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Re: [Groff] groff for old macro packages
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Groff] groff for old macro packages |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Nov 2000 17:15:12 +0100 (CET) |
> > Instead of fixing this I would like to get rid of these wrappers
> > completely -- is this really used today? Wouldn't people rather
> > expect that calling groff causes groff's incarnations of ms, mm,
> > etc. macros be used by default? Is there any advantage?
>
> Yes, it's really used today. Some of the macro package
> reimplementations, particularly mm, leave a lot to be desired, so
> convenient access to the original macro packages is needed.
> (There's also the case of existing documents that engage in
> unwaranted chumminess with the macro package that don't work right
> with the reimplementations.)
OK, I've reimplemented wrapper support -- those system-specific
wrapper files are now installed in /usr/local/lib/groff/site-tmac.
Please test!
Werner