Re: [Groff] Several file arguments to groff

[Bernd Warken]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 11:25:36PM +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > >
> > If getopt() is replaced by a better option handler, would that be
> > enough for groff to generate a suitable output for all such kinds of
> > files with different macro packages?
> 
> No.  All macro packages had to be rewritten to be cooperative.
> 
> In general, I don't see why we should do such a thing.  Who needs that
> feature (except man/mdoc)?  What benefit do we have?  I believe we
> are discussing a theoretical question without a practical use.
> 
Right, the feature is not absolutely necessary.  But this should be
documented.  I think about the groffer behavior for this.

BTW grog is not an awk script as I wrote in a former mail, but a shell
script.  Maybe grog should be limited to one filename or standard input.

Bernd Warken