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 23989 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2022 01:33:58 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 12 Jan 2022 01:33:58 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0AE299D02F; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:33:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1049CFC9; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:33:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 008589CFC9; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:33:38 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 836 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:33:38 AEST Received: from nsstlmta08p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta08p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.8]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1ED079C78F for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:33:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep20p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20220112011939.PAMK14739.nsstlfep20p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:19:39 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvuddrudehgedgfeegucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepkeeiteejueeuhfefgeeuvdduieefvedugfevtdffkefhffejkefhuddtteehtefhnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhrtghpthhtohepthhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgh X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.806) id 61BACA7104D148C6 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:19:39 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 20C1Jajw018582 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:19:36 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 20C1JaDY018577 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:19:36 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:19:36 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <20220111231800.GD3441@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: References: <20211231234039.GU31637@mcvoy.com> <20220101005605.GL75481@eureka.lemis.com> <20220101031511.GB8135@mcvoy.com> <20220111231800.GD3441@mcvoy.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Tue, 11 Jan 2022, Larry McVoy wrote: > 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. I doubt whether that will ever happen; M$ like to keep their internal format proprietary (and apparently change it with each release) to keep third-parties out. -- Dave