Re: [Groff] Does groff match my needs?

[Damian McGuckin]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2015, Peter Schaffter wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015, address@hidden wrote:
> > Consider that groff itself is somehow like plainTeX.  You may
> > need a macro package for creating documents.  But traditional
> > macro packages do (AFAIK) not provide TOC, index, cross references
> > *compared to LaTeX*.  Up to now I did not test the MOM macros
> > (http://www.schaffter.ca/mom/mom-01.html) but likely they have
> > this functionality.
>
> Mom provides TOC, but not cross-referencing and indices, at least not
> for printed material.  PDF links (internal and external) are
> supported, though, so on-screen cross-references are available.

I you mean bibliographic references, type

        man refer

But I have not used that for ages so I could be talking rubbish.

Regards - Damian

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