From: madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com (Michael Kerpan)
Subject: [TUHS] TeX/troff/typesetting markups - Re: SunOS 4 documentation
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:23:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHfSdrVaC1UgKn2ssUPfV9zAtaR06WinCZWQNDOH9D4MNDiC1Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHfSdrVAnPn3hwFR0ie0o-yuqGX0hu+LWweNZngpoY4=efTSaA@mail.gmail.com>
Comparing documents produced by Heirloom troff and modern versions of
LaTeX, I just can't see a huge difference. The main thing TeX has going for
it is LyX, which makes composing documents a whole lot more comfortable for
folks raised on WYSIWYG. If a tool like that was available for troff...
Mike
On Apr 14, 2017 6:24 PM, "Toby Thain" <toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
On 2017-04-14 9:56 AM, Michael Kerpan wrote:
> Of course, these days, there's a version of troff that borrows TeX's
> layout rules, while also adding vastly improved font handling, support
> for the most useful/widely used groff extensions, and more. Why Heirloom
> troff isn't more widely used is a puzzle for the ages.
>
No matter how far you tart up the former, Troff and TeX just aren't playing
the same ballgame.
--T
> Mike
>
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2017-04-12 21:54 [TUHS] " Cory Smelosky
2017-04-12 22:55 ` Cory Smelosky
2017-04-12 23:31 ` Larry McVoy
2017-04-13 2:13 ` Toby Thain
2017-04-13 2:16 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-04-13 2:25 ` [TUHS] TeX/troff/typesetting markups - " Toby Thain
2017-04-13 14:25 ` Nemo
2017-04-13 15:41 ` Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri
2017-04-13 16:35 ` Toby Thain
2017-04-13 2:20 ` [TUHS] " Larry McVoy
2017-04-13 13:41 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-04-13 15:40 ` [TUHS] TeX/troff/typesetting markups - " Toby Thain
2017-04-13 23:22 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-04-14 0:40 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-04-14 1:59 ` Nemo
2017-04-14 3:00 ` Toby Thain
2017-04-14 2:59 ` Toby Thain
2017-04-14 13:38 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-04-14 13:56 ` Michael Kerpan
2017-04-14 16:55 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-04-14 22:24 ` Toby Thain
[not found] ` <CAHfSdrVAnPn3hwFR0ie0o-yuqGX0hu+LWweNZngpoY4=efTSaA@mail.gmail.com>
2017-04-15 14:23 ` Michael Kerpan [this message]
2017-04-15 15:09 ` Toby Thain
2017-04-15 16:07 ` [TUHS] TeX/troff/typesetting markups - " Mutiny
2017-04-15 21:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-04-15 22:12 ` ron minnich
2017-04-16 0:02 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-04-15 15:27 ` [TUHS] TeX/troff/typesetting markups - " Clem Cole
2017-04-15 17:05 ` Toby Thain
2017-04-15 17:10 ` Toby Thain
2017-04-18 4:49 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2017-04-14 13:07 ` Wolfgang Helbig
2017-04-14 20:56 ` Clem Cole
2017-04-16 13:42 ` Tim Bradshaw
2017-04-13 14:14 ` [TUHS] " Nemo
2017-04-13 16:34 ` Steve Simon
2017-04-13 23:14 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-04-14 8:30 ` Steve Simon
2017-04-14 13:21 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-04-13 13:28 ` John Labovitz
2017-04-17 18:56 [TUHS] TeX/troff/typesetting markups - " Doug McIlroy
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