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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27175 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2020 21:25:30 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 26 Aug 2020 21:25:30 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 25C759CA33; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:25:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7115E93D54; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:24:52 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="NYaeKRGZ"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DCA9993D54; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:24:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qt1-f173.google.com (mail-qt1-f173.google.com [209.85.160.173]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5499693D49 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:24:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qt1-f173.google.com with SMTP id c12so2894135qtn.9 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:24:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Ld5XV4EJKSTBeVLMBOVmTLxUMrMm9Y01wHVpPyNUzuE=; b=NYaeKRGZfWsVB/esCgglvKN0Kk8jU9kk9LabYUjFUN6UzBEw+IRw/oB6RrwxJUQhiJ 3juf74S6l2RtEJ2dd1kSQdwje7oK5+fDEsHRinmlvmgWMLKij1l/EU0zHH1eUxC9DOmN yMlUpXHEmrDjaDIHbcjwM7AhHDfgA8yU1m/Pj/CGElIXUIUKaxvNPUVMhSJUnkgtoN7I ZI97Q1XI8iCp3ndu1Zroojs+MTQCfueb8UmHZVzeZ9O4X95ep8jcvyGwcMhj+oSl7Syt WjJk1S446pKUYQVsXZN2D8psqGcGgXxbBWu2PCQlEuKGnQWdUzCRH7Khs3NqJ3wYURsy VSZQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Ld5XV4EJKSTBeVLMBOVmTLxUMrMm9Y01wHVpPyNUzuE=; b=SUMdIVqsftyc/+b+2HSMx++VLx3KH6n+XChvUmBn5WNPTn4A8zKLXnHTqsZpeoUkwI BO5Tff760RGeSx5hb0g9Bjb+y+ONzkoTAG4PTowCTYp4v6UHW5eeynbdWJSTaVmlUOYW kQE6TAzuYGhEN9LZgt0L33ZA/QfPYIn7y1Ikr6mGsxTqrhDIUYLMWdPtbON8c/0X/Zhd HJiPiVPmqlkr6FjJnSwDmsg8fU6b++PdkAA4PLVmljBFrw8DypW2c7e6w3JmTFk3skqI 7RlqTxvFQYZsO0Xx+vAgGiJb3xrdBN8OQKNlKXhXV9yN0mtH1lARGX+IsmIBVLsVD1K2 dasQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5305MAuQUtdXfzLZl0z53oyqkgJ4ZsNzGqzzbCeuySAppN8IY3cM +uMxmuFYdVns8ephNuawZlWbcDMPuCd/FeLQ89NuLpT8Ews= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyaxcxivXwY1URG8pFFwhZAa1bNDIIlubCoIAA5ZOXWkgxN88HeMTaL5rQEa4TSbPZjkHTdeiYOTvwy98Hwym0= X-Received: by 2002:aed:3f2e:: with SMTP id p43mr2032879qtf.82.1598477088241; Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:24:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Dan Cross Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:24:12 -0400 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000006bbed05adce7313" Subject: [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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --00000000000006bbed05adce7313 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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. 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. So I'm curious: what tools did people use to produce those documents? Perhaps `nroff` with custom macros or something? - Dan C. --00000000000006bbed05adce7313 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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 larg= ely Unix centric, I thought I'd ask in that context, hence asking on TU= HS.

I assume some of the regulars on this list have auth= ored 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=C2=A0that = it seems like some tooling could be usefully employed=C2=A0to aid in produc= ing these documents.

So I'm curious: what tool= s did people use to produce those documents? Perhaps `nroff` with custom ma= cros or something?

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - D= an C.

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