Re: [GROFF] Cross References

[Joergen Haegg]

In message <address@hidden> you w
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> Re modularity:  I noticed that ms and mm are written in `modules' which
> seem to be fairly self-contained.  I wondered whether the intention was
> that the modules could be lifted out and used with other macro packages.

Well, that was not my original intention, I just followed the programming
style in ms. But using 'modules' made it easier to keep the
macros readable and maintainable so I continued doing so.

> Since I first asked the question, I found by trying that the qrf module of
> mm works fine with ms, with only a little editing (should I post the
> modified version here?) - so I guess the answer is `yes'!

Yes, that's a positive side effect I guess. :-)
And yes, it isn't too hard to move 'modules' to other macro packages either.