Re: [Groff] Re: man page encoding

[Clarke Echols]

Zvezdan Petkovic wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 03:36:07PM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> > I am not really aware of use of groff other than as a backend to man.

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> However, to make you aware of some uses of groff, other than man pages,

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> And we are talking about serious publishers here: Addison-Wesley,
> Prentice Hall, ...
> 
> That's hack of a use other than man pages.

I used troff with some custom macros to produce master artwork
for printed circuit cards about 9 years ago.  The product I was
designing even landed a position in "The Top 20 New Automotive
Service Tools for 1997" list featured in Motor Magazine!

Now that's thinking "out of the box". :-)

Sorry -- couldn't resist.  :-)

Clarke