Re: [Groff] What is 'loom'?

[Larry Kollar]

Jon Snader wrote:

> > I gather that it's main purpose is to prepare source code for
> > inclusion in a troff document. ...
> 
> It's actually pretty useful.  You can mark regions of code to include,
> and you can also run the code through a filter before it gets sucked
> into the troff source--that's useful for things like mapping \n -> \\n
> and adjusting spacing.  I used it extensively in my book.

Which begs the question... why isn't "Effective TCP/IP Programming"
listed in the troff.org books? :-)