Re: [Groff] -mm equations (revisited)

[Werner LEMBERG]

> BTW: Why not add namespaces to groff, so macros from different
> packages would not collide?

Namespaces are on the TODO list but have low priority.  Note that
macro packages have to be rewritten to take advantage of this feature.

> BTW2: Why not add line styles for the various paragraphs in -mm or
> -ms (i.e.  a line on top or bottom of a paragraph). Similar to
> AbiWord. I know this is easy to do with \l'' but... ... ... ... You
> know what I mean.

It's not really clear what you want (I've never used AbiWord).
Please give an example.

> groff is growing old too, it should be packed with features like
> these by now. Or rather, my experience with other programs is, that
> ppl who stick to old versions of a program (not necessarily groff)
> for some reason, try to mimick features from advanced version in
> their older programs using existing (older) functionality.

Go forth and submit patches.


    Werner