Re: [Groff] Nesting font macros in man pages

[G. Branden Robinson]

At 2017-04-26T09:27:56-0400, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > It seems to me that b) is fine, a) is very problematic because it
> > severely harms portability,
> 
> You're making a testable assertion here.
> 
> 1. Portability is not harmed if extended man macros are inlined in pages
>    where portability to legacy systems is desired.
> 2. All *roff/man processors generate output.  These outputs can be
>    prepared.

s/pre/com/

Rather regrettable thinko, there.

> I am not interested in portability problems to platforms that do not
> exist in the real world.
> 
> I am prepared to measure the impact of my proposals.

Regards,
Branden

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