use to produce those documents? = Perhaps `nroff` with custom macros or something? https://www.rfc-editor.org/pubprocess/tools/