Re: [Groff] Hi, some newbie questions.

[Peter Schaffter]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2005, Mike Parson wrote:
> Back more on the topic of wishful thinking for GUI-ish groff editors:
> 
> I'd like to see something along the lines of the old WordPerfect
> 'display codes' mode.  Split screen (80/20?), bottom few lines of
> the editor show what you're editing with the embeded codes that
> chanage what's going on, the main editing window would show you a
> pseudo-formatted version, maybe what the text would look like when sent
> through -Tascii.
> 
> And, of course, vi keybindings in the editor =)

What you describe is, for me, the absolute ideal for a "groff
editor".  I've been putting forth this notion for years (more
privately than publicly, though there are a few usenet and groff
mailing list posts on the subject).

But I can't help wondering if this idea is going to stay in the
realm of dreamland.  The only way it would fly is if someone on the
list had the time, energy and know-how to get the project started.
I'm honestly not up to the task--I sincerely wish I were--but if
some groffers got together and started working on it, I'd be way
more than happy to contribute what I could.

-- 
Peter Schaffter
  Author of _The Schumann Proof_ (RendezVous Press, Canada)
  http://www.golden.net/~ptpi/theschumannproof.html