From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org> Subject: Re: [TUHS] roff(7) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 21:15:53 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <c36e030-51c-31d-4166-3aaecb723587@dotat.at> (raw) In-Reply-To: <CAKr6gn3bZ2Ac99gTknNRd8CVMAQB0+ArbtYCU9OOdOeLJvw-iA@mail.gmail.com> In Cambridge there was a local roff-alike called GCAL that ran on Phoenix (the IBM mainframe). It was written by Philip Hazel, who went on to write Exim and PCRE. The Exim documentation and books were prepared using SGCAL, the Unix port of GCAL. (I don't know what the S stood for: son of? successor?) GCAL used roff-like initial-dot line commands. I found out recently that GCAL's name is also based on roff, and at the same time it followed Phoenix's bird-based naming scheme (eagle the scheduler, jackdaw the database system, pigeon the mailer). GCAL is short for geococcyx californianus, aka the roadrunner, which (after an encounter with a coyote) is known to run off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(computer) http://quercite.dx.am/ Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> https://dotat.at/ East Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea: Variable 2 to 4 becoming southerly 6 to gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 later in Irish Sea, veering westerly later. Slight or moderate, becoming rough or very rough in Lundy and Irish Sea, and very rough or high elsewhere. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-05 21:16 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2021-12-31 15:47 Douglas McIlroy 2021-12-31 23:07 ` George Michaelson 2021-12-31 23:40 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-01 0:56 ` [TUHS] TeX and groff (was: roff(7)) Greg 'groggy' Lehey 2022-01-01 3:15 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-10 19:00 ` Blake McBride 2022-01-10 20:21 ` Jon Forrest 2022-01-11 22:48 ` Blake McBride 2022-01-11 23:18 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-12 1:19 ` Dave Horsfall 2022-01-12 1:46 ` Blake McBride 2022-01-12 2:12 ` Bakul Shah 2022-01-12 15:49 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-12 16:22 ` Adam Thornton 2022-01-12 0:06 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-12 1:48 ` Blake McBride 2022-01-12 0:29 ` Nemo Nusquam 2022-01-12 1:53 ` Blake McBride [not found] ` <E3CC4B8A-4E88-4339-A4D3-4ED26BA80620@gmail.com> 2022-01-12 0:44 ` Jon Forrest 2022-01-12 2:00 ` Blake McBride 2022-01-12 2:10 ` David Arnold 2022-01-12 2:26 ` Adam Thornton 2022-01-12 19:54 ` John Cowan 2022-01-13 10:13 ` Thomas Paulsen 2022-01-13 20:00 ` John Cowan 2022-01-10 20:33 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-10 20:37 ` Richard Salz 2022-01-10 21:04 ` Dan Cross 2022-01-10 21:48 ` Nemo Nusquam 2022-01-11 2:25 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) 2022-01-11 2:47 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-22 2:34 ` [TUHS] troff environments, traps, and diversions (was: TeX and groff) Branden Robinson 2022-01-22 16:02 ` Douglas McIlroy 2022-01-23 19:45 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-23 22:26 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-11 1:52 ` [TUHS] Recognizing TeX (was: TeX and groff (was: roff(7))) Greg 'groggy' Lehey 2022-01-12 1:19 ` [TUHS] TeX and groff (was: roff(7)) Mary Ann Horton 2022-01-12 2:03 ` Blake McBride 2022-01-12 2:10 ` Bakul Shah 2022-01-12 3:44 ` Dan Cross 2022-01-12 16:48 ` Steffen Nurpmeso 2022-01-10 20:46 ` Steffen Nurpmeso 2022-01-11 1:59 ` [TUHS] Demise of " Greg 'groggy' Lehey 2022-01-11 2:13 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) 2022-01-11 2:42 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-11 5:12 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey 2022-01-11 5:59 ` John Labovitz 2022-01-11 8:57 ` arnold 2022-01-11 20:15 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-11 20:22 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-11 20:26 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-11 20:36 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-11 20:41 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-11 20:49 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-11 21:03 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-11 8:50 ` arnold 2022-01-11 14:00 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-12 23:22 ` [TUHS] troff or groff? (was: Demise of TeX and groff (was: roff(7))) Greg 'groggy' Lehey 2022-01-12 23:29 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey 2022-01-12 23:32 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-11 15:47 ` [TUHS] Demise of TeX and groff (was: roff(7)) Clem Cole 2022-01-11 16:55 ` Richard Salz 2022-01-11 18:49 ` Clem Cole 2022-01-11 19:20 ` John Cowan 2022-01-11 20:06 ` Clem Cole 2022-01-11 23:57 ` Warner Losh 2022-01-12 0:03 ` Warner Losh 2022-01-12 8:54 ` arnold 2022-01-12 15:17 ` Clem Cole 2022-01-12 16:33 ` Dan Cross 2022-01-12 18:06 ` [TUHS] *roff history as told to GNU G. Branden Robinson 2022-01-12 18:34 ` Dan Halbert 2022-01-12 22:48 ` Clem Cole 2022-01-12 23:27 ` Charles H. Sauer 2022-01-13 0:35 ` Adam Thornton 2022-01-12 20:01 ` Dan Cross 2022-01-12 22:32 ` Clem Cole 2022-01-13 2:38 ` John Labovitz 2022-01-13 7:42 ` Lars Brinkhoff 2022-01-13 13:47 ` John Labovitz 2022-01-12 8:48 ` [TUHS] Demise of TeX and groff (was: roff(7)) arnold 2022-01-12 15:51 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-12 15:57 ` Clem Cole 2022-01-12 15:56 ` Clem Cole 2022-01-11 3:22 ` Adam Thornton 2022-01-12 0:32 ` Nemo Nusquam 2022-01-01 20:00 ` [TUHS] roff(7) [ and other related stuff ] Jon Steinhart 2022-01-02 0:12 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-02 1:04 ` John Cowan 2022-01-02 1:20 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-02 1:47 ` Steve Nickolas 2022-01-02 2:12 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-02 3:56 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-02 1:48 ` Jon Steinhart 2022-01-02 3:04 ` John Cowan 2022-01-02 3:30 ` Warner Losh 2022-01-01 1:11 ` [TUHS] roff(7) Phil Budne 2022-01-01 1:17 ` Chris Torek 2022-01-01 3:06 ` Larry McVoy 2022-01-01 3:34 ` George Michaelson 2022-01-05 21:15 ` Tony Finch [this message]
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