From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com (Michael Kerpan) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:23:34 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] TeX/troff/typesetting markups - Re: SunOS 4 documentation In-Reply-To: References: <1492034056.640146.943005264.77830DD6@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1492037730.652251.943052704.39811DAC@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20170412233158.GB14143@mcvoy.com> <08eb864b-784b-28e5-63b3-420cfbc5f684@telegraphics.com.au> <20170413022029.GM14143@mcvoy.com> <20170413134151.c2Hvf%steffen@sdaoden.eu> <20170413232259.53GdF%steffen@sdaoden.eu> <20170414004048.GC28292@eureka.lemis.com> <20170414133804.ZyUiK%steffen@sdaoden.eu> Message-ID: 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" 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: