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Re: [Groff] troff(1) and info


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] troff(1) and info
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 01:26:31 +0100 (CET)

> troff(1) is obsolete because
> - groff is not troff as was announced as a "surprise" some weeks ago
> - troff(1) documents only the differences to the classical mummy :-[
> - troff(1) should be gtroff(1) and only document command line options
> - all language aspects should go to man sections 5 or 7, or to some
>   standalone document (how about a misc or "unordered" section in info?)

As long as groff.texinfo isn't finished, differences to Unix troff
will stay in troff(1).  gtroff(1) isn't a good idea on platforms which
use GNU troff as the default (e.g. Linux).


    Werner

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