Re: [groff] A macro package for lists in TROFF

[Stephanie Björk]

Thank you, Pierre-Jean.

It's amazing that it works in another implementation of Troff that I
haven't really touched yet.
Since you told me about Heirloom Troff, I went and see its user's manual
and found that \n(.g is usually 0, isn't it?  So, that meant that my macros
would artificially restrict Heirloom users.  I read further into the manual
and I think that running `.cp 0' before the GNU Troff fail-safe may help,
or could it actually hinder Heirloom's capabilities?

Actually, the Groff fail-safe in `lists.tmac' has always been kind of
controversial within my head.  I'm still unsure whether to provide a
forewarning for convenience or to just let it be and let it fail badly in
the case of incompatibility.  The only reason why I put that `.if' block is
just for the rarest case that someone is still using classical AT&T Troff,
as my macros really use weird, fancy stuff.

I will add a proper license when I've really finished the macro package.
Right now, there isn't a demand for numerical lists, and I have a
``super-complicated'' plan for numerical lists, which might be a little
harder to implement.  Nonetheless, the concepts should be the same as it is
now, ergo it is kind of showable.

Stephanie

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Pierre-Jean <address@hidden> wrote:

> Stephanie Björk <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > The project is here: https://github.com/katt64/troff-lists (bul.tmac is
> the
> > beating heart of it all)
>
> I had a look, and it is very well done. Thank you for sharing it!
>
> I also tested it with heirloom troff, and it seems to work flawlessly.
>
> May I suggest you to choose a license? Because in most jurisdiction,
> the absence of license is far more restricting than any license you
> could choose: the default copyright is applied, and would'nt even
> allow us to copy the sources.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Pierre-Jean.
>