Re: [groff] [UTROFF] conclusion

[Gour]

On Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:54:02 +0100
Pierre-Jean <address@hidden> wrote:

> Mom is a macro set, while Troff/Heirloom is the interpreter of the
> macro set, so, we can't compare things like this.

I stand corrected for not being explicit enough.

> A proper comparision would be between Groff, Heirloom Troff, and
> Neatroff on one side, and Mom, Utmac, ms, me, on the other side.

Well, I meant that.
 
> 2) With some hacks if not out of the box, Mom probably works well
> enough on Neatroff to take advantage of its features. 

Hmm, that's new thing for since I though Mom could work only with Groff
since e.g. having paragrpah-based aligning instead of line one etc.
would be terrific to have along with Mom macros.

> All those things considered the couple groff/mom is a very solid
> choice.

OK. Thanks a lot for elaborate answer.


Sincerely,
Gour

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